After venturing into the exotic wilds of Toronto’s east end last week (a most illuminating experience, as the photo above attests), we will be slingshot back west into the depths of Parkdale next weekend for a reunion with our springtime playmates Dirty Ghosts at Parts & Labour on November 9. Declare your intentions here.
We’re usually happy to name-drop our favourite Judas Priest live album in casual conversation for no apparent reason but, this time, it’s wholly justified: for the first time in our 8.5-year Korear, we are playing a Toronto show east of Spadina! Like, really east. On Saturday, October 27, we’ll be joining Town Ship and This Mess at The Damnforth Invitational, being held at The Academy (485 Danforth, near Chester).
In spite of our woeful west-end-centrism, The Two Koreas’ earliest practices actually occurred nearby at Donlands and O’Connor, so this gig is like our return to Hamburg, as it were.
…hey, if you missed us, we’re back! September 15 at The Garrison (1197 Dundas St. W.), to be precise. Declare your intentions here.
…If you play a North by Northeast showcase for only 10 people, but two of them are music critics, then it was all worth it?
Spill Magazine NXNE review (some scrolling required)
Summer is here, and we are in a slothful mood. But we shall reemerge in good time (i.e., when this goddamn humidity breaks).
We shall be rearing our impeccably groomed heads once again at NXNE this year. Details to come…
Sorry that it’s taken us so long to make your acquaintance. But we shall make up for our egregious reclusiveness on Saturday, April 14 at The Silver Dollar, where we will be opening for San Francisco’s Dirty Ghosts. Declare your intentions here.
Oh, hi! It’s been a while. We apologize for our silence; we’ve been busy doing stuff like waiting for broken bones to heal, perfecting chill recipes (chipotle ketchup—look into it) and, yes, writing new songs.
But we’ll be returning to active duty on December 9 at The Silver Dollar (464 Spadina Av.) to perform alongside Sports, Powers and Planet Creature. A December show at the Dollar is something of an annual Two Koreas holiday tradition, and this one happens to fall on the birthday of Dan Burke (a.k.a. Rock ‘n’ Roll Santa Claus). Needless to say attendance is mandatory; declare your intentions here.
Here is an extremely small photo of the promotional poster:
…to those who came out to our Pop Montreal showcase on Saturday (like Chris Randle of The Toronto Standard, who gave us a shout-out in his festival round-up).
And a big, hearty FUCK YOU to the motorist who knocked our Ian off his bicycle yesterday on Queen Street and fled from the scene, leaving Ian with a broken wrist and elbow, and thereby putting the unceremonious kibosh on our plans to play this Saturday (Oct. 1) with PS I Love You at The Great Hall. We shall keep you posted on Ian’s progress and notify you of our return to action…
Our autumnal insurgence continues apace as we’ll follow up our Pop Montreal showcase (see below) with an Oct. 1 date opening for Kingston’s finest, PS I Love You, on Saturday, Oct. 1 at The Great Hall in Toronto. Ticket info and all that jazz is right here.
We are exceedingly excited to be joining our friends at Hand Drawn Dracula at their Pop Montreal showcase on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 9pm at Barfly (4062 St Laurent) with Metz, Little Girls, Josh Reichmann/Dopes and Mausoleum. More details can be gleaned here.
