Archive for the ‘Tunes under the moon’ Category

September 2, 2010 1

Beijing Weekend Quickslants: Redbucks, Ember, Panbianr and mad drummers

By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moon, blabbers

A strange weekend this shall be in Beijing with actually quite a few events around town in the next 4 days that are worth checking out. Of course this will also mark the second to last performance from Daisy Sweetgrass with The Redbucks before she goes stateside.
Thursday September 2:
Blackwater @ Jianghu:
Traditional Irish Folk [...]

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September 2, 2010 4

The Free Bird: Helen Feng on Music, Leaving Pet Conspiracy and Chaneling a Voodoo priestess

By Beijing Daze in 10 Questions, Beijing 人, Tunes under the moon

ah! Helen Feng… A favorite ‘daze crush and one of Beijing’s premier musical personalities winning multiple awards and accolades from the likes of Time Out and MIDI. I’ve been closely following her over the past year ( I swear it’s not stalking) and enjoying every opportunity to see her perform. Plenty of rumors have been [...]

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August 31, 2010 0

Goodbye Miss Daisy…

By Beijing Daze in Beijing 人, Tunes under the moon, blabbers

It’s a sad day in ‘daze headquarters…
wow.. I still remember roughly about two years ago or so, hanging out at TUN on a tuesday night for open mic night with Beijing Rob and Johnny Boy, taking in the music coming from the stage but mostly having some sort of conversation when this angelic voice [...]

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August 31, 2010 2

Hang on the Box returns, sort of.. and my first time at Hot Cat Club

By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moon, blabbers

There were a few things happening last saturday in Beijing in terms of entertainment but your truly was particularly curious about one of them events: Hang on the Box relaunching at Hot Cat Club on the same bill as Rustic, The Dancers and 诱导社 Lure. It was also a good chance to finally check out [...]

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August 30, 2010 1

Hot List #4: Chasing Stars shakes, Bigger Bang booms, Free the Birds shines and The Face screams

By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moon

This has been one hell of an interested weekend all over Beijing with great performances, once in a lifetime events, reunions, festivals and what not. I was dead set on the Back to Basics concert at Workers Stadium for Friday night but I ended up at Yugong Yishan instead for Zippo Hot List with Chasing [...]

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August 27, 2010 4

Lockdown in Nanluoguxiang or the Days the music died?

By Ruby in Tunes under the moon, blabbers

Two gigs shut down at two different NanLuoGuXiang venues inside one week, is it simply the police flexing their authority for a little while or the start of something more serious?
I wasn’t at Jianghu last Thursday, but I was getting reports during the night from friends who were. Three songs into their set Jean-Sébastien and [...]

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August 25, 2010 2

News to Ooze and music quickslants all in one: HOTB is back, ZIYO lineup and the Old guard

By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moon, blabbers

This week’s shows:
Ok.. No real quickslants this week in music as all the good gigs seem to be happening on friday with one or two exceptions: Back to Basic at the worker’s stadium with the old guard that is uniting for the first time ever on the same bill with Cui Jian, Tang Dynasty, Black [...]

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August 24, 2010 0

Max Star day 6: For those about to rock under the pouring rain, we salute you!

By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moon

Was that rain or was it rain this past saturday in Beijing? that was precipitations of biblical proportion folks and it made for one hell of a wet day for yours truly.
I was supposed to catch the Punk Festival at Mao then head on to Ditan Park but for once, Mao decided to get [...]

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August 23, 2010 2

Shonen Knife reminds Beijing of what music is all about: good times, good fun, great show!

By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moon

About two weeks ago, I had no idea who Shonen Knife were.. fast forward to the present: I love them to bits and think they’re one of the most fun bands to watch. I was lucky enough to catch them this past Friday, along with a bunch a friends, at Mao Live for their first [...]

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August 19, 2010 0

Hanggai Festival in Beijing: Are you ready to Folk?

By Beijing Daze in Tunes under the moon

Ok.. no more jokes about yet another music festival but like it or not, there’s another one coming! Hanggai, the venerable folk rockers from inner Mongolia decided to organize their own festival.. why not? can’t be as badly organized as Strawberry and when the band is in charge, you know that musicians will at least [...]

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