Halloween Weekend and Crying Nut
October 29, 2009 – 10:10 pm(Editor’s note: I almost missed this post by Dain about the weekend concerts. He has some totally different advice from mine, but variety is a good thing. Enjoy)
By Dain Leathem
It’s a huge weekend in Korea for those who want to go see some live music, and both Friday and Saturday have great options. Last year, Halloween was on Clubday, leading to an insanely crowded Hongdae, so be thankful this year gives you 2 nights instead of one.
Possibly the pick of the gigs is Blue Spirit Friday night. Where else can you get Crying Nut, No Brain, Windy City & others in a small club for 15,000 won? Doors open at 9pm.
Speaking of Crying Nut, it’s a great time to be a fan of theirs as they seem to poppin up around town in small places a lot. They’ve been in good form at a lot of the big outdoor festivals, have a great new album out, and also will play Sunday night at DGDB.
If you do go to Clubday Friday, you will get to see 2 bands I have wanted to play alongside each other for a while, Telepathy and Gogostar, who both play at FF – be interesting to see them go at it.
Saturday is also a hard one to choose, with a Kimchi-billy night on, Hip Hop & gambling @ Walker Hill, even a little K-Pop hits Blue Spirit, so there is not excuse not to enjoy one of Hongdae’s biggest weekends of the year.