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
With the first monday this August happening in the middle of Korea’s vacation season, the live audition for the September edition of Hello Rookie instead took place on August 11th. The two winners can be seen on the monthly Hello Rookie special on EBS Space 공감 to be broadcast on September 1st. Hello Rookie… 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
More Top Band 2 coming up as we are now ready to offer our opinions on episode 4 of the show, aired on May 26th. KBS offers VOD to anyone with a KBS account if you want to watch the full episode. Daum does not allow video embeds, but if you follow the links below you’ll get… Continue reading
Continuing from yesterday time has come for the eleventh post in our band introduction series where we introduce all the bands that made it through the first round of auditions for KBS band survival show Top Band 2. In addition to myself and Chris from Korean Indie we also have Lightinthemind of Korean rock is real, Dahee… Continue reading