June 12, 2008 – 1:23 pm
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 free). Then on June 21, they play at 8 pm at Club FF (10,000 won, maybe other bands to be announced). And at midnight they play at Club Ta, along with Animal Dads (10,000 won).
Is John Cameron Mitchell playing in Seoul? According to the Korea Times, he is playing on 14th at Olympic Hall, together with Oh Man-seok (who played Hedwig in the Korea edition of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH musical), but I cannot find anything about the show at Korea’s various online ticket sites. And then there is this acoustic gig on 16th at Sangsang Madang, featuring Vodka Rain.
Pentaport update. Added is Tricky, Inoran (from the Japanese band Luna Sea), Vidulgi Ooyoo (!), Lolo’s, Devils, and DJ Shai.
I just ran across Matthew Campagna’s run-down of much of Korea’s indie scene over at his TURNING GATE blog. A very good resource.