Review: Television Live
[portfolio_slideshow] The English language promotion for this gig was about as loud as a monastery full of mute monks and so the majority of the audience seemed to be in attendance for the popular K-Indie band Kiha and the Faces. This lead to the bizarre sight of dolled-up Korean teenagers in mini skirts and bunny...
MSFTSrep x General Idea Collaboration Pop-Up Event
In case you missed it, Will Smith and his son Jaden were in Seoul this past week. The main purpose of this was to promote for their new movie After Earth, and in true Smith family style they made sure to try their hand at any other creative venture they could work into their schedule....
Seoul Fashion Week: FW13 CRES. E. DIM Show
If you want to make a fashion statement, Seoul Fashion Week is the place to do it. Between and during the shows, true fashionistas linger outside anticipating a closer glimpse of runway models sporting the latest styles. Before the CRES. E. DIM show, fans stood in line wearing ensembles of bright one-colored suits, over-sized hats,...
Review: Grimes Live in Seoul
Claire Boucher’s love of K-pop is well known to those with an interest in the 25-year old Canadian artist and so Grimes‘ first foray into the Korean peninsula could be seen as something of a pilgrimage. Backstage attendances by Min from Miss A and the Cardinal of K-pop himself, G-Dragon, meant that the Vancouver natives’...
Thee Oh Sees Live in Seoul
Thee Oh Sees, a band touted as one of the best current garage rock acts, played Seoul on Sunday night. There are obvious reasons why they have garnered this reputation, but a reputation such as this sets expectations pretty high. Many of us born in the late 70’s to the late 80’s, who did most...
The Bad: Dirty Beaches Live in Seoul
Since we received two opposing reviews for last weekend’s divisive Dirty Beaches in Seoul gig we decided to publish them both. To see another opinion on the event read Ben Linares’ piece. Dirty Beaches played Saturday at Art Space Mun in Mullae to an audience whose interests had been piqued by the band’s 2011 release,...
The Good: Dirty Beaches Live in Seoul
Since we received two opposing reviews for last weekend’s divisive Dirty Beaches in Seoul gig we decided to publish them both. To read another opinion on the event head to Grey Watson’s piece. While most people rely heavily on websites like Pitchfork or magazines like Under The Radar to hear the latest in up-and-coming artist and...
In Pictures: Jackmaster at Cakeshop
It’s certainly no secret that Glasgow’s champion DJ, Jackmaster, was in town this past Friday night, and it’s also no secret that he killed it. The difference between Jackmaster and everyone else is that when he spins, he makes sweet, sweet love to his set. His energy was on point from start to finish. Jackmaster...
