Archive for November, 2010

A Little Bit Of This, A Little Bit of That

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

By Shawn Despres The three day Zabcultural Party will take place November 26 - 28 at Theater Zero in Hongdae.  Friday and Saturday night will feature a mix of live music, DJs, and bellydance from 7 pm - 6 am.  Sunday is being billed as the "after party" and runs from ...

Korea Gig Guide Rates a ’10′

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

By Mark Some happy news to report -- the nice people at 10 Magazine have chosen the Korea Gig Guide as their Blog of the Month (BotM?) for November. Winning the BotM award means the KGG will now receive vast amounts of money, fame and endless swag ... er, well, maybe ...

K-Indies in the J Times

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

By Shawn Despres I wrote a story on Chang Kiha and the Faces and The RockTigers for the music section of last Friday's Japan Times.  Both acts are playing gigs in Japan soon.  Check out the feature here. When they return home The RockTigers will hold the 19th edition of their Kimchibilly ...

Something’s Off About Online Music

Friday, November 12th, 2010

By Mark I think everyone knows that life is pretty hard for indie musicians in Korea. Very few make it out of Hongdae (or wherever) and onto the national stage, very few can make a living at it. So with that in mind, there is a very interesting article over at ...

High Praise For Natccu

Friday, November 5th, 2010

By Shawn Despres The ePs (eSSENTIAL People's sPACE) festival will take place in Seoul on Saturday (November 6).  The free event will feature a mix of live music and visual artists from South Korea and Japan. Local acts Seong Bae Kim and Woo Sung Choi, Dong-Il Park and Si-Youl Kim, Banana Bau, ...