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
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
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