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Galaxy Express’ Turn It Up to 11 Part 2: Wild Days at CAAMFest 2013
koreanindie has been working on expanding our participation in promoting Korean indie music beyond the site. This year, we are co-presenting Galaxy Express‘ recent tour documentary Turn It Up to 11 Part 2: Wild Days at CAAMFest in San Francisco, CA. CAAMFest is having two showings of the film during the festival. Sundance Kabuki Cinemas ...
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Telepathy, FF, and Other Thoughts
Last weekend was the eighth anniversary party at Hongdae club FF (né Funky Funky), and as FF typically does for its anniversaries, it had quite the loaded card — on Saturday, the bands included Glen Check, Eastern Side Kick, Pavlov, Pony, and Telepathy. And there were many more, but, still, pretty good for one club. ...
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New Town Culture Party 51+ Back for More
For the past couple of years, one of the biggest indie shows in Seoul was the New Town Culture Party 51+, held near Hongdae Station where the new new subway lines are now. At first, it was about protesting development in the area, including the demolition of the popular restaurant Duriban. It was similar with last ...
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Indie Rock From North Korea (almost)
There’s an interesting art show going on at the ArtSonje Center in Seoul for the next month — Lee Sung Woong, the North Korean Punk Rocker. Of course, there is not really a North Korean punk rocker named Lee (or any punk rockers, most likely). Rather, this exhibit is an art project of sorts, imagining ...
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Intro to Korean Indie : Seoulsonic Edition
With Seoulsonic 2012 starting their first show in San Francisco in a week, I thought it would be good to highlight the three bands that will be traveling the United States and Canada and Galaxy Express, who are venturing to SXSW for the second time. I highly recommend going to any show you can to ...
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[Recall 2010] Kicking the Music Biz in the Butt — The Man Behind Jisan Valley Rock Festival
May 11, 2010 – 8:12 am 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 ...