Olleh Music Indie Awards Winners, September 2012

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

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 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

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