A couple of months ago, the team behind Rock in China wiki and good ‘daze friends set out to collect samplers from all around China to get a feel for what was happening in the ‘core side of things… by ‘core they meant hardcore, nintendocore and all kinds of other terms i’d never heard off. [...]
Tags: core in china, Free Music, hardcore in china, King Lychee, Rock in China
I’m not sure I’ve entirely recovered from last weekend’s musical onslaught.. really folks! MIDI rocked the shit out of me, especially with an awesome Miserable Faith performance. Ningxia Night on Monday was special as usual and so were the other days.. Still, It’s thursday and time to see what else is happening over the next [...]
Tags: Amazing insurance salesmen, Bad Apples, Hanggai, hanggai festival, iz, Mamer, Residence A, The Argies, The On Fires, Twinkle Star
I make no qualms about Ditan Folk Festival Being one of my favorite days of the years. As I wrote before, it’s the perfect day to bring together all the musos and non-musos alike for a whole day in the park relaxing. This year, despite a less than stellar lineup, it was no exception. We [...]
Tags: David and Polad, Ditan Folk Festival 2012, dolan, Ma Di, randy abel stable, Shan Ren, Soundscape, Zhang Si An
I’m not buying this whole bullshit about the market being big enough for the onslaught of music festivals we’re getting over the next few days. It’s splitting and diluting the market, and in many cases, they are cannibalizing each other. Still, it’s too late to do anything about it so let’s try to deal with [...]
Tags: Cui Jian, Ditan Folk Festival 2012, May Holiday Music Festival, MIDI 2012, mmax festival, Schedule of Music Festival Beijing, Srawberry Festival 2012, xie tian xiao
seriously, I’ve lived in 4 continents, countless cities and seen my share of shows but nothing compares to the musical onslaught that is about to be unleashed on Beijing over the next 5 days. It’s actually mind blowing and busy enough to make a music fan go insane trying to decide where/what to do. This [...]
Tags: arcane saints, Backyard Surgeons, Brain Failure, buyi, Dimefest, Flyx, iz, La Souris Deglinguee, lao da, Lidong, Mamer, NovaHeart, Nucleus, Residence A, SUBS, The On Fires, whai
well folks, another cancellation hits Beijing and the folks from Guitar China… This was posted on Dream Theater’s official website and i guess it speaks for itself, no need for me to say more… http://www.dreamtheater.net/board_posts/beijing-show-on-may-4th-cancelled I’m not sure where the fuck up was but it seems pretty clear who the band is blaming… it sucks [...]
Tags: Dream Theater
Some random news coming around today.. The reclusive Zhang Chu,originally scheduled to headline MIDI day 1 on April 29, has some emergency. None other than Cui Jian, the godfather of Chinese rock, is replacing him on the bill! That’s a pretty good deal in my book! Granted, it might increase the security concerns in Shunyi. [...]
Tags: Bad Mamasan, Cui Jian, Hedgehog, Lidong, Mamer, MIDI 2012, whai
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