Archive for the ‘Concert Announcements’ Category
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
By Mark
Steven Kim, the founder of the Jisan Valley Rock Festival, has lived in the middle of Korea's live music scene since 1997. He attempted to launch the first summer music festival way back in 1999 with the Triport Rock Festival, but unfortunately a typhoon rained out the fun that ...
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
By Shawn Despres
After appearances at Austria’s Donaufestival (where they teamed up with Deerhoof to perform Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” in its entirety) and China’s Strawberry Festival, American art pop act Xiu Xiu are visiting South Korea for a trio of concerts in Busan, Daegu, and Seoul this week.
At every show ...
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Thursday, April 29th, 2010
By Mark
The biggest show in town this weekend by far is the New Town Culture Party all day on May 1, with 51 bands over 60 bands scheduled to appear. With so many bands playing, just about the whole indie scene is going to be there, including 3rd Line Butterfly, ...
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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
By Shawn Despres
Two talented trios, Seoul's The Plastic Day and Ilsan's Apollo 18, are pairing up for a co-headlining gig at Live Club Ssam (Ssamzie Space) in Hongdae on Saturday, May 1. The Plastic Day's "30 Seconds Between The Dreamer And The Realist" and Apollo 18's "[0] Album" ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
By Dain
This Sunday, April 25, 4 very independent, influential and great Korean bands play at SoundHoliCity (aka, Soundholic). Lowdown 30, 3rd Line Butterfly, Seoul Electric Band and Cocore are joining 4ces to help you kickstart the week with the "Absolutely 4King Great Party."
All 4 acts are highly respected veterans of ...
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