Korea’s foremost hiphop webzine Hiphop Playa have picked winners for their own Hiphop Playa Awards 2011. With six categories total, two were won by Verbal Jint‘s “좋아보여 (You Look Good)”, featuring The Black Skirts–Single of the Year with 12.84% of the votes and Music Video of the Year with 26.3% of the votes. Here is… Continue reading
As most other Thursdays, Gaon presented a new set of charts today. This time there’s a whole bunch of new entries related to the indie scene. 16. Two Months – “The Romantic” (+15) 18. 10cm – “애상” (-2) 50. Park Jiyoon – “나무가 되는 꿈” (new) 97. Taru – “Summer Day” (new) 123. Verbal Jint… Continue reading
The latest total Korean digital chart from Gaon shows a few new indie related entries added as well as another few doing a bit of climbing. 16. 10cm – “애상” (-5) 31. Two Months – “The Romantic” (new) 102. Park Jiyoon – “Quiet Dream” (-46) 115. Verbal Jint – “좋아보여” (feat. The Black Skirts) (+11)… Continue reading
Three entries out and only two new indie related entries on Gaon’s total Korean digital chart was the result when the latest edition was presented today. Both of the new songs are related to Yoon Jong Shin, and Cho Jung Chi has been involved in both as well. 11. 10cm – 애상 (-6) 84. Yoon Jong Shin… Continue reading
With the arrival of February came a new edition of Found Magazine and with that another volume of Found Tracks. F.OUND Tracks Vol.18 opens with Verbal Jint‘s Reebok song “Classic” and contains another bunch of hip hop songs, but also sees a wide span of electronica and a bit of singer/songwriter material, including Mother Country‘s… Continue reading
It’s a new week with the Korean Total Digital Chart from Gaon, but unfortunately the indie presence on the chart has dropped since last week. However we do see one very well deserving newcomer. And as could be expected with the late release of OK Punk!‘s 2NE1 cover, the song in question has done a… Continue reading
Courtesy of music webzine 100BEAT, Daum’s Music Bar has presented a summary of 2011 listing some of the best singles and albums the year had to offer. The lists have been posted part by part throughout January, with the TOP 10 albums revealed this week: 1. Chang Kiha & The Faces – 장기하와 얼굴들 2…. Continue reading
The Gaon charts are usually published on Thursdays, but with the Lunar New Year holiday and all this week they were delayed till today. This week sees more climbing than falling compared to last week for the indie acts on the Korean Total Digital Chart: 3. 10cm – “애상” (+1) 60. Kim Ji Soo &… Continue reading
A couple of years ago Korea’s Ministry of Culture launched Gaon–an official set of charts registering music sales. Streaming, downloads, background music for online sites and mobile sales all contribute towards the total digital charts and with the big increase in popularity of Korean indie music it’s no longer a rare sight finding Korean indie… Continue reading
Today the nominees for the 9th Korean Music Awards were announced. Out of all the awards in Korea it’s considered the most prestigious among musicians and a majority of the nominees are indie artists rather than idols. The winners of the awards will be presented on February 29th. Album of the Year nominees: Idiotape –… Continue reading