Are the music festivals back? We hope! Welcome back Strawberry
I’ve maintained that there was nothing good to write about so i stopped writing for a while, a long while. Now, this morning, for the first time in a long time, i got something...
Category: Quickslants
Rare slants: CRI Awards, Hanggai, Drunk Punks and more.
Houston, we have a pulse.. Houston, we have a pulse.. There is some action in the capital and you need to get out there as the offerings are pretty good. Let’s get going with...
Quickslants: Sepultura at Zhangbei, Suyang, Devils, Bastards, Mademoiselle and more
world cup is over folks.. world cup is over… scream it out loud! Now we can get back to our regularly schedule programming of getting smashed at live houses, hackling bands and being merry…...
Quickslants: Mushrooms, Diders, MC Brothers and more music fun
Man… as much as it was easy to pick gigs the last two weeks (yeah, i’m a 2K homer), there’s a virtual avalanche of shows planned for the next few days with a whole...
Quickslants: Hillbilly Jamboree, Devils, Wolf Down and more
you know when you’re racing and you get to that last turn before the straight line? this is what this weekend feels like here yonder. It’s that turn that you navigate gracefully and then...
May Day Fun: The Forgotten Festivals
A lot is made of Strawberry and MIDI in Beijing during the May holidays. People bitch and moan that they both take place during the same days making it hard to choose which one...
Shortslants: Friend or Foe, Punks Galore
So.. a weird one in town folks. It’s pretty much Punk weekend in Beijing with and without the punk festival, thus the shortslants. I’ve already posted about the 4 night extravaganza at School bar...
Quickslants: Hanggai, Sound of the Xity, CMCB, Cobain remembered and more
The weather is nicer, the freaks are coming out and that means the choices available to get our fill of music in town are increasingly more diverse and difficult to pick from. This is...
Quickslants: 330 Metal Festival, Devils Return, Re-TROs and Zhaoze
As bad as it was to pick gigs last week, it had nothing on the lineups coming up for this end of the month craze and it is a craze my pretty babies of...
Quickslants: Reflector, One Drop, Funky, Cohen Night and more
great weather in Beijing these days, means we’re getting more good tunes. Last week’s onslaught turned out fantastic with amazing gigs by Second Hand Rose and a beautiful affaire over at Yugong for the...
What once started as my personal ramblings has morphed into the number one collective resource about underground live music in Beijing and China. All bands, all music, all Rock n Roll, all the time with a little side of eclectic topics.. best of all, it's still as BIASED as ever