It’s Friday which for anyone in or around the Hongdae area in Seoul usually means an overabundance of interesting shows to choose from. Maybe not so much this weekend however because of the lunar new year and all. So for some weekend reading here’s a bunch of live reports and related material that showed up… Continue reading
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Last ever Club Day to take place this January
Today Mark Russell shared the news on Korea Gig Guide that after this Friday Club Day is no more: Annyeong, Club Day. For the last 10 years Club Day has been a monthly happening in Hongdae – usually taking place on the last Friday of every month – and it has offered an opportunity to… Continue reading
Korean Festivals, Podcasts, and Winterplay
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
Ynot?, Orgeltanz, Yellow Monsters, …Whatever That Means
Figured I ought to share a couple of links I came across via Facebook: Shawn Despres has written some about Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival, including bits on Ynot?, Orgeltanz, and Yellow Monsters: Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival @ Dream Park, Incheon (Jul. 24th – 25th 2010). Melodic punk band …Whatever That Means was interviewed by Busan… Continue reading
Daejon Rock Fest related links
Since yesterday, the aforementioned Daejeon Rock Festival has become a Facebook event. Preparing visitors for the many great artists to play there, two links of particular interest were posted: – A live report from shoegazer band’s Vidulgi OoyoO‘s recent show in Shanghai: Cuckoo for Vidulgi OoYoO – An interview with Daejeon native punk rock band… Continue reading
Recent links and related releases
Thanks to Shawn Despres I found out that Widhi‘s Jisan Valley Rock festival report is available in a different version on Smashing Mag: Jisan Valley Rock Festival 2010 @ Jisan Forest Ski Resort, Icheon City (Jul. 30th – Aug. 1st, 2010) With Fluxus act Bye Bye Sea showing up in both Playful Kiss and I… Continue reading
Green Plugged, W and Bloody Cookie reviewed
Thanks to Eshe who supported the live report with photos, today I came across this piece written by Shawn Despres: Green Plugged Festival @ Noeul Park, Seoul (May 21st, 2010). It mentions performances by No Reply, Sugar Donut, Humming Urban Stereo and W&Whale before turning very enthusiastic over Galaxy Express. For some more on W… 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
Link roundup
A collection of recent links that may be of interest: Yuns of Korean blog Melody Design has written a bit on Jisan Valley and got it translated to English: Fantastic Finale to Jisan Valley Rock Festival. More on the festival in question was posted here two days ago. Violet Sweets reports that ByeBye Sea are… Continue reading
Jisan Valley Rock Festival CD & live reports
The weekend that just passed Jisan Valley Rock Festival took place. Mark Russell was there and shared a few impressions while updating over at Korea Gig Guide: Peace in DMZ Goes to Pieces. In doing so, he also linked a lengthy piece from The Korea Times: Booming beats rock Jisan Fest. A few days before… Continue reading