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Friday, February 17th, 2012
This coming Tuesday (February 21), The Pains of Pure at Heart will make their Korean live debut at V-Hall in Seoul. Formed in 2007, the New York quartet began to climb the underground rock ranks with the release of their 2009 eponymous debut. Filled with infectious, fuzzy indie pop anthems, ...
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Sunday, January 8th, 2012
Here's Korea Gig Guide's third annual "Staff Live Faves" list. Running a concert website, we do our best to watch as much live music as we can each year. And while we saw many good gigs in 2011, below are the 10 shows that we each enjoyed the most.
If anyone ...
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Friday, December 23rd, 2011
In November, Juck Juck Grunzie and drummer Bookja decided to part ways. Since then, Vidulgi Ooyoo’s Lee Yong-jun has been helping out on drums at gigs. And while he’s been doing a very good job, the Juck Juck ladies are currently searching for a permanent replacement.
To help them find someone, ...
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Sunday, December 11th, 2011
By Shawn Despres
Today (December 11) Korean experimental pop artist Itta will be holding a release concert for her new “Discover” album at Yogiga Gallery in Hongdae.
Itta and her husband Marqido (who is also her bandmate in (((10))), a Korean/Japanese noise pop duo) have their own small studio in the rural ...
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Thursday, December 8th, 2011
By Shawn Despres
Highly acclaimed experimental art rockers Deerhoof will be playing a pair of Seoul shows on Friday (December 9) and Saturday (December 10).
Touring East Asia in support of this year’s “Deerhoof vs. Evil,” their weekend concerts will be Deerhoof’s first time playing in South Korea. Formed in 1994, ...
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Friday, December 2nd, 2011
By Shawn Despres
Saturday (December 3) will see the fourth installment of Rubber Soul happening in Hongdae. Organized by Little Travellers and Medipeace (with a tiny bit of help from Korea Gig Guide), the charity event features two dozen acts performing at six clubs. All profits from the night ...
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Friday, November 4th, 2011
By Shawn Despres
Saturday night (November 5) will see seminal American post-hardcore act Bitch Magnet playing their second concert in 21 years at Club FF in Hongdae. It was originally supposed to be their first gig since reforming the band, but this evening Bitch Magnet announced on their Facebook page that ...
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Sunday, October 30th, 2011
By Shawn Despes
Love Camp will be making its return today (October 30) at Obeg (500) in Hongdae. The very cool Love Camp Psychedelic Flower Music Festival ran for seven years at a beautiful forest location in Hong Chon, Kangwon-do. There was no ticket charge for Love Camp, and ...
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
By Shawn Despres
The 13th annual Ssamzie Sound Festival takes place this Sunday (October 2). After last fall’s scaled down event at V-Hall in Hongade, this year Ssamzie Sound Festival is returning to being a proper outdoor outing and will take place at Namyangju Sports & Culture Center (near Donong Station ...
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Saturday, September 17th, 2011
By Shawn Despres
Sato Yukie is holding a weekend-long residency at Strange Fruit in Hongdae in support of his new album with Kopchangjeongol, “Dance With Me.” Fronted by long-time Seoul resident Sato, the Japanese act’s 1999 "Annyoung Hashi-mu-nika?" debut was the first album to be released by a Japanese rock band ...
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