Archive for July, 2008

Summer Breeze Blows (Out)

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Looks like the Summer Breeze concert, which was supposed to be help next weekend, has been canceled. Not a huge surprise, I guess. While it was nice to see people trying to organize so many music festivals this summer, most looked pretty underwhelming. And most of these wanna-be promoters do ...

Liancourt Rocks!

Monday, July 21st, 2008

While the Korean newspapers and politicians engage in one of their regular bouts of Dokdo worrying, another far greater case of Japanese cultural imperialism is going on in Korea -- a Japanese band is trying to lay claim to Shin Joong-hyun, the godfather of Korean rock. Okay, I joke, In fact, ...

Absent and Absinthe

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

So, you say are you living in Busan and there is no way you can make it up to Seoul for Pentaport, and it has you feeling down. Sure, you can wear black, smoke clove cigarettes and mope, but somehow that's just not enough. You want something just a little ...

Envy Coming to Seoul

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

This Friday will see the Japanese band Envy playing at Rolling Hall in Hongdae, along with local noise band Bulssazo. Show is a little pricey, at 45,000 won (40,000 won if you buy ahead of time), but it should be fun.Starts at 8pm. Envy is a trippy/hardcore band out of Tokyo, ...

Mixtape Party Saturday

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Sean at Mixtape just asked me to add the latest Mixtape party to the calendar, so I am adding. Besides, his party poster features Kim Choo-ja, so how could I say no? Mixtape party at Club Mint, Saturday July 12, starting at 10pm.

If You See Just One Show This Weekend… (July 11-13)

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

A bit of an usual weekend for shows coming up, with plenty of great choices on Friday and Sunday, as well as Saturday. Gogo Stars and Seogyo Group Sound both have album release parties (Gogo Stars on Friday at FF at 7:30, Seogyo Group Sound on Saturday at FF beginning ...

Pentaport Final Line-up

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Pentaport organizers just announced their "final" line-up for this year's rock festival, adding a few new bands to the bill -- Copy Machine, The Vines, Oh! Brothers, Jaurim, Peter Pan Complex, Double Famous, Sweater, DJ Rap, Lowdown 30, DJ Psyko, and DJ Flamenco. You can see the new schedule on ...

ETP Update

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Two new bands just added to Seo Taiji's ETP Fest concert in August -- Maximum the Hormone and Death Cab for Cutie. I have never heard of Maximum the Hormone before, but their Myspace page is here. Reminds me a bit of Ministry. Death Cab for Cutie could be fun ...