Archive for June, 2008
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
While I think the Gig Guide has gotten off to a slightly better than expected start, obviously this is not the only game in town for learning about events and things that are going on. So I thought I would mention a few other options that I know about.
- DJCJ: ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Plenty of shows going on again this weekend. Next Floor, going on at the Han River, near Sangam in western Seoul, is obviously the biggest gig -- 30,000 won for a whole bunch of live acts and DJs (poster here, schedule here).
There is also an interesting looking show at Yardbirds ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
In addition to the usual end-of-month Club Day, this month there is a huge, two-day festival going on at the Han River this weekend. Called Next Floor 08 (and the Hangang Club Festival), there will be oodles of international DJs and great bands playing all night long, just west of ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Hello everyone from Dave's ESL Cafe (from here). I appreciate the spike in traffic. And if some of you feel inspired to try out Korea's live music scene, so much the better.
One little quibble, though -- contrary to what was written in post No. 2, the concert listing did indeed ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
Guest Post by Eric David (from Animal Dads)
It’s common knowledge that the Internet has opened new doors for smaller bands. Vampire Weekend, Tapes'nTapes and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have gone from blog favorites to talk-show guests within a calendar year. A textbook example of this shift in the ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
The Summer Breeze music festival is picking up steam, with a couple more acts just added to the bill -- The Prodigy, Rize and Stacie Orrico. They join Panic at the Disco, Simple Plan, James Scott, New Found Glory, One Republic and Lost Prophets. Organizers say that more is to ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
Actually, I have no idea about this weekend. There is no one, overwhelmingly cool show. But there are several very good looking shows, any of which should be worth checking out.
Tonight (Friday) we have Windy City, along with Kingston Rudieska and friends, playing at Sangsang Madang. Definitely a solid and ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Here are some random bits of concert news I have come across recently:
Nanbanjin, a band from Japan (Myspace page is here), is going to be playing three gigs in Hongdae on June 20 and 21. They play on June 20 at 11pm at Freebird, along with We Need Surgery (for ...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Thanks a lot to Shawn for adding so many gigs to the concert calendar. No way I could keep on the scene on my own.
I have been picking up a lot of CDs lately, as well as listening to albums that I bought a while ago but never got around ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Pentaport just announced the additions of Deli Spice, Kasabian, Geom X GumX and Windy City to this year's line-up.
And Seo Taiji announced that this year's ETP Fest will be on Aug. 15. No word on who (besides Taiji) will be playing.
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