I frequently find myself looking up former contestants of Hello Rookie when writing small info snippets for various posts. Since the competition started in 2007 a large number of great bands and solo artists has gotten a share of the spotlight, and it’s particularly fun to see how the now more famous acts have evolved…. Continue reading
August came to an end during last week and today is Thursday–that means that the Gaon charts for August are now published. Much like July, this has been a good month for hyukoh. Gaon Korean Album Chart If one was to study Gaon’s album chart for August, it seems the month was not a particularly… Continue reading
K-Rookies is a competition created by KOCCA–-the Korean state sponsored Korea Creative Culture Agency. The 2015 edition was the 4th in the order, granting 6 bands promotional support for the rest of the year. The final auditions took place at the Olympic Park Muse Live café on July 31st with 12 bands competing for the… Continue reading
Suddenly the kind of summer most people appreciate has returned to Sweden. I’m more into rain and cool weather myself as I get rendered fairly useless even at temperatures in the lower 20s, but there’s all of this awesome music that deserves some attention so I’ll anyway have to at least try to get some… Continue reading
This year’s edition of rookie band competition Hello Rookie kicked off with the online auditions opening up in March. Monthly winners were chosen from May through September, and the grand finale took place in November. It was broadcast on EBS mid-December, and yesterday the rookie performances were finally uploaded to the Hello Rookie YouTube channel…. Continue reading
Although a day late, the Music Alliance Pact has returned also this November packed with great music from all over the world. This month South Korea is represented by we hate jh. Digital single 타인의 시선 was released on November 3rd, but here we get to enjoy the excellent “20” in the version in which… Continue reading
It’s not just Hello Rookie that highlights the many talented but unknown bands that Korea has to offer. In addition to the announcement for the Hello Rookies of August, last week also offered lists of the finalists from 3 other music competitions. 2014 K-Rookies Let’s start with K-Rookies. This is a competition created by… Continue reading
Since the last day of Mars artists have been able to apply for this year’s Hello Rookie competition. Applications are made on monthly basis with around seven bands usually picked for final audition in front of a live audience. The monthly winners are awarded 1 million won each and get to appear on a special… Continue reading
Mint Paper and Daum Music continues their Support Your Music 2013 initiative. Manggakhwa came out the winner among the first circuit finalists and ended up with 187.4% of the funds he needed to record his second full-length album. Auditions to become the second artist of the year started in April with online voting for the… Continue reading