Mamer & Song Yuzhe: opposites attract at Jianghu
Let me set the scene. In one corner you have a guy sitting on a stool, wearing a black t-shirt and jeans, shoulder wavy length hair sticking out of a black cap pulled down...
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Lucky 8 questions with IndieChina’s Road: 8 year anniversary shows, melancholy post rock & china music industry insight
Here at Beijingdaze we try to do what we can to promote local Beijing, and Chinese music to an English speaking audience, and there’s also some great sites out there doing the same in...
One Lick Less returns with more French ‘mutant blues’
While most of the city’s music fans were dancing along to Hanggai’s drinking song at the drive-in, I was one of a few people at probably the weekend’s most underrated show – One Lick...
Rock Naadam Launch Party: Mohanik, Banana Monkey & Scary Magic
Six months ago on a cold Friday 13th D22 held it’s last show ever, but it wasn’t one of the Maybe Mars team of bands that played the last song in this Beijing rock...
One Love: LongShenDao bring da riddim to da hutongs
Longshendao had a pretty good year in 2011, releasing their album TaiChi reggae, taking home two Midi Awards (best rock band & best album), appearing on BD’s top 5 albums of the year and...
Sally Can’t Dance: experimental noise makers gather in their new hutong home
D22’s zooming nights may have been put on hiatus with the venue’s closure earlier this year, but the city’s experimental musicians came out of hibernation last weekend, joined by fellow noise makers from around...
Beauty & Brutality: Opeth bring both the progressive and the extreme to delight fans
There’s metal, and then there’s the metal I like … which tends to be the original 70’s bands I grew up listening to or more melodic styles, definitely not death or black metal. So...
Mao echoes with the sounds of the grasslands
Sunday has become the new Friday for me this summer with the festivals and battle of the bands competitions taking up both weekend days. But I’ve also managed to pop into Mao on the...
Festival’d out? No way! Long Live Rock in the Grasslands!
There’s been a lot of talk about the over abundance of festivals in China this year. Jon Campbell and China Daily, both have interesting posts on this. I agree 4 festivals competing in one...
Jurat: Echoes of classic rock melded with the sounds of North-West China
In a city of over 22 million people, I’m constantly surprised how small this city is. Or maybe that’s just the expat community, or maybe it’s even just the circles I move in? Anyway,...
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