Olleh Music Indie Awards Winners, July 2012

The voting for the 7th edition of Olleh Music’s Indie Awards, covering July 2012, concluded last Sunday with the winners being announced yesterday:

Best Album: Daybreak - SPACEenSUM (57%)
Best Artist: Gonne (48%)
Best Rookie: Hyehwadong Boy (42%)

The other nominees fared as follows:

Album Nominees:
2. Peppertones  - Beginner’s Luck (33%)
3. Huckleberry P & Suda - Get Backers (8%)
4. Momguamaum - Deja-Vu (2%)

Artist Nominees:
2. Galaxy Express (26%)
3. Vidulgi OoyoO (13%)
4. The Rock Tigers (13%)

Rookie Nominees:
2. One Punch (32%)
3. MukimukiManmansu (18%)
4. No Control (9%)

Source: Olleh Music

Cavare Sound Celebrates 15th Anniversary with EP Box Set

Adding to the labels celebrating anniversaries this year, there is Cavare Sound that is now celebrating its 15th anniversary. This is done through a limited box set of six repackaged EPs, originally released between 1998 and 2004 and since long sold out.

The first ever release from Cavare Sound was Oh! Brothers bassist Lee Sung Moon‘s 불만 and it is also the first disc in the set. The others are Bolbbalgan‘s 지루박리믹스쑈! (1998), Eunhee’s Noul‘s Spring (1999), Oh! Brothers’ Hippin’ Hoppin’ Twistin’ (2001), Peppertones‘ A Preview (2004) and Plastic People‘s Travelling In Blue (2004).

Via: Hyang Music

K-Indie on Gaon’s Digital Chart, 2012.06.03~2012.06.09

Last Thursday came the Gaon charts for the week prior and after seeing the number of indie related titles on the chart decreasing over the last few weeks it has once again been filled by all the titles from a new album — this time Epitone Project‘s second full-length album which also debuted on the album chart at position five.

Busker Busker’s first album stayed put on position 9 on the album chart, but the songs from it have been falling. “골목길” even left the top 200.

The first full-length album from Gate Flowers lost fifteen spots and is now number 41 on the album chart. Nell‘s Slip Away lost three spots, now at position 84, whereas the soundtrack of Shut Up! Flower Boy Band currently holds position 94 on the album chart, loosing twenty seven spots since last week. After six weeks total Peppertones‘ Beginners Luck has now left the album chart top 100.

On the total digital track chart we find Verbal Jint‘s collaboration with 10cm‘s Kwon Jung Yeol. The position is lower than what we saw from his collaboration with The Black Skirts last year, but it does make its debut higher.

Guckkasten did remarkably well when making their first appearance on I Am A Singer 2. Even so the song doesn’t place as high as the songs from I Am A Singer used to, but that is likely from a combination of I Am A Singer 2 having yet to regain the popularity of the original series while Big Bang and Wonder Girls both released new material the same week. As can be seen from the chart, Guckkasten’s appearance on I Am A Singer 2 has already served to increase interest in their older songs.

Among the singles entering the chart there are the latest offerings from Broccoli, you too? and Yozoh. There is also the song recorded by Park Jiyoon for MBC drama I Do I Do (아이두 아이두), released on June 4th.

28. Verbal Jint – “굿모닝” (feat. Kwon Jung Yeol) (new)
36. Guckkasten – “한잔의 추억” (new)
38. Busker Busker – “벚꽃 엔딩” (-15)
40. Epitone Project – “새벽녘” (new)
47. Busker Busker – “여수 밤바다” (-13)
53. Busker Busker – “첫사랑” (-18)
63. Park Jiyoon – “I Do” (new)
65. Busker Busker – “꽃송이가” (-21)
88. Busker Busker – “외로움 증폭장치 (브래드 드럼 한판 쉬기)” (-23)
90. Busker Busker – “이상형” (-22)
93. Epitone Project – “다음날 아침” (with Han Hee Jung) (new)
95. Epitone Project – “이제, 여기에서” (new)
99. Busker Busker – “전활 거네” (-24)
103. Epitone Project – “믿을게” (new)
104. Epitone Project – “시차” (new)
107. Epitone Project – “5122″ (new)
108. Busker Busker – “골목길 어귀에서” (-27)
110. Broccoli, you too? – “잔인한 사월” (new)
112. Epitone Project – “우리의 음악” (new)
114. Epitone Project – “떠나자” (new)
115. Busker Busker – “향수” (-35)
117. Epitone Project – “초보비행” (new)
118. Yozoh – “빈 하늘 바라보며” (new)
120. Guckkasten – “거울” (new)
123. Epitone Project – “터미널” (new)
126. Epitone Project – “미뉴에트” (new)
131. Kim Ji Soo – “Vintage Man” (-30)
133. Epitone Project – “국경을 넘는 기차” (new)
162. Nell – “그리고, 남겨진 것들” (-51)
168. Busker Busker – “봄바람” (-28)
173. Guckkasten – “붉은 밭” (new)
187. 10cm – “애상” (-31)

