It’s been a year since Olleh Music launched their Indie Awards, the September edition being the 8th set of awards handed out. The netizen vote concluded yesterday, Sunday September 10th, and with that the results are now available. Best Album: Verbal Jint – 10년동안의오독 (80%) Best Artist: Pia (42%) Best Rookie: CoreMagaZinE (39%) Album Nominees: 2. Lucite Tokki – Grow to… Continue reading
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Olleh Music Indie Awards Nominees for September 2012
After something of a summer hiatus, Olleh Music’s Indie Awards have been resumed with the nominees for the eighth edition of the awards, to be handed out in September, revealed today: September Indie Award Album Nominees: – Verbal Jint (10년동안의오독) – Lucite Tokki (Grow to Glow) – Method (The Constant) – Neon Bunny (Happy Ending) September Indie Award Artist Nominees: – Gate Flowers – Idiotape… Continue reading
Show Me The Money Episode 5 : 2 Round (Part 2) + Lee Hyori Special Stage
Mnet’s hip-hop variety Show Me The Money continues at a fast pace. The fifth episode aired on July 20th and not just completed the second round but also saw the start of the third round. In addition to myself Youngmi of Helloooo Motherland! Reset and Sangha of strangeseasons have shared their opinions on this episode. 45RPM Preparations Anna: Korean 80’s pop… Continue reading
Show Me The Money Episode 4 : 2 Round
Wrapping up the first round of performances on Mnet’s hip-hop variety Show Me The Money last week. The fourth episode aired on July 13th and saw some changes in the crew setup before the second round was started with performances on the theme of love. In addition to myself Sangha of strangeseasons and Ranya of K-Underground Sweden are both part of the… Continue reading
Show Me The Money Episode 3 : First Elimination
Over the course of just two episodes Mnet’s hip-hop variety Show Me The Money went from auditions to joint performances between established rappers and lesser known aspirants. The third episode aired on July 6th with the first elimination of a rapper team. Returning to offer our comments on the show are Sangha of strangeseasons, Ranya of K-Underground Sweden and myself. A special thank… Continue reading
Show Me The Money Episode 2
Two weeks ago Mnet started broadcasting hip-hop survival show Show Me The Money, where established rappers team up with lesser known names for joint performances. We had a look and offered our comments on the auditions and are now back with comments on the episode that aired on June 29th. In addition to myself the Show Me… Continue reading
Busker Busker Reclaim the Top of Billboard’s K-Pop Hot 100
With the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 for the week of July 7, Busker Busker have again claimed the top spot, this time with the lead track from their new mini album. The rest of the songs also entered the chart — this while songs from their first album, released three months ago, still linger… Continue reading
K-Indie on Gaon’s Digital Chart, 2012.06.17~2012.06.23
Barely had Busker Busker begun their exit from Gaon’s digital chart before they released their first album ‘closing’ mini album made an even bigger impact than the album before it. It debuted at the very top of Gaon’s album chart and the songs offered good competition to many other new releases on the digital track… Continue reading
Show Me The Money Episode 1 : Auditions
Some time ago it was announced that Mnet would launch a new show called Show Me The Money. It is Mnet’s first hiphop centered show for a decade and on international k-pop blogs it was touted as “the rapper version of I Am A Singer“. Being found of the original I Am A Singer format… Continue reading
10cm Enter Billboard’s K-Pop Hot 100 with Only U
The Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 chart for the week of June 30 has been out for a few days. After entering the chart last week, Verbal Jint and Kwon Jung Yeol of 10cm had to make way for f(x)‘s “Electric Show” and can now be found at position 7. As of this week Kwon… Continue reading