Archive for February, 2009

10 … Back In A Big Way

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

By Shawn Despres After spending the latter part of 2008 playing throughout China, eccentric local experimental musician Itta and her duo 10 (with Japanese noise artist Marqido) returned to Seoul at the beginning of this year. Itta did a pair of solo performances in January and 10 have done two ...

Trash & Jeff’s Punk Rock Wedding

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

By Jon Dunbar Over the past year there have been a ton of marriages in the Hongdae punk scene. However, rather than just quietly register at the government office like all the others have done, Jeff and Trash (bassist of BB Lucky Town) have decided to put on a show at ...

Blow Out The Candles And Rock!

Friday, February 20th, 2009

By Shawn Despres Missed last weekend's 5th anniversary concerts at FF? Went and aren't all partied out yet? On Friday night (Febraury 20) Club Spot will celebrate their 3rd anniversary. Birthday anthems will be provided by long running pop-punkers Sugar Donut (who have performed at Pentaport and ...

Heart Rock

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Good news for concert goers -- with Valentine's Day falling on a Saturday this year, there will be a wealth of shows to choose from this weekend. A lot of variety, too, with shows ranging from the poppy (Ibadi and Sogyumo Acadia Band) to loud (the punk acts at Stompers in ...

One Year Done — And Many More to Come (I Hope)

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

Oops, I nearly forgot about the 1-year anniversary of the Gig Guide. Hard to believe, but I (and Shawn) have been keeping this calendar going for 365 days already. When I started the Gig Guide last February, I had no idea what to expect. Heck, I did not even know if ...

Smack Softly Now, Cuz’ the Hour Is Getting Late

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Crap, I meant to write up a post about Whang Bo-ryung and her band Smack Soft, which have released a new album and seem to be touring again. But I am out of the country and do not have much time. Many apologies. Okay, here's the gist of it. Whang Bo-ryung ...