Assorted links from the last few days: Thanks to Hannah Bae I got to read this really good article on music festivals in Korea, written by Niels Footman for Yonhap News: (Yonhap Feature) Five years after the first, Korea succumbs to rock festival fever. Via Korea Gig Gudie I learned of a recently started podcast… Continue reading
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Daejeon, Galaxy Express, Guyz, and Naru
Assorted links from today: I don’t generally advertise upcoming music events in Korea all that much (Korea Gig Guide is a better source if you’re looking for that kind of information), but in October there’ll be a festival in Daejeon that ought to sound very interesting whether you’re into good music, beer, or food: The… Continue reading
Interviews and other links
K.O.A. Zine has been updated with yet another very interesting interview, including some Korean indie music history. This time the interview subject is 3rd Line Butterfly‘s Sung Kiwan: Sung Kiwan: Renaissance Man of Hongdae For more questions and answers, over at Omona They Didn’t! there’s a translated 10Asia interview with Kim Jae Wook, that still… Continue reading
Language practice: Yellow Monsters & Guckkasten
Every now and then my feed reader offers me something interesting in languages (besides Korean) that I don’t really understand all that well. Chopstick Yeti offers an introduction to new super group Yellow Monsters: Yellow Monsters. The catchy rock trio gathers GumX guitarist Yong Won, My Aunt Mary bassist Han Jin Young, and Delispice/Omega 3… Continue reading
Crash has returned
Seven years after their fifth full length album, trash metal band Crash returned with sixth album The Paragon of Animals on August 10. Here’s the music video to new song Crashday. Over at Omona They Didn’t there’s a post with some info on Crash as well as the new album: Korean metal. Visit MySpace to… Continue reading
Interview roundup
Not just an impressive amount of reviews, but also a whole bunch of interesting interviews showed up online over the months when activity on this blog was low. Thanks to Mark Russell, I found out about The Creators Project interviews with both DJ Soulscape and EE:– A Chat with DJ Soulscape– A Chat with EE… Continue reading
Link roundup, week 32
Some links of interest gathered in my feed reader over the last few days: A couple of Jisan Valley Rock Festival reviews more:– Return to Jisan (Footman’s Frothings)– [Wiz Gigs] Jisan Valley Rock Festival 2010 ByeBye Sea‘s appearance in a Korean drama has been mentioned before. Now there’s word that the members have also been… Continue reading
The influence of Pipi Band/Pipi Longstocking
The Korean offered some Korean indie music history as he selected PiPi Band/Pipi Long Stocking as number 50 on his 50 Most Influential K-Pop Artists list: 50 Most Influential K-Pop Artists: 50. Pipi Band/Pipi Longstocking. Although I was more or less completely unaware of the existence of any kind of alternative music – let alone… Continue reading
Assorted Raspberry Field links
Almost eight months after rumors about a single were first posted here, male/female guitarist/vocalist duo Raspberry Field released 토요일 오후에 on July 20. A teaser video showed up a week earlier. The single features three songs: the title track; 3月 featuring balladeer Cho Kyu Chan (who happens to be the husband of Hey, sister of… Continue reading
Kafka & Kingston Rudieska in new Groove Korea
A new issue of Groove Korea will be out soon, and so a few interesting articles showed up in my feed reader today. Kingston Rudieska put out their second full length album, Ska Bless You, on July 29 and it was reviewed for Groove by Chris in South Korea: Review: Ska Bless You by Kingston… Continue reading