Music is back on the menu folks as you can tell by the variety of choices available over the past few weeks. now usually, this happens on weekends or even thursdays but this week, thanks to Women’s Day, there was a line up form hell at Yugong Yishan.. And I loved it.
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Archive for the ‘Tunes under the moon’ Category
review: Girl Power brings down Yugong Yishan
By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moonlive quickslants: The Birds are set free and everyone else back in town
By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moonBy Jove!!! Beijing is out on a mission to make up for not having any decent live music options over the CNY so we’re getting sonic bombed with goodies for the second week in a row! This week’s offers are even more substantial than the last one:
Wednesday March 3
Michael Dalin Trio @ Salud: I’m [...]
Tags: free the birds, Michael Dallin, rustic
Beijing live music tidbits: Show of Peace, Dylan, Dude & Bad Mamasan amongst others
By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moon, blabbersI’m loving March so far and it’s just gotten started! This is gonna be one hell of a music month by the look of things and that is not a complaint.
Bad Mamasan, the Heavy Metal outit fronted by Jaime Welton ( Dirty Deeds, Black Cat Bone) is finally waking up from their never [...]
Tags: Bad Mamasan, Dude, Dylan, live music, Show of Peace
Whooo are you, who who.. Maggie Who!
By Beijing Daze in Beijing 人, Tunes under the moonI’m on the road all week so updates coming courtesy of the Wordpress App on my iPhone… Excuse the poor formatting
In between rehearsals, studio sessions and school, Phil Schloss of Maggie Who found some time to answer a few questions for BeijingDaze… Cool beans!
1- What’s going on in your [...]
Tags: Maggie Who
Live Music quickslants: Free the Birds, Chasing Star, Mademoiselle & Maggie Who
By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moonMan oh man! I picked the wrong week to get the hell outta dodge because Beijing is getting ready to make up and kiss after the general musical coma we experienced with Chinese New Year.
Wedneday Feb 24th:
Maggie Who @ Mao: Well, these kids were cool enough to open for “Dirty Deeds” when [...]
Tags: chasing star, free the birds, mademoiselle, Maggie Who
Music Tidbits to tie you up through the break
By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moon, blabbersI posted this yesterday but the server trolls decided they were hungry and just swallowed it whole, so here comes it again!
Chinese New Year celebrations did put a damper on live shows in the capital so one’s gotta find a different way of getting their music fix. In my case, I use Douban to catch [...]
Tags: Hedgehog, Maggie Who, randomk(e), The Subs
From Shunyi to NPR Riding The Blues: 10 Questions with Alan Paul of Woodie Alan
By Beijing Daze in Beijing 人, Tunes under the moonBeijing gets its share of interesting folks stopping by and getting involved in all kinds of projects. A lot of times, they have to pack up and take off but not before leaving their mark on the capital. Alan Paul is such a person!
Alan took some time to answer questions about the reunion show on [...]
Tags: blues, shunyi, Woodie Alan
Beijing Live Music Quickslants: From Bad Apples to Woodie Alan
By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moonInteresting line up this end of the week music-wise.. it’s one of those that reminds you of the variety and diversity of this music scene:
Thursday Feb 4
Bad Apples @ Yugong Yishan: I’ve missed seeing these guys sweating it out in chaoyang and it’s about bloody time they make it back. Good bluesy rock [...]
This Bad Apple Ain’t Rotten: 10 Questions with Michael Dallin
By Beijing Daze in Beijing 人, Tunes under the moonIt was May 2008 if memory serves me right and we were having a few drinks at the Saddle Cantina when i got a phone call from a friend telling me about a show that night at the newly opened “The Boat” with these kids playing good rock n roll. I didn’t really have much [...]
Tags: Bad Apples, Beijing 人, Michael Dallin, yugong yishan
Mao Livehouse 2009 Awards.. great little secret show
By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moonA friend of mine spoke to me earlier in the week of the Mao Award show and was surprised at the look of surprise on my face.. I had no idea it was happening! Heck, even now that the show has taken place, it seems like there is little to be found online about it. [...]
Tags: Hanggai, Mao Livehouse, Misandao, Nanwu
YABB ( Yet Another Beijing Blog) for my pleasure and amusement! I'm hoping some folks might find the information useful or entertaining! It's mostly about strange and unusual happenings in this concrete urban jungle I call home. 