Korea Gig Guide
Our Blog of the Week series has taken a minor hiatus lately, but only because we’ve been so busy interviewing the best bloggers in Korea for upcoming posts. To restart the series we asked music journalist and Korea Gig Guide blogger Shawn Despres, also a writer for Jeju Weekly, The Japan Times and Fujirock.com, some...
Events This Week: 22/12/2011
It’s Christmas this week. Or so we’ve heard. We’re sure you’ve already planned your full Xmas schedule, but here are a few more events that you might wanna squeeze in between drinking enough eggnog to drown a turkey. Apollo 18 gig at Evans Lounge – Friday We’ve chosen to write about this event this week...
Band Interview: Apollo 18
Apollo 18 have come a long way since forming just outside of Seoul in summer 2008. In three short years guitarist/vocalist Hyunseok Choi, bassist/vocalist Daeinn Kim, and drummer Sangyun Lee have built up their reputation as a solid and alternative rock group, making music from a genre that isn’t widely listened to in Korea. They...
Jisan Valley Rocks
Jisan Valley Rock Festival is one of Korea’s largest and most talked about annual music festivals, drawing huge international acts and music fans from all over the peninsula. Since the 2012 edition of the festival is coming up from Friday, we thought we’d repost last year’s snapshots to give you an idea of what to...
