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On January 2nd the results from Mint Paper Awards 2011 were published. Today followed a set of videos where the winners get to say their thanks to the music experts and Mint Paper members (‘minters’) that voted for them during the first half of December.
Rookie of The Year: Glen Check
Concert of The Year: Antenna Music Warriors – 그래, 우리 함께
Song of The Year: Chang Kiha & The Faces – “그렇고 그런 사이”
Album of The Year: The Koxx – Access OK
Artist of The Year: 10cm
Glen Check recorded their video in English and revealed plans for a fist full length-album to be released mid-February:
The other videos were all in Korean:
- Antenna Music Warriors: [Mint Paper Awards 2011] 올해의 공연 ‘안테나뮤직 워리어스’
- The KOXX: [Mint Paper Awards 2011] 올해의 앨범 ‘칵스’
- 10cm: [Mint Paper Awards 2011] 올해의 아티스트 ’10cm’
Antenna Music Warriors was the name of a concert held in May 2011 showcasing artists from Antennamusic, including Peppertones and Lucid Fall, with a digital release featuring highlights following a couple of months later. Here they are performing You Hee Yeol‘s “여름날”:
With close to 800,000 views on YouTube the music video for “그렇고 그런 사이” can hardly have been missed and may have contributed to the song’s success:
Of course with a set of winners there are the nominees that didn’t quite make it in their respective categories. Nevertheless they shouldn’t be forgotten and may serve as a starting point when looking for something new to listen to:
Rookie Nominees
Park Sol; Soran; Ulala Session; Have A Tea
Concert Nominees
No Reply – 꿈의 시작; Daybreak – Look; Live Icon 3 (Daybreak, Monni, 10cm); Lee Juck – 사랑
Song Nominees
10cm – “사랑은 은하수 다방에서“; The Koxx – “12:00“; Soran – “준비된 어깨“, Dalmoon – “없는게 메리트”
Album Nominees
10cm – 1.0; The Black Skirts – Don’t You Worry Baby (I’m Only Swimming); Kim Dong Ryul – kimdongrYULE; cafe : night & day
Artist Nominees
No Reply; Jaurim; Jung Jae Hyung; The Koxx
source: koreanindie.com, mintpaperTV, CJENMUSIC, BGBGrecords
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Date: 2012-01-06 09:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-06 09:36 pm (UTC)All that matters to me rn. Congrats to them.
Need to get more into the indie stuff, though. I've heard a few things here and there and it seems to be more of my speed.
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Date: 2012-01-06 09:36 pm (UTC)Too bad Dalmoon didn't win anything but Jang Gi Ha is great too. I prefer 10cm's 1.0 album over The KOXX's Access OK album tho...
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Date: 2012-01-06 10:05 pm (UTC)blackskirts ^-^
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Date: 2012-01-07 12:01 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-01-07 02:32 am (UTC)Artist of The Year: 10cm
rightfully so
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Date: 2012-01-07 02:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-07 07:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-07 07:45 am (UTC)And ofc 10cm <3
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Date: 2012-01-07 07:52 am (UTC)It's actually the 1st time I've ever heard of this award, but I'm happy that indie bands also receive rewards for their hard work <3