End of November the Asia-Pacific Journal published a peer-reviewed article by Victoria University of Wellington professor Stephen Epstein on Korean indie music: Us and Them: Korean Indie Rock in a K-Pop World. More specifically, it complements the 2014 documentary of the same name co-produced by Stephen Epstein and Timothy Tangherlini. The article does a great… Continue reading
This year’s edition of Philadelphia’s This Is Hardcore Fest takes place July 23rd-26th. The Geeks will be playing the fest on the Friday alongside bands such as American Nightmare and The Suicide File.
Continue readingWith less than two months to go before the Music part of SXSW 2013 kicks off in Austin, the SX Schedule is out though actual dates and venues are yet to come. As noted previously 3rd Line Butterfly, Galaxy Express, Goonam, Lowdown 30 and No Brain are all ready for the festival. Now Windy City… Continue reading
This morning my feed reader picked up some interesting Groove Korea links – a month late but on the other hand they’ve finally set up the feed to actually link to the articles. There’s an interview with well traveled hardcore act The Geeks: Exec by Day, Hardcore Frontman by Night. Continuing with the punk stuff,… Continue reading
Via Townhall Online we find that Punknews.org has interviewed the vocalist of hardcore act The Geeks: Interviews: Ki Seok So (The Geeks) Recent Korea resident Stephanie Thornton talked with lead singer Ki Seok So about The Geeks’ reputation, the hardcore scene in Korea, and cultural differences playing into the same international scene. Seems like there’s… Continue reading