Archive for April, 2010
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
By Mark
The biggest show in town this weekend by far is the New Town Culture Party all day on May 1, with 51 bands over 60 bands scheduled to appear. With so many bands playing, just about the whole indie scene is going to be there, including 3rd Line Butterfly, ...
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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
By Shawn Despres
Two talented trios, Seoul's The Plastic Day and Ilsan's Apollo 18, are pairing up for a co-headlining gig at Live Club Ssam (Ssamzie Space) in Hongdae on Saturday, May 1. The Plastic Day's "30 Seconds Between The Dreamer And The Realist" and Apollo 18's "[0] Album" ...
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Saturday, April 24th, 2010
By Shawn Despres
Presented by Seoul imprint Estella Records, the two-day Lotus Carnival brings together a top-notch lineup of the label’s acts and like-minded artists for shows at Club Spot in Hongdae on Saturday, April 24 and Sunday, April 25.
Although I’m looking forward to most of the performances, my personal pick ...
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
By Mark
The Jisan Valley Rock Festival has announced another round of acts for this year's music fest -- Vampire Weekend, Corinne Bailey Rae, Kula Shaker, Martina Topley-Bird and Diane Birch are the latest to join the lineup.
That is in addition to the already announced Belle & Sebastian, Massive Attack and ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
By Dain
This Sunday, April 25, 4 very independent, influential and great Korean bands play at SoundHoliCity (aka, Soundholic). Lowdown 30, 3rd Line Butterfly, Seoul Electric Band and Cocore are joining 4ces to help you kickstart the week with the "Absolutely 4King Great Party."
All 4 acts are highly respected veterans of ...
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
By Dain
Next weekend, April 23-24, sees Korean indie icons Crying Nut celebrate their 15th anniversary with two concerts. Since forming in 1995, they have become the biggest independent band in Korean history (or at least one of the biggest, depending on how you measure these things: Mark). After last year’s ...
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Monday, April 5th, 2010
By Dain
Along with the two previously announced multi-day music festivals (The World DJ Fest and The Beautiful Mint Life Fest), the announcement of the Green Plugged two-day music fest tells us that summer's outdoor music season is about to begin.
Organized by Hongdae club veteran Soundholic, Green Plugged will run May ...
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Friday, April 2nd, 2010
By Jon Dunbar
This weekend all the excitement should be at Club Spot, where ...Whatever That Means will be releasing their first EP, full of melodic punk tracks from this American/Korean band.
Anybody find it a little unsettling that husband-and-wife Jeff and Trash are depicted here as brother-and-sister Luke and Leia? ...
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