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
If you folks remember, back in August, Simple Plan were in Beijing ready to unleash their brand of Pop Punk when their lead singer was diagnosed with a case of “Swollen Vocal Chords”… well, the Canadian punksters are back! They are planning to have another crack at the nation next month however thanks to Street [...]
Tags: Let's Rock Beijing, Simple Plan, Street Hustle Promotions, win stuff
something is brewing down south folks… I’m not sure what it is but there’s definitely some quality coming out of Shanghai that we don’t get to see in Beijing. Don’t get me wrong, we have “some” quality up here but when you look at the quantity, the ratio is pretty dismal. Shanghai is not blessed [...]
Tags: friend or foe, shanghai bands
As stated, the contest was over at 3:00 p.m today. The idea was to pick songs from 2001 or later that best represent the Beijingers… well, if this were a soundtrack, it could be an interesting eclectic one: Lose Yourself by Eminem Beijing Is Not My Home – Demerit zhongnanhai – carsick cars 你是风儿我是沙 99 [...]
Tags: giveaways, soundtrack of beijing, The Beijinger anniversary
There’s a lot of new music going around ‘daze headquarters and tons of reviews delayed by real life obligations… so it’s always good to be able to share some of the stuff with you guys and see whatcha all think. On the menu for today, we’re looking a 2 completely different types of releases, both [...]
Tags: Free Music, Gouride, Hedgehog
I don’t usually bother much with industry news but this seems like a big one folks. Last week, one of my favorite bands, Miserable Faith, announced that from now on, their music, pictures, videos and news will all be presented on Very CD for free (at least ATM). If you’re not familiar with Very CD, [...]
Tags: Miserable Faith, VeryCD
Last month, yours truly was lucky to be featured on City Weekend in connection with this blog and ‘dazeFEAST. The picture they ended up using in the article was pretty cool and I’ve been meaning to use it in a contest for a while… and now is them time. The good folks from Street Hustle [...]
Tags: city weekend, Neon Trees, Pet Conspiracy, Street Hustle, win stuff
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