This year’s World Village Festival in Helsinki, Finland, is on the theme of justice with regional focus on Asia. Idiotape will be representing South Korea, taking on the festival’s main stage in the Kaisaniemi Park on Saturday, May 28th.
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Modern Sky‘s series of Strawberry Music Festival are soon to start all across China. This year the headlining acts are The Prodigy, Disclosure, and Modestep. Amidst a strong line-up of Chinese bands there are also four acts coming over from Korea: Apollo 18, Hyukoh, Rock’N’Roll Radio, and idol girl group EXID.
The Beijing edition takes place between April 30-May 2 with Apollo 18 and EXID playing on the Saturday, Rock’N’Roll Radio on the Sunday, and Hyukoh playing the Monday.
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Modern Sky‘s series of Strawberry Music Festival are soon to start all across China. This year the headlining acts are The Prodigy, Disclosure, and Modestep. Amidst a strong line-up of Chinese bands there are also four acts coming over from Korea: Apollo 18, Hyukoh, Rock’N’Roll Radio, and idol girl group EXID.
The Shanghai edition takes place between April 30-May 2 with Hyukoh and EXID playing on the Saturday while Apollo 18 and Rock’N’Roll Radio playing the Monday.
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With several Korean acts in France for Nuit Sonores, Glen Check, Wedance and Yamagata Tweakster will play together in Paris in between their respective Lyon dates. Date: May 6, 2016 Cost: €12 Location: Flèche d’or Facebook event
Korea’s national music chart Gaon published the charts for March a week ago. Here’s a look at how the local indie music managed during the month. Gaon Korean Album Chart March appears to have been an overall very good month for album sales in Korea. Tearliner‘s soundtrack for tvN drama Cheese In The Trap (치즈… Continue reading
Once upon a time there was a band called The Plastic Day that was very, very awesome. Then leader Shin Sunho aka Green relocated to Australia, and a few years later he’d put together a new band called Hippie Death Star. I first interviewed the band in December 2014 while on tour in Korea. About… Continue reading
I first met Marie Frenette during my first trip to Korea, back in 2009, and we’ve remained friends since. While my time in Korea remains limited to the occasional vacation, Marie has successfully kept her life in the country for a decade. Her drive and passion (alongside her Korean proficiency) never ceases to amaze and… Continue reading
This article listing Anna’s favorite releases of 2009 was edited by Philip Gowman and first posted on London Korean Links Since finally giving up my life as a student to get out into the real world a couple of years ago my relation to new music has changed a lot. I see an interesting looking… Continue reading
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
Jun Bum Sun and the Yangbans‘ album debut was one of the most overlooked releases of 2014. A great album full of strong songs, but with Jun Bum Sun himself off to England soon after the release there wasn’t much time to build much of an audience by playing shows around Hongdae as bands usually… Continue reading