Watching the Grammys fumble with genre representation year in and year out makes me appreciate the KMAs a little more. (I’m not even mad about this year, but I’m still salty about 1989 over To Pimp a Butterfly two years ago.) Sure, the KMA also has critics and works in a different environment, but representation… Continue reading
Last year I attended Korean showcase festival Zandari Festa for the first time. I’d been hesitating about going for weeks, but ended up having such a great time that this year I made sure to plan a trip to Korea in time for Zandari Festa 2016. As this was I had prepared a bit better,… Continue reading
Beginning of October 2015 I happened to be on vacation in Korea. I had already been there for a couple of weeks of vacation, meeting friends and going to various shows, without being able to make up my mind about whether or not I should go to Zandari Festa the last weekend before going back… Continue reading
2015 has come to an end. It was a kind of strange year for me, something that at times has been very obvious from the music I’ve been listening to rather obsessively. I’ll dedicate a post to what I thought was the best of 2015 in a few days when some stuff I’ve contributed elsewhere… Continue reading
The nominees for the 11th annual Korean Music Awards were announced today at 11am, KST. The Korean Music Awards do not take sales into consideration and the winners are determined by a panel of music critics and industry experts, making it a Korean version of the Grammy’s. This year the ceremony will take place on February… Continue reading
The 15th of November may have already turned into the 16th in most parts of the world, but that doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten about the Music Alliance Pact. We’re back with a brand new edition featuring some of the best new music the world currently has to offer. From Korea this month we’ve got the… Continue reading
Jambinai with their unique mix of traditional Korean music and post-rock released their first full-length album 차연 (Différance) in the beginning of February. At the time only an audio sample for “소멸의 시간 (Time of Extinction)” was made available for promotion, but an hour ago the official video showed up on YouTube. ffirst Those familiar… Continue reading