Archive for July, 2011

Jisan Valley — And More

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

By Mark Well, this weekend is the biggest music festival of the year in Korea, Jisan Valley Rock Festival. Maybe it does not have the biggest acts ever, but it is still a fairly rich lineup. Certainly there is a great selection of Korean acts playing, giving many acts their best ...

Taiwan Indies — Something to Learn From?

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

By Mark In talking with Shawn, I noticed just how strong an international presence Taiwan's indie/rock music has had recently. It is quite striking and quite a contrast with Korea. Earlier this year, there were nine Taiwanese acts at SXSW this year (versus five Korean... but the Taiwanese acts got some ...

Hiphop, K-Pop Added to Pentaport

Monday, July 4th, 2011

By Mark Well, we finally have some answers to the mystery of the K-pop artists that turned up on the Pentaport website a few weeks ago, only to be disavowed by all involved. It turns out they are part of a special Friday night subsection of Pentaport, called SuperTraxx. SuperTraxx is actually ...

Free B-Boy Workshops on Monday, Tuesday

Friday, July 1st, 2011

By Mark The organizers of the R16 B-boy competition asked me to mention that there are also going to be free b-boy workshops next week, after the competition, on Monday and Tuesday nights at the Letzdance studio in Apgujeong. Monday's class starts at 8:30pm and features lessons by Cico, Pelenzinho, and ...