Via: Gaon

K-Indie on Gaon’s Digital Chart, 2012.05.27~2012.06.02

The new charts from Gaon are out and the presence of Busker Busker remains strong. Their first album is currently at position 9 on the album chart, the lowest position it has held until now, but all songs from it remain in the top 200 of the digital track chart.

Since last week both the soundtrack from Shut Up! Flower Boy Band and Peppertones’ Beginner’s Luck have done a bit of climbing on the album chart, currently holding position 67 and 74 respectively. Nell‘s Slip Away that re-entered the album chart last week has instead fallen a bit, down twelve spots to position 81.

Gate Flowers released their first full-length album Times on May 29th and it ended up debuting on the album chart at position 26. Kim Ji Soo‘s mini album Vintage Man om May 30th and landed it at position 37 on the album chart. However, unlike Gate Flowers, Kim Ji Soo can also find the new lead track on the digital chart:

23. Busker Busker – “벚꽃 엔딩” (-3)
34. Busker Busker – “여수 밤바다” (-7)
35. Busker Busker – “첫사랑” (-6)
44. Busker Busker – “꽃송이가” (-8)
65. Busker Busker – “외로움 증폭장치 (브래드 드럼 한판 쉬기)” (-11)
68. Busker Busker – “이상형” (-12)
75. Busker Busker – “전활 거네” (-7)
80. Busker Busker – “향수” (-1)
81. Busker Busker – “골목길 어귀에서” (+1)
101. Kim Ji Soo – “Vintage Man” (new)
111. Nell – “그리고, 남겨진 것들” (-11)
140. Busker Busker – “봄바람” (-17)
156. 10cm – “애상” (-3)
174. Busker Busker – “골목길” (-9)

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K-Indie on Gaon’s Digital Chart, 2012.05.20~2012.05.26

After a week at a lower position on Gaon’s album chart, Busker Busker‘s first album is back at position 2. The album has now exceeded thirteen million downloads with over seventy thousand physical copies sold. Meanwhile a few of their songs have done some modest climbing on Gaon’s total digital Korean track chart while most have instead been falling.

Nell‘s Slip Away left the album chart last week but has now made a comeback at position 69. The Shut Up! Flower Boy Band soundtrack has instead fallen twenty size spots down to position 75 and Peppertones‘ Beginner’s Luck has fallen even more, down 41 spots to position 89.

Irish traditional band Bard released their second full-length album Road to Road last week and managed to enter the album chart at position 80. However none of the songs made it to the chart and neither did any other indie tracks:

20. Busker Busker – “벚꽃 엔딩” (-3)
27. Busker Busker – “여수 밤바다” (-6)
29. Busker Busker – “첫사랑” (-3)
36. Busker Busker – “꽃송이가” (-5)
54. Busker Busker – “외로움 증폭장치 (브래드 드럼 한판 쉬기)” (-9)
56. Busker Busker – “이상형” (-6)
68. Busker Busker – “전활 거네” (+1)
79. Busker Busker – “향수” (+2)
82. Busker Busker – “골목길 어귀에서” (+1)
100. Nell – “그리고, 남겨진 것들” (-7)
123. Busker Busker – “봄바람” (-13)
153. 10cm – “애상” (-11)
165. Busker Busker – “골목길” (-27)

K-Indie on Gaon’s Digital Chart, 2012.05.13~2012.05.19

After three weeks of climbing Gaon’s Korean album chart, Busker Busker‘s first album has now fallen back to position 7. The falling is reflected also on the total digital Korean chart, where the songs on the album have fallen more than ever before.

Climbing a bit on the album chart is Peppertones Beginner’s Luck that moves up two spots to position 48. Instead moving down two spots, to position 49, is the soundtrack for Shut Up! Flower Boy Band.

