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Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
Hello, Korea Gig Guide readers. It's been a heck of a long time since I posted here. But it is definitely good to be back. I started the KGG way back in early 2008, but after moving to Europe, I thought it did not make much sense for me to ...
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
By Mark
I guess the title of this post pretty much gets to the point. If you want to learn more about Korean indie music, you should check out the very imaginatively titled website Korean Indie, recently started by myself, Anna Lindgren of IndiefulROK fame and Chris Park of the review ...
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Thursday, November 17th, 2011
By Mark
Sparkling.
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
By Mark
The laid-back electronica group Byul has a new album coming out -- with the great title Secret Stories Heard From a Girl in an Opium Den -- and to promote that release, they are holding a release concert-performance-party this Saturday (Oct. 22). Along with Byul, there will be Baik ...
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
By Mark
Okay, so I'm rather late to the party ... but I just realized that is another festival going on this weekend -- the Wonder Breeze Music Festa, happening in Yongmun (Yangpyeong), Gyeonggi Province. It's a pretty full line-up, all Korean, with artists as diverse as Crying Nut and 2am. ...
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
By Mark
Badabie is a long-running live club in Hongdae, putting on shows regularly since 2004. Honestly, I cannot remember the first time I crept down those dingy steps to check out a show... Maybe it was for a Bulgasari experimental showcase on a Sunday afternoon? Or perhaps it was to ...
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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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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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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 ...
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