A few somethings to watch and read over the weekend: Last weekend Apollo 18 performed at Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival. Here’s a live report: Apollo 18: Put the ROCK back in Fuji Rock. And just in case you missed the link yesterday, here are some official photos of Apollo 18 on stage at Fuji Rock…. Continue reading
Forgot about this when going over last week’s releases: Korean rock is real has shared the happy news that Pia returned with a new digital single, 소년, on July 28. Although they have now left Seotaiji Company it seems their sound keepings getting farther away from the heavy sound that attracted fans to them in… Continue reading
Some entertainment for the weekend: The new Taru album has gotten some attention from allkpop: Indie singer Taru releases second album, “100 Percent Reality”. Soompi too offers some more information on that one as well as a couple of other recent and upcoming releases:– Hongdae’s Goddess, Taru Releases Sophomore Album– Indie Band Dear Cloud Releases… Continue reading
Some interviews and more to keep you entertained over the weekend: The latest issue of Groove Korea comes with an article based on an interview with The Finnn, that want to keep people curious about their name: The New Kids on the Block: The Finnn wassereis has translated a lengthy interview with newcomer Kangto, where… Continue reading
A new weekend has come, and while some may be looking for activities other may be looking to catch up on a bit of reading. Let’s start with some things taking place tomorrow, April 16: For starters: if you’re in the vicinity of Chicago don’t forget that you’ll have a chance to check out charming… Continue reading
refresh_daemon of Init_Music made it to the LA date of the Seoulsonic tour and as expected those that did not make it missed out on a face melting experience. Today he posted a highly recommended read – a live report sharing his impressions from Big Phony, Vidulgi OoyoO, Galaxy Express, and Idiotape: Seen: 2K11 Seoulsonic… Continue reading
Apollo 18 have now returned to Korea from their US tour, but only after first stopping by Japan to play another couple of gigs. Ken of the fine blog Japan Live attended the Sunday show and has now provided a live report accompanied by a few photos: Apollo 18’s Tokyo Landing.
MTV Iggy caught Idiotape live during SXSW and provided a review: Concert Review> Idiotape @ SXSW 2011: Korea’s Electro Rock Trio Blow It Out. To get more of an idea about what it might be to see Idiotape or any of the other 2K11 Seoulsonic bands live yourself, the livestream from last week’s show in… Continue reading
So much interesting reading material was posted lately I had no chance to keep up with the link posting. Here’s a roundup to conclude the week: First up a couple of interviews. – Seoul Music Room has talked to Sighborg: 60 seconds with Sighghghghghborg!– wassereis spent some time translating this interesting interview with Jieun and… Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago a new blog called “Timeless, bottomless” (named after a Korean movie) showed up promising the occasional coverage of indie music event happenings in Seoul. A few days ago the Frenchman behind the blog delivered a short live report with photos from last Friday’s Round Robin session, featuring 3rd Line Butterfly… Continue reading