Archive for June, 2010

OneYearOne for SuperColorSuper

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

By Mark Apologies for the Supercolorsuper overload these days, but I think they deserve some love for bringing so many interesting, international acts to Seoul (despite a few, er, hiccups). But even better, imho, is when they feature some of the great local music that's around these days. Which is why I ...

Lymbyc Systym: A Much Easier Act For SuperColorSuper

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

By Shawn Despres Apologies while we continue to work on getting the calendar back up and running.  We are hopeful that everything will  return to business as usual on Korea Gig Guide very soon. Two weekend events worth highlighting are Lymbyc Systym’s Seoul concerts at Rolling Hall tonight (June 26) and Live ...

Apologies for the Interruption…

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

By Mark Hi all. Sorry, I was trying to update some software on this website and run into a few problems. Need to try to sort them out. Hopefully I can get things working again before too long. If there are any coders out there who feel like helping out, I would ...

*Update* — The King Khan & BBQ Show

Friday, June 18th, 2010

By Shawn Despres Yesterday I wrote "Despite news stories circulating last week about their possible break up, The King Khan & BBQ Show are still together and their concerts scheduled for this week in South Korea are 100% happening." Turns out I spoke too soon.  Apparently monsieurs Khan and ...

Everybody Loves A Lazer Show!

Friday, June 18th, 2010

By Shawn Despres Major Lazer, a very cool collaborative project between the renowned Diplo and Switch is headlining the Milk Festival at Seoul's Korea-AX tonight. Only Diplo will be at the show, but hype man Skerrit Bwoy will be by his side to keep the crowd, um, hyped.

A Big Ol’ Rock ‘N’ Roll Party!

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

By Shawn Despres Despite news stories circulating last week about their possible break up, The King Khan & BBQ Show are still together and their concerts scheduled for this week in South Korea are 100% happening. The duo of Canadians King Khan and Mark “BBQ” Sultan arrived in the country ...

Friends And Fans Lend Itta A Helping Hand

Friday, June 11th, 2010

By Shawn Despres On Saturday (June 12), a benefit concert is being held in Seoul at Hongade’s Yogiga Expression Gallery for Itta. One of South Korea’s most eclectic performers, the avant-garde pop musician began to feel pain in her arm during 10’s (a very cool experimental electro duo comprised of her and ...

Demilitarized Zone Amps Up

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

By Mark Well, after months of rumors, the folks behind the Peace at the DMZ (aka "Woodstock Korea") music festival finally unveiled their first lineup for their show celebrating peace, love, and landmines (or something like that). Running Aug. 6-8 in the DMZ Peace Park, Peace in the DMZ will feature Ray ...

Godfather of Korean Rock – On Tour This Summer

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

By Mark Great news for anyone who loves great music -- the godfather of rock music in Korea, Shin Joong-hyun, is back on tour. I had a feeling his 2006 "goodbye" concerts would not be the last we heard of him. Four dates have been announced so far -- two on Jeju ...

Is It That Time?? Already??? Why, Yes, It Is!

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

By Dain The 2010 edition of the Time to Rock Festival begins, strangely, this Friday (I say "strangely" because Friday is not a public holiday, to the best of my knowledge). Now into its 2nd year since it took on the “Time to Rock” moniker (named after M-Net’s finest show of ...