Archive for August, 2011
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
By Jon
The Korean underground scene is starting the fall season off with something big: NYHC veterans Sick of It All are heading to Korea in celebration of their 25th anniversary and the release of their album "Based on a True Story." The band is doing a short East Asian tour ...
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Monday, August 29th, 2011
By Dain
With the excitement of the many summer music festivals seemingly over, there are still at least four music fests occurring over the next few months for Korean music lovers.
For starters, there is "Let's Rock Festival 2011," the 5th installment of this popular event. This year sees the fun spread ...
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Friday, August 26th, 2011
By Shawn Despres
Hongdae bar Guitar Men & Hippie Girls will be closing up shop at the end of this month. Wanting to end things on a high note, the intimate venue will be hosting three goodbye gigs this weekend.
Tonight (August 26), Starry-Eyed, Humpbacks, and Romantica will perform. Romantica is a ...
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Friday, August 19th, 2011
By Shawn Despres
National Pigeon Unity will hold their “Find the Root Tour Final” this Saturday (August 20) in Hongdae at Badabie.
The Seoul rock duo toured throughout South Korea in July, playing a remarkable 25 concerts between the 1st and 31st of the month. Weekend gigs were held in proper live ...
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Thursday, August 11th, 2011
By Mark
I was happily surprised this morning to find an extended Q&A in the New York Times' T Magazine blog with Sean Maylone, founder of indie concert promoter SuperColorSuper. Who knew that Sean and Korea's indie scene was on the radar of the NYT? Says the article's introduction:
Is there ...
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Sunday, August 7th, 2011
By Mark
While we at the Korea Gig Guide try to be as informative as we can about the nation's whole music scene, I know we tend to focus on Seoul. Part of that is because Seoul has the largest indie scene in Korea, and part of that is because of ...
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Thursday, August 4th, 2011
By Shawn Despres
As Mark mentioned a few days back, this weekend the Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival, Naksan Beach Summer Party, and the Busan International Rock Festival are all happening.
As if things weren’t busy enough, there’s one more outing to add to the list! On Saturday evening on Jeju Island's Hamdeok ...
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
By Mark
Sadly, I could not attend this year, but it sounds like the Jisan Valley Rock Festival was pretty good this year. Yonhap is reporting the festival had 84,000 people there over its three days, which I think is its best turnout yet. And you can read reports on the ...
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