Comments on: Festival Showdown http://www.koreagigguide.com/2009/07/27/festival-showdown/ A Guide to Live Music and What's Going on in Korea Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Paul http://www.koreagigguide.com/2009/07/27/festival-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-3391 Paul Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:21:58 +0000 http://www.koreagigguide.com/?p=539#comment-3391 <B> What “youthful acts” did Jisan Valley present in comparison? </B> I meant that Pentaport robbed Jisan of youthful acts. Say what you like about Glaxy Express, Gogo Star et al, but they are a lot newer and a lot more (traditionally at least) youth-orientated than most of the Jisan bands were. I agree that neither are close to Fuji (not been but its obvious on paper) or Glasto. Don't know if you've been to Glastonbury but one thing that makes it stand out is a very special site - it creates a really good atmosphere. Jisan at least had that atmosphere (not as special as Glastonbury though). What “youthful acts” did Jisan Valley present in comparison?

I meant that Pentaport robbed Jisan of youthful acts. Say what you like about Glaxy Express, Gogo Star et al, but they are a lot newer and a lot more (traditionally at least) youth-orientated than most of the Jisan bands were.

I agree that neither are close to Fuji (not been but its obvious on paper) or Glasto.
Don’t know if you’ve been to Glastonbury but one thing that makes it stand out is a very special site – it creates a really good atmosphere. Jisan at least had that atmosphere (not as special as Glastonbury though).

]]> By: Erin http://www.koreagigguide.com/2009/07/27/festival-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-3360 Erin Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:38:45 +0000 http://www.koreagigguide.com/?p=539#comment-3360 I was at Pentaport for Saturday and Sunday night and I had such a fun time! I've been to a handful of fests back in the states so I wasn't expecting too much from Pentaport, but I was definitely proven wrong! It was so much fun getting down to the Korean music, no matter how strange it was. I liked how everything was pretty close together and didn't have to walk extremely far to get to anything. And Inspektor Cluzo was great! The Koreans were digging them and they even brought some people up on stage to dance! If I am in Korea next year Pentaport is a must again! I was at Pentaport for Saturday and Sunday night and I had such a fun time! I’ve been to a handful of fests back in the states so I wasn’t expecting too much from Pentaport, but I was definitely proven wrong! It was so much fun getting down to the Korean music, no matter how strange it was. I liked how everything was pretty close together and didn’t have to walk extremely far to get to anything.
And Inspektor Cluzo was great! The Koreans were digging them and they even brought some people up on stage to dance!
If I am in Korea next year Pentaport is a must again!

]]> By: Shawn http://www.koreagigguide.com/2009/07/27/festival-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-3358 Shawn Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:57:55 +0000 http://www.koreagigguide.com/?p=539#comment-3358 Thanks for posting the write-ups for both fests from The Korea Herald. Think the line in the Pentaport review about Jisan Valley Rock Festival "being on par with the likes of Fuji or Glastonbury" is a bit of a stretch, though. Glastonbury is the king of music festivals (their 20-stage lineup never ceases to make my jaw drop) and Fuji Rock, which is still a ways off from Glastonbury, is absolutely amazing too (I've been five years running). Although I know Jisan Valley Rock Festival is trying to model itself after Fuji Rock (their tv spots featured footage from the Japanese fest) they've still got a looooooooooooooooong way to go to be considered "on par" with the world's elite fests. Would be awesome for Korea if one day (say, in a decade or so) they can be truly be mentioned alongside the greats. Anyhoo, just my two cents. Thanks for posting the write-ups for both fests from The Korea Herald.

Think the line in the Pentaport review about Jisan Valley Rock Festival “being on par with the likes of Fuji or Glastonbury” is a bit of a stretch, though.

Glastonbury is the king of music festivals (their 20-stage lineup never ceases to make my jaw drop) and Fuji Rock, which is still a ways off from Glastonbury, is absolutely amazing too (I’ve been five years running). Although I know Jisan Valley Rock Festival is trying to model itself after Fuji Rock (their tv spots featured footage from the Japanese fest) they’ve still got a looooooooooooooooong way to go to be considered “on par” with the world’s elite fests. Would be awesome for Korea if one day (say, in a decade or so) they can be truly be mentioned alongside the greats.

Anyhoo, just my two cents.

]]> By: Shawn http://www.koreagigguide.com/2009/07/27/festival-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-3357 Shawn Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:42:13 +0000 http://www.koreagigguide.com/?p=539#comment-3357 <strong>Another thing was that Pentaport seemed to rob the festival of youthful acts. There didn’t seem much that was fresh or new and that was disappointing. </strong> What "youthful acts" did Jisan Valley present in comparison? Looking at both lineups, there wasn't a lot of newish stuff presented at either. Am real curious to hear how Inspector Cluzo was received at Pentaport. They played several times at Fuji Rock before coming to Incheon. Only caught one of their shows, but it was a lot of fun. Their "Fuck The Bass Player" t-shirts (they are a guitar-drums duo) were pretty cool too. Anyone catch them in Korea? Another thing was that Pentaport seemed to rob the festival of youthful acts. There didn’t seem much that was fresh or new and that was disappointing.

What “youthful acts” did Jisan Valley present in comparison? Looking at both lineups, there wasn’t a lot of newish stuff presented at either.

