Archive for March, 2009
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
By Shawn Despres
The launch party for Canadian dancer Eshe’s new monthly belly dance event, Love Dance, will take place on Saturday, April 4 at Bowie in Hongdae. Eshe is the belly dancer for local folk act Orgeltanz and has performed with Cocore and at experimental music showcase Bulgasari. ...
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
By Shawn Despres
On March 28 the 2nd annual Asia Metal Festival is taking place at Sangsang Madang Live Hall. It’s well recommended that all metalheads attending get plenty of rest and take their vitamins beforehand to help keep their endurance up for six-and-a-half-hours of headbanging, throwing up devil horns, ...
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
By Shawn Despres
I've wanted to write something about Korean trio Apollo 18 for almost a month-and-a-half now, but unfortunately have been swamped with other things.
I first came across the act in early February when they played at Badabie with The Plastic Day and
Juck Juck Grunge. Sun Ho ...
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
By Shawn Despres
Saturday night’s gig by Seoul melodic skate punks Gumx will be a little more special than usual. Bassist Keunyoung Lee will soon be relocating to Tokyo and this will be his last show before the move.
Please note, this will *NOT* be his final concert with ...
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Lots and lots going on this weekend. Reggae party with I&I Djangdan at 500 (Obeg) on Saturday night. A Beatles tribute at Freebird. And a great selection of gigs outside of Seoul, in case you live elsewhere on the peninsula.
One gig that should be good is the latest SHK SHKT, ...
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
By Shawn Despres
Seoul-based expat indie rockers The Fist released their new CD, "Godblessmess," at the end of February. Most music fans know that it can be a bit of a challenge to hunt down albums by local bands in Korea. The Fist have made things a whole lot ...
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Okay, I am pretty sure this band must be a hoax, but it is odd enough that I present it to you anyway.
Pyongyang Hardcore Resistance claims to be a "breakcore" band out of North Korea. The Myspace page author claims there are two people making these tapes in Pyongyang, then ...
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Thursday, March 5th, 2009
By Jon Dunbar
You can see some cool photos taken by Blakey Bear, a guy you may have noticed if you've ever caught the very unusual local foreigner act Literallies. Come to Gallery Sogool this Saturday for a selection of his urban exploration photos.
Highlighted will be Trash Mountain, his own nickname ...
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Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Mudaeryuk has long been one of my favorite bars in Hongdae, with its good music, good vibes, good beer (Alley Kat Pale Ale on tap), and good art. And now there is another reason to enjoy Mudaeryuk -- Thursday night concerts.
Mudaeryuk is not a huge venue, but it does have ...
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