Archive for the ‘Album Reviews’ Category

January 18, 2012 2

Gig & CD Review: Muma & Third Party Returns – A Musical Evolution

By in Album Reviews, Gig Reviews, Tunes under the moon

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 [...]

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December 22, 2011 0

Double Take: Jurat ‘Sans Famille’ album review

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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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November 18, 2011 1

Double Take: Friend or Foe – My Claw is Never Limp CD review

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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 [...]

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November 11, 2011 Off

Double Take on Low Wormwood’s Lanzhou Lanzhou: Soft and Warm, Like a Lanzhou Beef Noodle

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Chinese Indie Music Lore goes something like this: Folks from Maybe Mars saw Low Wormwood perform live, they immediately started the Maybe Wood spin off label to sign them up and record their 2009 album, We Can’t Help Kissing Each Other. I’ll have to ask them about this at some point. Anyways, with the band [...]

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October 18, 2011 Off

Double Take: Glow Curve – Pedantically Progressive.

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I first heard the name Glow Curve in an article Wang Ge wrote about Raying Temple back in June. A soundcloud link at the bottom of the article had 5 songs from different groups that play at the music space out in Tongzhou – including Glow Curve, who are currently in residency there. I have [...]

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October 11, 2011 Off

Double Take: The Fever Machine – Living in Oblivion

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Dan Shapiro, to those familiar with China’s music scene, does not need any introductions. The guy has paid his dues years in a row by writing the scene and even playing in it… in other words, the guy knows his shit! So do his bandmates in The Fever Machine and this collective talent (Fabien Barbet [...]

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September 23, 2011 1

Double take: There’s nothing silly about Xiao He’s new record: Silly’s Ballad

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I was excited and afraid to get my hands on this baby for a review as I’m not the biggest Xiao He fan in the world… let’s see what comes out of it: Beijing Daze on Silly’s Ballad I feel a bit weird writing this review because I’m getting that strange “not appropriate” gut feeling. [...]

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