Archive for the ‘Concert Announcements’ Category

OneYearOne for SuperColorSuper

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

By Mark Apologies for the Supercolorsuper overload these days, but I think they deserve some love for bringing so many interesting, international acts to Seoul (despite a few, er, hiccups). But even better, imho, is when they feature some of the great local music that's around these days. Which is why I ...

Lymbyc Systym: A Much Easier Act For SuperColorSuper

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

By Shawn Despres Apologies while we continue to work on getting the calendar back up and running.  We are hopeful that everything will  return to business as usual on Korea Gig Guide very soon. Two weekend events worth highlighting are Lymbyc Systym’s Seoul concerts at Rolling Hall tonight (June 26) and Live ...

A Big Ol’ Rock ‘N’ Roll Party!

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

By Shawn Despres Despite news stories circulating last week about their possible break up, The King Khan & BBQ Show are still together and their concerts scheduled for this week in South Korea are 100% happening. The duo of Canadians King Khan and Mark “BBQ” Sultan arrived in the country ...

Friends And Fans Lend Itta A Helping Hand

Friday, June 11th, 2010

By Shawn Despres On Saturday (June 12), a benefit concert is being held in Seoul at Hongade’s Yogiga Expression Gallery for Itta. One of South Korea’s most eclectic performers, the avant-garde pop musician began to feel pain in her arm during 10’s (a very cool experimental electro duo comprised of her and ...

Demilitarized Zone Amps Up

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

By Mark Well, after months of rumors, the folks behind the Peace at the DMZ (aka "Woodstock Korea") music festival finally unveiled their first lineup for their show celebrating peace, love, and landmines (or something like that). Running Aug. 6-8 in the DMZ Peace Park, Peace in the DMZ will feature Ray ...

Godfather of Korean Rock – On Tour This Summer

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

By Mark Great news for anyone who loves great music -- the godfather of rock music in Korea, Shin Joong-hyun, is back on tour. I had a feeling his 2006 "goodbye" concerts would not be the last we heard of him. Four dates have been announced so far -- two on Jeju ...

Is It That Time?? Already??? Why, Yes, It Is!

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

By Dain The 2010 edition of the Time to Rock Festival begins, strangely, this Friday (I say "strangely" because Friday is not a public holiday, to the best of my knowledge). Now into its 2nd year since it took on the “Time to Rock” moniker (named after M-Net’s finest show of ...

“With a Little Help from My Friends”

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

By Shawn Despres On Saturday, May 29 Ilsan trio Apollo 18 will play their largest headlining gig to date at Sangsang Madang in Hongdae. The show will be filmed for a live DVD that will surface this coming fall or winter. The group plan to perform two hours worth ...

Well Worth The Wait

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

By Shawn Despres Formed in 2000, the awesome instrumental math-rock band Toe will  play their first concert in Seoul at Live Club Ssam (Ssamzie Space) in Hongdae on Saturday night. Unfortunately, if you don’t already have tickets you’re not going to be able to see them because the gig is ...

Summer Festival Preview

Monday, May 17th, 2010

By Dain [UPDATE: Jisan and Pentaport lineups updated] With two multi-day music events happening over the two previous weekends (last weekend's Seoul World DJ Festival and Beautiful Mint Life before that), it seems that the summer music festival season has already kicked off. I wanted to give a brief overview of what ...