Seoul-based showcase festival Zandari Festa consistently attracts both great Korean and international acts as well as other attendees, making it easy to catch up with old and new friends alike. As such, for the past couple of years has been one of the highlights of my annual Korea trips. So also this year. Zandari Thursday,… Continue reading
It’s mid-March and just a day away from the start of the world’s largest music showcase festival–South by Southwest–in Austin, Texas. The music portion of SXSW 2016 lasts from March 15 to March 20 and offers more than 2,000 showcasing artists. 16 of those are Korean. Anna’s Recommendations Chris from Korean Indie took the… Continue reading
Russian festival V-ROX, or Vladivostok Rocks, is going on its 3rd year. During 3 days end of August this year promises 300 musicians from several countries with Korea’s YB and Rock N Roll Radio headlining the event. The other Korean bands scheduled for the festival are A’Z bus, Victim Mentality, The Veggers, R.Tee, Phonebooth, and Heo.
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As has become common in recent years, also the 2015 edition of SXSW Music will be featuring a set of Korean bands. The first round of artist announcements came on October 22nd and includes The Barbarettes, Big Phony, Eastern Sidekick, EE, No Brain and su:m. Additionally it was reported after MU:CON that Asian Chairshot too… Continue reading