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Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
This is being posted a bit later than usual, but here’s Korea Gig Guide’s annual “Staff Live Faves” list sharing the 10 shows from the past year that we each enjoyed the most.
If anyone is interested, our 2009 picks are here, our 2010 picks are here, and you can see ...
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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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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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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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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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Friday, July 22nd, 2011
By Mark
In talking with Shawn, I noticed just how strong an international presence Taiwan's indie/rock music has had recently. It is quite striking and quite a contrast with Korea.
Earlier this year, there were nine Taiwanese acts at SXSW this year (versus five Korean... but the Taiwanese acts got some ...
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