Since they came back from their world tour, IZ has been keeping a very low profile. A few things bearing mention was that they got a weibo for the band as opposed to having Mamer be the mouthpiece all the time. They’re also just using the name IZ instead of Mamer & IZ… I like [...]
Tags: Gig of 2012, iz, Mamer, Temple
I’ve been meaning to get this one out for a while but it’s been a bit hectic. I mean here I am in 2012 doing the write up for a gig from 2011. I would normally skip it altogether but we don’t get Muma & Third Party playing that often lately so here comes. I [...]
Tags: muma, Muma & Third Party
Something is brewing in Shanghai and I don’t mean the same stuff they’re doing at Great Leap… The music community there seems to be toughening up and finding creative ways to get people involved and get the audiences out to the shows! And that is commendable…. I’ve gone on the record calling Beijing-based bands “lazy” [...]
Tags: Fever Machine, Free Shanghai Music, friend or foe, Pairs, Rainbow Danger Club, Shanghai Music
Mass Consuption is here folks.. it’s alive and well in Beijing China and what better proof than these pictures? What you’re looking at is the lines ahead of the iPhone 4S launch tomorrow at the Xidan Apple Store in Beijing. THere are literally thousands of people waiting to get their hands on Apple’s latest baby [...]
Tags: iphone 4S, iphone Beijing
time to see what’s been happening around the interwebs lately… let’s catchup! First up is this fantastic guide to Chinese musical styles on Timeout Beijing courtesy of Wang Ge.. http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Music/14310/Chinese-musical-genres.html This little piece should be mandatory reading and good reference the next time you’re in a gulou bar arguing with hipsters… Learn the differences between [...]
Tags: Avril Lavigne, reTROS, Roxette, Wang Ge
I’ve been trying to get the quickslants in early this week mostly for tonight’s show at Mako in support of the young Hasetie’er. Friday is gonna be one of those “it’s fucking hard to pick” which show to go to day with solid ass lineups all around town. Let’s get this baby started with my [...]
Tags: Bad Mamasan, Brain Failure, CD Release 2012, CMCB, dawanggang, dongzi, hell city, iz, Liu Kun, low wormwood, ma tiao, Mamer, Mohanik, Never Before, Wan Xiaoli, yaksa
Man it sounds so pretentious to say this… but it’s a title that gets headlines and scores high in search engines so deal with it. There are many reasons why this is not a traditional “best of”, main one being I can’t claim that i heard every album released in 2011 all around the country. [...]
Tags: best of 2011, Hedgehog, iz, longshendao, Nanwu, ordnance, Proximity Butterfly, Rainbow Danger Club, voodoo kungfu
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