Archive for August, 2010
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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").
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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