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By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter
Chinese punk trio Carsick Cars and Canadian instrumental rock group Do Make Say Think will be hitting the stage in two separate performances in Korea next month.
Carsick Cars, a post-punk band, will be performing in Seoul, Feb. 6 at Drug, a club in Hongdae. They will also play at The Basement in Busan, Feb. 4, and Heavy in Daegu, Feb. 5.
Described by The Guardian as ``China's most visceral new act,'' Carsick Cars is composed of Zhang Shouwang on vocals/guitar, Li Weisi on bass, and Li Qing on drums. The Beijing-based band is at the forefront of the Chinese underground music scene, having played at major venues in Beijing and Shanghai.
Sonic Youth invited Carsick Cars to be the opening act for their concerts in Prague and Vienna in 2007. Since then, the band has attracted attention in Europe and U.S., and has been invited to the South By South West (SXSW) music festival in Texas this year.
Meanwhile, Do Make Say Think will be making its first appearance in Seoul at V-Hall, Hongdae, Feb. 21.
Do Make Say Think is a Toronto-based indie rock band known for its post-modern sound, combining different genres such as electronic, jazz, dub, punk and folk. The group have been praised for an``indefinable ability to maintain a consistently enthralling fusion of instincts that yields music so unforced and natural.''
The group is primarily made up of Ohad Benchetrit, Justin Small, Charles Spearin, Dave Mitchell and James Payment, with contributions from other musicians. They formed in Toronto between 1995 and 1996 and released their self-recorded, self-titled debut album in 1997.
The debut album received positive reviews from critics and since then, the band has consistently released acclaimed albums such as ``Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn'' (2003) and ``You, You're a History in Rust'' (2007).
Last year, Do Make Say Think released its sixth full-length album, ``Others Truths.'' It has four long-form tracks ― ``Do,'' ``Make,'' ``Say,'' and ``Think'' ― that showcase the band's signature instrumental rock sound.
Do Make Say Think is starting its tour in Los Angeles, Feb. 1, before playing in San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver. The band heads to Japan with dates in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Sendai.
The Carsick Cars and Do Make Say Think concerts are organized by Super Color Super. For more details, visit www.supercolorsuper.com.
cathy@koreatimes.co.kr
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