The new Free Market album My Present entered the album chart at position 96, but failed to make any mark on the digital track chart. Instead the only new indie related tracks entering the chart are more on the mainstream side, with Daylight‘s new single and a new song from Park Jiyoon.

17. Busker Busker – “벚꽃 엔딩” (-8)
21. Busker Busker – “여수 밤바다” (-2)
26. Busker Busker – “첫사랑” (-6)
31. Busker Busker – “꽃송이가” (-4)
45. Busker Busker – “외로움 증폭장치 (브래드 드럼 한판 쉬기)” (-7)
50. Busker Busker – “이상형” (-7)
69. Busker Busker – “전활 거네” (-17)
81. Busker Busker – “향수” (-18)
83. Busker Busker – “골목길 어귀에서” (-22)
93. Nell – “그리고, 남겨진 것들” (-31)
110. Busker Busker – “봄바람” (-29)
122. Park Jiyoon – “다 지워버리면” (new)
138. Busker Busker – “골목길” (-43)
142. 10cm – “애상” (-30)
170. Oksang Dalbit – “선물할게” (-83)
200. Daylight – “하나부터 열까지” (new)

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K-Indie on Gaon’s Digital Chart, 2012.05.06~2012.05.12

It’s yet another week with Busker Busker climbing Gaon’s album chart while the album songs move down a bit on the digital track chart. Their first album currently holds position 2, two up since last week.

Peppertones have been falling on both track and album chart, with their new album Beginner’s Luck falling twenty four spots down to position 50. After having no less than three albums on Gaon’s album chart last week, Nell now have none. The soundtrack for Shut Up! Flower Boy Band (닥치고 꽃미남 밴드) has made a sudden jump up to position 47 on the album chart.

Besides new positions and Nell’s “Cliff Parade” falling out of the top 200, looking at the Korean indie music tracks on Gaon’s total Korean digital chart there aren’t that many changes since last time.

9. Busker Busker – “벚꽃 엔딩” (-3)
19. Busker Busker – “여수 밤바다” (-7)
20. Busker Busker – “첫사랑” (-9)
27. Busker Busker – “꽃송이가” (-7)
38. Busker Busker – “외로움 증폭장치 (브래드 드럼 한판 쉬기)” (-10)
43. Busker Busker – “이상형” (-14)
52. Busker Busker – “전활 거네” (-9)
61. Busker Busker – “골목길 어귀에서” (-8)
62. Nell – “그리고, 남겨진 것들” (-22)
63. Busker Busker – “향수” (-12)
81. Busker Busker – “봄바람” (-13)
87. Oksang Dalbit – “선물할게” (-8)
95. Busker Busker – “골목길” (-14)
112. 10cm – “애상” (-1)
189. Busker Busker – “동경소녀” (-)
196. Oksang Dalbit – “Bird” (feat. Yoo Sae Yoon) (-53)
198. Peppertones – “행운을 빌어요” (-62)

Source: Gaon

K-Indie on Gaon’s Digital Chart, 2012.04.29~2012.05.05

Much like last week Busker Busker could see their songs falling on the digital chart while their first album did a bit of climbing on the album chart, this time moving up one spot to position 4.

Peppertones‘ Beginners Luck has been moving down 18 spots on the album chart, landing it at position 26. The songs have taken an even bigger fall, with only album lead track “행운을 빌어요” still in the top 200 of the Korean total digital chart.

Things are looking similar for Nell, with Slip Away down fifteen spots to position 58 on the album chart and only two songs from the album still on the digital chart. On the positive side, some of Nell’s older albums have seen big sales increases with Separation Anxiety from 2008 landing at position 74 and Healing Process from 2006 at position 93.

Many indie songs fell out of the top 200 on the digital chart with only two songs from Oksang Dalbit‘s new mini album Each Other.

