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More Jisan Valley

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

By Mark The Jisan Valley Rock Festival has announced another round of acts for this year's music fest -- Vampire Weekend, Corinne Bailey Rae, Kula Shaker, Martina Topley-Bird and Diane Birch are the latest to join the lineup. That is in addition to the already announced Belle & Sebastian, Massive Attack and ...

The Newest Hope…Whatever That Means

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

By Jon Dunbar This weekend all the excitement should be at Club Spot, where ...Whatever That Means will be releasing their first EP, full of melodic punk tracks from this American/Korean band. Anybody find it a little unsettling that husband-and-wife Jeff and Trash are depicted here as brother-and-sister Luke and Leia? ...

The Sagitta’s One Night Trip

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

By Shawn Despres Korean duo The Sagitta will play their first Seoul show in 10 months on March 26 at Mudaeryuk. Formed in 2003, the husband-and-wife pairing of Lee Woo Sung and Lee Jung Eun, who some may know as Cocore's guitarist (Woo Sung) and manager (Jung Eun), have ...

Live Music 2.0

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

By Mark So I have been poking around on the various live music websites that are scattered across the Internet. I had no idea there were so many these days. I had been struggling with near-useless, last-generation sites like Pollstar, so was amazed how much things have changed. Now there are ...

Strike Anywhere Punking Up Your Long Weekend!

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

By Shawn Despres The concert promotion team Open Your Eyes, which includes Ki Seok Seo from The Geeks/Things We Say and Cliff Alexander from Shellback (along with Bomb, a former roadie for The Geeks), are bringing Strike Anywhere to Seoul on Monday, March 1. Formed in 1999, the American quintet ...

Where The Wild Women Are

Friday, February 26th, 2010

By Shawn Despres The third installment of the popular Wild Women's Performing Arts Festival takes place in Sinchon at Monghwan on Saturday, February 27. The event, which will include a wide array of musical, dance, and spoken word performances, aims to raise awareness about gender issues in Korea and around ...

Kimchibilly Review

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

By Mark Just a quick note that Chris Backe's blog has a review of last weekend's Kimchibilly (rockabilly) concert at Sangsang Madang in Hongdae. Quite thorough and well worth a read. The post has plenty of pics, too.

Apollo 18: Rookies Of The Year

Friday, February 19th, 2010

By Shawn Despres We last wrote about Apollo 18 just prior to the September 2009 bash for their first full-length CD, “[0] Album” (or “The Blue Album”). At the time, things were going really well for the Ilsan trio and their awesome hybrid of post-rock and post-hardcore. They’ve gotten ...

DMST: Going To Great Lengths For ROK

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

By Shawn Despres Originally slated to play in Taiwan after finishing up their Japan gigs, Toronto’s Do Make Say Think moved their Taipei concert back two days so that they could squeeze a Seoul live date on February 21 into their Asian tour. Formed in the mid-‘90s, Do Make Say Think have ...

An Embarrassment of Riches – February’s Concerts

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

By Mark Wow, how the Korean concert scene woken up from Seollal. Have you checked out the calender lately? There is so much going on for the next couple of weeks, it is really overwhelming. A lot of the best bands are playing, not just in Seoul, but around the peninsula. ...