Am real curious to hear how Inspector Cluzo was received at Pentaport. They played several times at Fuji Rock before coming to Incheon. Only caught one of their shows, but it was a lot of fun. Their “Fuck The Bass Player” t-shirts (they are a guitar-drums duo) were pretty cool too. Anyone catch them in Korea?

]]> By: Shawn http://www.koreagigguide.com/2009/07/27/festival-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-3355 Shawn Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:34:34 +0000 http://www.koreagigguide.com/?p=539#comment-3355 ready4d has Pentaport '09 vids of Cocore, Deftones, The Black Skirts, and N.E.X.T up on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ready4d&view=videos&query=Pentaport Has posted a bunch o' Jisan vids too: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ready4d&view=videos&query=Jisan ready4d has Pentaport ’09 vids of Cocore, Deftones, The Black Skirts, and N.E.X.T up on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ready4d&view=videos&query=Pentaport

Has posted a bunch o’ Jisan vids too:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ready4d&view=videos&query=Jisan

]]> By: Paul http://www.koreagigguide.com/2009/07/27/festival-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-3326 Paul Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:09:20 +0000 http://www.koreagigguide.com/?p=539#comment-3326 In case you're interested, there is a review of Pentaport (not by me, obviously) in todays paper. http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/07/31/200907310054.asp We also have a discussion forum newly opened, the subject of which is Korean music. I know K-pop isn't really the thing here, but anyway. I'll leave it for you to decide how wise it was to run it on Daum, although I'm told they're working on an English language sign-up. http://bbs3.agora.media.daum.net/gaia/do/event/list?bbsId=E052 In case you’re interested, there is a review of Pentaport (not by me, obviously) in todays paper.

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/07/31/200907310054.asp

We also have a discussion forum newly opened, the subject of which is Korean music. I know K-pop isn’t really the thing here, but anyway. I’ll leave it for you to decide how wise it was to run it on Daum, although I’m told they’re working on an English language sign-up.

http://bbs3.agora.media.daum.net/gaia/do/event/list?bbsId=E052

]]> By: mark http://www.koreagigguide.com/2009/07/27/festival-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-3295 mark Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:29:29 +0000 http://www.koreagigguide.com/?p=539#comment-3295 Hi Paul: Thanks for the comments. Very nice of you to do so. Interesting point about Pentaport. Although everyone has talked a lot about the rivalry, I had not thought of that aspect. I wonder what the final attendance figures were for the two festivals... Hopefully next year, there will only be one festival this weekend, and the other festival will move two weeks, to take advantage of Summer Sonic. Hi Paul:

Thanks for the comments. Very nice of you to do so.

Interesting point about Pentaport. Although everyone has talked a lot about the rivalry, I had not thought of that aspect. I wonder what the final attendance figures were for the two festivals…

Hopefully next year, there will only be one festival this weekend, and the other festival will move two weeks, to take advantage of Summer Sonic.

]]> By: Paul http://www.koreagigguide.com/2009/07/27/festival-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-3283 Paul Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:43:58 +0000 http://www.koreagigguide.com/?p=539#comment-3283 One of the reasons it was a mixed review was space - I had to chop out some bands because they weren't high enough on the bill. Another thing was that Pentaport seemed to rob the festival of youthful acts. There didn't seem much that was fresh or new and that was disappointing. Also I thought Saturday's line up was ill conceived. I know Kim Chang-wan is popular, but I don't think it worked having him so late on, and he was a pretty wierd choice to warm up for Basement Jaxx. There were some excellent things though -- the venue was really nice. There seemed to be more camping, too, which I like to see at festivals. There were some really good performances too, I enjoyed most of the second stage Friday, esp. Mongoose, who I'd never heard before to be honest. Also, it wasn't a wash out or a disaster. Nothing major went wrong. Considering it was the first time they did it, I think that's encouraging. One of the reasons it was a mixed review was space – I had to chop out some bands because they weren’t high enough on the bill.
Another thing was that Pentaport seemed to rob the festival of youthful acts. There didn’t seem much that was fresh or new and that was disappointing.
Also I thought Saturday’s line up was ill conceived. I know Kim Chang-wan is popular, but I don’t think it worked having him so late on, and he was a pretty wierd choice to warm up for Basement Jaxx.
There were some excellent things though — the venue was really nice. There seemed to be more camping, too, which I like to see at festivals.
There were some really good performances too, I enjoyed most of the second stage Friday, esp. Mongoose, who I’d never heard before to be honest.
Also, it wasn’t a wash out or a disaster. Nothing major went wrong. Considering it was the first time they did it, I think that’s encouraging.

]]> By: breda http://www.koreagigguide.com/2009/07/27/festival-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-3279 breda Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:33:20 +0000 http://www.koreagigguide.com/?p=539#comment-3279 i thought the jisan fest was pretty great. oasis was pretty hard for people to say too...oh-wah-shi-suh. thanks for keeping this great site that helps me keep track of all the good shows :) i thought the jisan fest was pretty great. oasis was pretty hard for people to say too…oh-wah-shi-suh.

thanks for keeping this great site that helps me keep track of all the good shows :)

]]> By: Jon http://www.koreagigguide.com/2009/07/27/festival-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-3277 Jon Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:21:30 +0000 http://www.koreagigguide.com/?p=539#comment-3277 It's hard to listen to any Weezer without picking up that Rivers has yellow fever. It’s hard to listen to any Weezer without picking up that Rivers has yellow fever.

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