The end is nigh, the zombies are drawing nearer, and they're ruthlessly marching to the tune of ... a beloved indie folk duo?
While it may have seemed unlikely, Wye Oak's rustic brand of alt-pop turned out to be a perfect soundtrack choice for the cult horror series The Walking Dead. Apparently the apocalypse doesn't sound like the grinding steel of death metal, or the futuristic boom bap of techno, but something more organically haunting instead.
If there’s ever a festival that should be able to sell itself, it’s the first-ever Jarasum Rhythm & BBQ Festival. Soothing jazz, warm afternoon sunshine and barbeque – all in the setting of the charming Jarasum Island in Gapyung, Gangwon Province.
Don’t even come prepared: everything you need is provided on the island.
The festival aims to draw a wider array of people than the annual Jazz festival held in autumn. It will be held for two days, from May 17 to 18, and was organized by the Youth Jarasum Jazz Center and the PMC networks.
The Seoul club scene, vibrant as it is, can get a bit staid if you go out a lot, and sometimes you need something different to spice up your night. Through trial and error (and a good tip here and there), we’ve found a few places that rank as the best under-the-radar clubs in the city. Though some of the clubs that made the cut don’t even have a dance floor, the one commonality among them all, besides being in Itaewon (which was just by chance), is an active approach to only playing good — noncommercial — dance music.
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It’s like if Led Zeppelin and Rush had a sex party with Queens of the Stone Age, Soundgarden and Radiohead, the orgiastic product might be Magna Fall — kind of.
The progressive rock band is an arresting vision on stage, belting out their spacey, bluesy, grungy sounds.
After a few years of hard work they are now orbiting South Korea’s rock scene at high velocity. Magna Fall has been steadily gaining recognition both in Korea and overseas.
The Seoul Global Culture & Tourism Center is starting to gain attention for the innovative way in which it is helping expats in the city acclimatize to their new environment: Rather than telling them what they need, the center is receptive to their demands.
The center has practical functions such as helping expats navigate daily problems they encounter. There are also cultural experience programs to enhance the understanding of Korean traditions and modern daily life.
On the heals of successful turnouts for Beach House, Lymbyc Systym, Japandroids, and Dirty Beaches, SuperColorSuper has announced their spring lineup.
It looks like this: Cold Cave (April 24-27), WYE OAK (May 20-21), The Dodos (May 23-24), Pregnant (April 5) and This Will Destroy you (June 4-8).
Super Sketch Underground will take place on June 1.
Since the turn of the century, few bands have been as reliably charming as Stars. With their thematic fixation on mortality, sex and love, and a musical penchant for sweeping, emotional pop, their music has come to constitute a category entirely of its own — a strain of emotional storytelling sui generis. After a busy couple of years, which saw multiple members having children and pursuing other music projects, 2012’s “The North” finds the Montreal-based sextet returning to the career highs of their breakthrough album “Set Yourself on Fire” (2003).
It’s something new but also old; raucous but smart. It is the product of years of work and hustle. On Feb. 15 at Club Naked, Late Nights, Early Mornings, a mix-tape by the musical typhoon that is Pinnacle theHustler hits the streets — and you’re invited to the party.
“It’s going to be huge!” says the man of the hour, Pinnacle.
What a difference a few years can make.
Back in 2008, Japandroids were preparing to call it quits. Band funds were low, DIY promotion had become a slog, and “conventional adult life” seemed to be beckoning for the Vancouver-based, noise-punk duo.
After recording and self-releasing their debut LP “Post-Nothing” members Brian King (guitar, vocals) and David Prowse (drums, vocals) agreed on an exit strategy: They’d do a few more big shows then gracefully bow out of the race, friendship and sanity intact. They would not promote the album.
“He’s just completely wrong. There’s nothing right about him.” Speaking about the instrument that inspired it all, Tristram Burden, of the Gangneung-based band Language of Shapes, describes the magnetism of what they’ve dubbed “FrankenMando.” A nine-string octave mandolin, likely custom-made, it was unlike anything they’d ever seen.
