Well folks, in the nick of time, MIDI has somehow managed to get their act together and release the final lineup for the festival along with a confirmation that we will have a change of location: The event will now be held at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park also known as Shunyi Olympic Water Park… I’ll [...]
Tags: Backyard Surgeons, MIDI 2012, Miserable Faith, Mos Def in China
There are bands that make 1 CD in 15 years and then there is Mamer.. The Kazakh eagle is kicking off 2012 with a bang by releasing 5 solo records in one go. I’m a huge fan of his album from last year which has made it into my top albums from China in 2012. [...]
Tags: CD Release 2012, iz, Mamer
I had been hearing about King Ly Chee for quite sometime now but never really took the time to check them out until they were scheduled to stop by Beijing about a week ago. I was aware of their reputation and was pretty darn impressed when they got a shout out from none other than [...]
Tags: Gig of 2012, It Never Happened, King Lychee, return the truth, The Falling
After a few weeks of balls-to-the-wall type of shows, we got a nice chilled weekend to recharge the batteries before facing another onslaught for weeks! and that’s why you’re getting minislants folks! Let’s get to it: Thursday April 12 Rock Tigers Rolling Bolling @ 2 Kolegas Chances are this is not gonna happen as I’m [...]
Tags: Amazing insurance salesmen, candy monster, Jacky Danny, Li Jianbin, manafest, rock tigers, rolling bolling, Steely Heart, SUBS
I’m fine haunting smoky livehouses, listening to loud dirty boogie rock n roll, getting down and dirty… but i also like me a beautiful day, sitting on the grass, soaking up the sun and picnicking the afternoon away while enjoying relaxed music and that is what makes the Ditan Folk Festivals one of my favorite [...]
Tags: buyi, Ditan Folk Festival, Ditan Folk Festival 2012, dolan, Lidong, mama funker, shanren, xiao he, Yerboli
Remember China Music Valley folks? They’re the ones that took over a ski resort, brought in Avril LAvigne and Juliette Lewis then failed to sell alcohol! ok, I’ll be nice, especially since they managed to bring in somewhat big name stars and pull off a decent show by all accounts, albeit with fucked up logistics. [...]
Tags: China Music Valley 2012, CMV 2012
As April got started, SX Media took over pretty much most of Beijing’s live music venues with their Sex in the Xity series and put on some interesting shows covering all genres. One of these shows took place at 2 Kolegas with Whai, Skarving and new comers Miao 妙乐队 ( also known as Bio in [...]
Tags: Bio, Miao, sex in the xity, skarving, whai
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