it’s been a hell of a week folks but i’ll be damned if i miss a quickslant so here it is, better late than ever. Friday May 18th: Randy Abel Stable will rock 2 Kolegas along with The Little Handsome and The Berlin Mummies. Over at Hot Cat Club, Not There will be showing their [...]
Migration complete… the bird has landed… I’ve been trying to come up with cool poetic ways to get things started on this Lidong album review to match the band’s music and lyrics but i find myself unable to. I’ve been hearing these songs for the most part of the last 2 years and I’ve seen [...]
Tags: CD Release 2012, Lidong
I rarely write about a local band’s upcoming show just for the heck of it but these cats are special. Last time they were in Beijing, there was not a freaking way in hell to get a ticket for their gig. So, here’s your chance to get going early and go book one in advance [...]
Tags: Omnipotent youth society
I wasn’t really planning on covering much of CMV, mostly because I’m probably not gonna make it there this weekend with too many commitments already but for those of you planning to go, there is a limited time deal on sendmetickets.com whereby you can get a 3 day pass for 150 RMB. That’s like, I [...]
Tags: city weekend, CMV 2012, Jesus and Mary Chain in Beijing, Joss Stone in Beijing, send me tickets, white lies
It’s been a long time coming and one way to look at it is that anything worth doing is worth taking a long time to do well. Lixia et Co. must have had that in mind over the past few years…. a lot of work, shows, recording sessions and rehearsals, all leading up to the [...]
Tags: buyi, CD Release 2012, dongzi, Hanggai, lao da, Lidong
There’s a lingering feeling that most of us are suffering from post-festival apathy.. too much music, too little time and tons of other obligations. Still, no rest for the wicked and things are moving on for the weekend. Let’s see what’s kicking, shortslants style Thursday May 10: The Stanleys, another Your Town Touring band, hits [...]
Tags: 16mn, Beijing Beatles, Ember Swift, Flau Night, Goodbye thank you for the Fish, jungle mico, juratt, mademoiselle, Mamer, Perpetual Motion Machine, Twinkle Star
I’ve been looking for this one since i saw the first post about it over a month ago.. Why? just look at the names coming in and the numbers of countries/ethnics represented! Hanggai, in organizing the 2012 edition of their festival, has pulled off one hell of a coup. They have also managed to stay [...]
Tags: ajinai, Hanggai, hanggai festival, hanggai festival 2012, rhythms of Rajastan, Soul of dolan, Tiloun, Yemen Blues
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