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January 20, 2012 0

Miji No.7 – The Tea Rockers Quintet & Makoto Kawabata at 2 Kolegas

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If you’ve been to 2 Kolegas before, you’ll know things don’t really start happening out at the drive–in before around 10.30ish. And if you’d turned up around that time last Saturday you would have seen a great show from Sparrow, DH & the Hellcats and The K that stretched on until the early hours of [...]

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December 22, 2011 0

Double Take: Jurat ‘Sans Famille’ album review

By in Album Reviews, Tunes under the moon

Well, BD was away in Australia last week, and I thought it wouldn’t be fair on Jurat to do this one by myself, so I’ve invited a good friend and long-time member of the Beijing music scene Jean-Sébastien Héry (aka Zhang Si’an) to step into Badr’s shoes and take on the ‘He says’ side of [...]

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December 15, 2011 1

Wu Force: a magical mix of banjo, guzheng, trumpet and guitar

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It was almost exactly 1 year ago to the day that I got my first taste of Wu Force at Capital M. With Abigail Washburn based in the US and WuFei here in the Jing, I’ve had to wait until now for them to get back together to get a second helping of their unique [...]

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December 14, 2011 3

Live Music Quickslants: Shanren & Hanggai throw parties, new albums from Jurat & Duck Fight Goose

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Wah, I’m still recovering from last weekend, is it really time for Quickslants again? The year may be winding down, but there’s still no shortage of great gigs to check out this weekend. Here’s just a taste of what’s available. Thursday December 15th: Little Marbles @ Yugong Yishan Swedish indie-gypsy-pop meets American bluegrass, a strange, [...]

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December 13, 2011 4

Midi Awards 2011: Do you agree with the winners?

By in blabbers, Gig Reviews, Tunes under the moon

As much as I wanted to hangout with the Santas on Saturday and make the most of a rare not so cold, blue sky day in the Jing, I also wanted even more to head into the big warm dark cave that is Tango 3rd Floor and spend the entire day watching bands, drinking beer [...]

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December 9, 2011 0

Santacon 2011: Deck the hutongs with Santas and music!

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Ho Ho Ho, it’s that time of year again, where we all don Santa suits and roam the streets and bars of Beijing spreading goodwill and drunken cheer! This year marks the third official Santacon in Beijing, and Santa’s got a few secrets up his sleeve to make this the biggest and best yet. Daze [...]

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December 6, 2011 0

Live Music Quicklsants: Aussies, Albums, Awards … and Santas!

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Well, BD is escaping the snow and heading off to sit on the beach in sunny Australia, so you’ve got Ruby on quickslants this week, Which means I get to plug the shows I’ll be heading too! And there’s some good ones in the mix too, looks like I’ve swapped BD for a couple of [...]

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