Archive for May, 2010

“With a Little Help from My Friends”

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

By Shawn Despres On Saturday, May 29 Ilsan trio Apollo 18 will play their largest headlining gig to date at Sangsang Madang in Hongdae. The show will be filmed for a live DVD that will surface this coming fall or winter. The group plan to perform two hours worth ...

Galaxy Express Getting International Exposure

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

By Mark Some fun news for one of the biggest bands in Hongdae, Galaxy Express -- their new album Wild Days is getting launched at the big Music Matters conference (the biggest music industry event in Asia) in Hong Kong this week. Galaxy's international sales agent, DFSB Kollective, just issued a press ...

Bane Ceremony

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

By Jon Dunbar

Well Worth The Wait

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

By Shawn Despres Formed in 2000, the awesome instrumental math-rock band Toe will  play their first concert in Seoul at Live Club Ssam (Ssamzie Space) in Hongdae on Saturday night. Unfortunately, if you don’t already have tickets you’re not going to be able to see them because the gig is ...

Summer Festival Preview

Monday, May 17th, 2010

By Dain [UPDATE: Jisan and Pentaport lineups updated] With two multi-day music events happening over the two previous weekends (last weekend's Seoul World DJ Festival and Beautiful Mint Life before that), it seems that the summer music festival season has already kicked off. I wanted to give a brief overview of what ...

Kicking the Music Biz in the Butt — The Man Behind Jisan Valley Rock Festival

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

By Mark Steven Kim, the founder of the Jisan Valley Rock Festival, has lived in the middle of Korea's live music scene since 1997. He attempted to launch the first summer music festival way back in 1999 with the Triport Rock Festival, but unfortunately a typhoon rained out the fun that ...

Shake Your Rump

Friday, May 7th, 2010

By Shawn Despres The timetable for the 4th Seoul World DJ Festival at the Nanji Area of the Han River has been released. Featuring four stages of music, the event starts at 2 pm on Saturday, May 8 and will finish some 16 hours later at around 6 am in ...

Xiu Xiu: Apologies To The Follically Challenged

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

By Shawn Despres After appearances at Austria’s Donaufestival (where they teamed up with Deerhoof to perform Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” in its entirety) and China’s Strawberry Festival, American art pop act Xiu Xiu are visiting South Korea for a trio of concerts in Busan, Daegu, and Seoul this week. At every show ...