In a few hours the first official showcases during Zandari Festa 2017 will start. As noted when I listed 5 favorite live bands that I absolutely have to see again during the festival, what makes a showcase festival especially fun is the possibility to check out something new that one perhaps wouldn’t otherwise be able… Continue reading
Korea’s foremost showcase festival, Zandari Festa will kick off in Seoul on September 28. So many fantastic bands will be playing that it’ll be impossible to catch them all. Although part of the fun with a showcase festival is to check out artists one isn’t necessarily all that familiar with yet, there’s a bunch of… Continue reading
The fifth edition of Korea’s premier showcase festival Zandari Festa kicks off today, September 30. I have yet to make up my mind about what to see, but luckily it’s not until tomorrow that the official showcases start leaving an extra day to figure it out. In case anybody else is in the same situation,… Continue reading
After a CIS tour in 2015, Goldmund return this spring for the first part of the duo’s World Tour 2016. Besides a lot of stops in Russia there’ll also be dates in Kazakhstan and Georgia.
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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.
Continue readingThree-piece rock band Asian Chairshot formed in May 2011 and proceeded to make their first digital release half a year later. In 2012 Asian Chairshot made a name for themselves through CJ Azit’s Tune Up and last month Asian Chairshot was picked as Hello Rookie of May. Now the band’s first EP 탈 has been… Continue reading
Yellow Monsters had their EP We Eat Your Dog released in Japan on July 4th as scheduled. The two bonus tracks promised for the release turned out to be “Riot!” and “April 16th (4월 16일)” from the band’s second full-length album. Ahead of the release came a music video for Caution:, full of clips from… Continue reading
Onishi Yukari visited Korea in January and while there got enough video material for a music video to a song in Korean, “한류부인”. Usually singing 60’s inspired pop numbers the Osaka based songstress will perform on the second Korean Wave Festival on February 29th, backed by a set of Korean musicians including Lim Ji Hoon…. Continue reading
It is not uncommon for Korean indie bands to make the occasional visit to Japan for gigs. Come March it is time for shoegaze band Vidulgi OoyoO to make the trip to Tokyo for their first Japanese performance. The event is called Girl’s Dont Cry and will take place on March 3rd. Source: Electric Muse’s… Continue reading