6. Busker Busker – “벚꽃 엔딩” (-3)
11. Busker Busker – “첫사랑” (-5)
12. Busker Busker – “여수 밤바다” (-5)
20. Busker Busker – “꽃송이가” (-9)
28. Busker Busker – “외로움 증폭장치 (브래드 드럼 한판 쉬기)” (-11)
29. Busker Busker – “이상형” (-10)
40. Nell – “그리고, 남겨진 것들” (-22)
43. Busker Busker – “전활 거네” (-16)
51. Busker Busker – “향수” (-14)
53. Busker Busker – “골목길 어귀에서” (-15)
68. Busker Busker – “봄바람” (-20)
79. Oksang Dalbit – “선물할게” (new)
81. Busker Busker – “골목길” (-16)
111. 10cm – “애상” (-21)
136. Peppertones – “행운을 빌어요” (-68)
143. Oksang Dalbit – “Bird” (feat. Yoo Sae Yoon) (new)
189. Busker Busker – “동경소녀” (-7)
192. Nell – “Cliff Parade” (-38)

Source: Gaon

K-Indie on Gaon’s Digital Chart, 2012.04.22~2012.04.28

On the latest edition of Gaon’s charts we find Busker Busker‘s first album move up three slots to position 5 since the week before. The songs from the album on the other hand have all moved done the Korean total digital chart and out of their Superstar K3 songs only one remain in the top 200.

Nell‘s latest album topped the Korean album chart last week has instead done some heavy falling all the way down to position 43. On the song side there’s been even bigger falls for Nell, with two of the songs falling out of the top 200.

Like Busker Busker and Nell, Peppertones too start out on the track chart with all songs from their recently released fourth album Beginner’s Luck entering the top 200. The album itself is currently ranked number eight.

J Rabbit got the lead track off their new album Looking Around on the digital chart although the album can not be found on the album chart. Yellow Monsters on the other hand had their new EP We Eat Your Dog entering the album chart at position 48 but no song on the digital chart.

3. Busker Busker – “벚꽃 엔딩” (-1)
6. Busker Busker – “첫사랑” (-3)
7. Busker Busker – “여수 밤바다” (-3)
11. Busker Busker – “꽃송이가” (-3)
17. Busker Busker – “외로움 증폭장치 (브래드 드럼 한판 쉬기)” (-2)
18. Nell – “그리고, 남겨진 것들” (-11)
19. Busker Busker – “이상형” (-1)
27. Busker Busker – “전활 거네” (-4)
38. Busker Busker – “향수” (-8)
39. Busker Busker – “골목길 어귀에서” (-11)
48. Busker Busker – “봄바람” (-11)
65. Busker Busker – “골목길” (-21)
68. Peppertones – “행운을 빌어요” (new)
90. 10cm – “애상” (-14)
122. Peppertones – “러브앤피스” (new)
132. Peppertones – “For All Dancers” (new)
135. Nell – “Go” (-60)
137. Peppertones – “Robot” (new)
139. Nell – “The Ending” (-55)
142. Nell – “Standing In The Rain” (-59)
154. Nell – “Cliff Parade” (-67)
155. Peppertones – “Bikini” (new)
159. Nell – “In Days Gone By” (-65)
161. Peppertones – “검은 산” (new)
164. Standing Egg – “햇살이 아파” (with SoFly of 3rd Coast) (-56)
165. Peppertones – “Wish-List” (new)
166. Peppertones – “21세기의 어떤 날” (new)
168. Peppertones – “바이킹” (new)
172. Yozoh – “자꾸자꾸” (-48)
179. J Rabbit – “알고있을까?” (new)
182. Busker Busker – “동경소녀” (-22)
184. Peppertones – “아시안게임” (new)
186. Peppertones – “Fine” (new)
187. Nell – “Slip Away” (-74)
192. Daybreak – “Silly” (-85)
198. Nell – “Loosing Control” (-80)

Source: Gaon

Peppertones Offer Beginner’s Luck

Two and a half years since the release of Sounds Good! Peppertones are back with fourth full-length album Beginner’s Luck. Peppertones have a track record involving plenty of guest vocalists, but out of the eleven new titles only “검은 산” features Lalasweet‘s Kim Hyun-a. A music video for album lead track “행운을 빌어요” was revealed as Tuesday arrived in Korea.

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Sweet Sorrow feature Lucid Fall, Oh Ji Eun, Jung Joon Il, Peppertones

Vocal group Sweet Sorrow will release their third full length album, Viva, on December 31st. Willing to share the spotlight with others the quartet has featured a number of guest vocalists for the album, among them Lucid Fall who participates on the song “노래할게”. Also featured on the album, for bonus track “좋겠다”, are Oh Ji Eun, Jung Joon Il and Peppertones.

The album was preceded by two digital singles holding two songs each, released end of 2011, all of which are included on the album. The first of the two singles, Sweet Sorrow 3 Part 1, came with a track called “첫 데이트” which has been co-arranged with Peppertones’ Sayo. The song in question already has a music video:

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