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February 22, 2012 0

Quickslants: Jue Starts, 80s revival, Ajinai, that Prodigy dude, Buyi and more

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We’re almost back on regular rotation folks meaning that the good shows are back on the menu but so are the bad ones! It’s unfortunately the side effect of having so many bands around Beijing. Mao is having a strong showing this week with some decent lineups from Thursday to Sunday. I’m particularly excited about [...]

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February 15, 2012 0

Live Music Quickslants: Barbacans, Buyi, Dongzi and Backtrack NY Hardcore and more

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I love choice… looking at the various things happening around Beijing, it’s good to see pretty much all the venues (except one) back full speed with shows on pretty much every night! While most of Beijing was being romantic or singing along to Avril Lavigne yesterday, some of us were inside Yugong Yishan having a [...]

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February 8, 2012 1

Quickslants: Opeth, Pangbianr, Wu Hongfei and that Jefferson Airplane Dude

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well well well… Meaty Quickslants ahead sailors! It’s been quite sometimes since we’ve seen a busy little week worth of music in this town! Almost too long! This week, pretty much all the usual suspect are back in action with only 2 Kolegas hibernating. I’m going through such a Ningxia withdrawal that I’ve decided to [...]

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February 1, 2012 0

Quickslants: Metalheads are back, Marley Tributes, Book Swap and Temple Rolls on

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w00t w00t.. looks like there is some action again in town with a few more locales opening up after this highly unusual Spring Festival hibernation. Seriously, in 3 years of covering the scene, it’s never died as much as this year… Sure, we had Temple to keep things going but man, it was tough! Club [...]

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January 25, 2012 0

Holiday Quickslants: Temple Rules… Modernista Helps…

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well my darlings, last week was i think the first time in over two years that the blog didn’t have quickslants… can you believe that? truth be said, pretty much all live music venues are closed and/or all musicians have taken the week off…. expect a few hard working souls over at Temple who have [...]

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January 11, 2012 2

Quickslants: Folk for the People, Bad Mamasan, Wan Xiaoli, Tea Quintet, Ma Tiao’s New Album, D-22′s last show and more

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I’ve been trying to get the quickslants in early this week mostly for tonight’s show at Mako in support of the young Hasetie’er. Friday is gonna be one of those “it’s fucking hard to pick” which show to go to day with solid ass lineups all around town. Let’s get this baby started with my [...]

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January 5, 2012 0

Quickslants: IZ returns, Book Swap, Olympic Rock, Simple Plan, Folks of the World and more

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Welcome to 2012 darlings… let’s make sure it rocks! For this first edition of the quick slants, we find ourselves all over the spectrum with choices. Some of them definitely rocking! It might seem deceivingly underwhelming but there are some real gems hidden out there. Let’s kick it! Thursday Jan 5th IZ @ Temple As [...]

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