Liang Love-In at Yugong
Benefit concerts are always love-ins; the crowds are friendlier, the music just sounds better, and you’re racking up good karma by simply being there. Saturday night was no exception as both rock veterans and...
Author: jtdj
MMAX Festival：Keeping it local
Sneaking up on us among the big fests, MMAX (玛克思） is being billed as part of “Chaoyang Pop Week” on ticket site chinaticket, to be held out at Chaoyang Sports Center from April 29...
W:O:A Metal Battle 2012: a conversation
W:O:A Metal Battle is tying up at 13 Club tonight, where 19 bands have been vying for a chance to represent China at Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany this August. To get a...
Pains of Being Pure At Heart: An interview and opinion
The upcoming Jue Festival (March 9-25) was primed last night by Brooklynites Pains of Being Pure At Heart at Yugong Yishan, their relatively short set finally giving some context to the hype and many...
Electric Monday: MusicAcoustica kicks off and Max Tundra heads out
I’m shocked. There’s a whole week of new electronic music by visiting composers from all over the world at the Central Conservatory of Music (中央音乐学院), and I just found out last night. Apparently through...
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