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Sunday, September 19th, 2010
By Shawn Despres
Dave Candler has contacted us here at KKG about a new regular podcast he has launched called Korean Homesick Blues. It aims to showcase original alternative tunes from South Korea and the rest of Asia. Dave is currently looking for "devastating music" being made by both Koreans and ...
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Saturday, September 11th, 2010
By Shawn Despres
This afternoon (Saturday, September 11) 20 of South Korea's more promising newbie indies will be vying for a slot at the 12th Ssamzie Sound Festival. The *free* show will take place at Live Club Ssam (Ssamzie Space) in Hongdae and has a 2 pm start time. ...
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
By Mark
Scatterbrain, one of Korea's best indie music websites, is running an online survey to determine the top acts and festivals of the summer. All the questions are in Korean and English, and Scatterbrain's programmer-in-chief tells me that he would love to have as many expats participate as possible. Personally, ...
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
By Mark
Hard to believe, but just a couple of years ago, kids in Korea were still going to jail for tattooing and getting tattooed. But when things change in Korea, they do change quickly.
If you want to check out the state of the ink scene, this weekend features a ...
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
By Mark
Hi all. Sorry, I was trying to update some software on this website and run into a few problems. Need to try to sort them out. Hopefully I can get things working again before too long.
If there are any coders out there who feel like helping out, I would ...
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Friday, June 18th, 2010
By Shawn Despres
Yesterday I wrote "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."
Turns out I spoke too soon. Apparently monsieurs Khan and ...
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Friday, June 18th, 2010
By Shawn Despres
Major Lazer, a very cool collaborative project between the renowned Diplo and Switch is headlining the Milk Festival at Seoul's Korea-AX tonight. Only Diplo will be at the show, but hype man Skerrit Bwoy will be by his side to keep the crowd, um, hyped.
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
By Mark
Some fun news for one of the biggest bands in Hongdae, Galaxy Express -- their new album Wild Days is getting launched at the big Music Matters conference (the biggest music industry event in Asia) in Hong Kong this week.
Galaxy's international sales agent, DFSB Kollective, just issued a press ...
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
By Jon Dunbar
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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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