Archive for August, 2010

R-O-C-K in the D-P-R-K

Friday, August 27th, 2010

By Mark Now that our friends in North Korea are embracing the Internet, I just had to post this Youtube video of a couple of kids* and their very cool drumming. Mad drum solos at the 1:30 mark**. Enjoy it before someone in the South Korean government says you are a ...

Feel Like Dancing? Global Gathering Returns…

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

By Dain Yes!, Global Gathering, the big dance music festival, has returned to Korea.  It is taking place Oct. 9 at the same venue as last year, Hangang Park, in Nanji, near World Cup Stadium in western Seoul. The first lineup has been announced, and the biggest name is FAT BOY SLIM! Otherwise ...

Hippies, Reggae and the Countryside

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

By Mark Here is an odd little event I ran across. Apparently this weekend there is some kind of hippy-ish reggae music festival, going on way out in the countryside of Gangwon Province, called Mystic Vibration. The event, a "reggae soundsystem festival" goes from Friday to Sunday, and features a lot ...

What Does a Pumpkin Turn Into After Midnight?

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

By Mark A review from the Klone Wars blog of the Smashing Pumpkins' show from last Saturday night. Sounds like it was a bit of a mixed bag (considering the post is titled "Kind of Smashing Pumpkins").

Kite Operations’ Kim Performing At Cocore Watering Holes

Friday, August 13th, 2010

By Shawn Despres Tonight (August 13), Korean American Joseph Kim will be playing two intimate solo concerts in Hongdae at Sunshine and Vinyl. Joseph is the guitarist for New York noise-rock and free-jazz quartet Kite Operations. The band toured South Korea in 2007. Joseph has spent the last ...

And More Festivals — August and Into the Autumn

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

By Dain Just because the three biggest music festivals of the summer have passed does not mean that festival season is winding down. Not at all. In fact, there are plenty of great music events still coming over the next three months, beginning this weekend with the 12th edition of the ...

More Than Music in Hongdae

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

By Mark While this blog concentrate on live music in Korea, there are some other events I like to mention from time to time. Like in August in Hongdae, there is both the Seoul International New Media Festival and the Seoul Fringe Festival. The Seoul International New Media Festival, now is ...

Peace in DMZ Goes to Pieces

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

By Mark To nobody's surprise, it seems there will be no Peace in the DMZ concert next weekend. The only thing I find surprising is that it took the organizers so long to announce what everyone had long suspected. Peace in the DMZ had faced a lot of troubles from the ...