Yes folks, after threatening to do this for a while, we’ve take the plunge thanks to great friends all over Beijing that will make it possible! I’m announcing the first ( and probably only) ‘dazeFEAST to be held at 2 Kolegas Saturday June 25th 2011 What: ‘daze FEAST – A Celebration of Music & Fun [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, black cat bone, Chunqiu, dazeFEAST, Flying Mantas, mademoiselle, Maggie Who, Zhang Si An
2010 was closed out in Beijing with a number of concerts that were pretty darn good by all accounts. Your truly managed to miss them all but I was determined to make up for it and get 2011 started on the right musical track! While there were a few quality lineups around town, there was [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, 24 hours, buyi, candy monster, liu miao, rustic, SUBS
Beijing’s music community is closing the year in style and starting things off with a bang. Some great shows are lined up for tonight, saturday and sunday, some of which can be considered must-see music.. let’s get this baby started: Friday Dec 31: MIDI Awards @ Star Live: The granddaddy of rocknroll awards in China [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, 24 hours, chinese reggae, Cui Jian, free the birds, Nanwu, SUBS
it’s gonna be a costumes, costumes and more costumes this weekend for a special freaky edition of the quickslants… Beijing goes hogwild for halloween when all the freaks come out the play and sure enough, there are plenty of live shows to match any weirdness you might have in you. Thursday October 28th: Purple Smog [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, free the birds, GAWTMY, halloween, nakoma, Nanwu
Things are moving along nicely in Beijing with musical choices starting to improve again.. not that they’ve been bad to begin with! The “Don’t call us laowai” shindig at Mao that didn’t even make it to my radar until one day before is good proof that people oughta get out there and take chances on [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, Dancers, hummingbird, Mao Livehouse, SUBS
2 Kolegas has become one of my favourite music venues in this city, with it’s earsplitting sound system, chilled outdoor area and tasty chuan’r. They’re even catering for the football fans with a big screen showing all the games for the next few weeks. After noise-control regulations stopped Wu & The Side Effects from playing [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, buyi, wu & side effects
After a short period of doubting they existed, I finally got the chance to catch Wu & The Side Effects at 2 Kolegas and stood in awe/corrected! One hell of a band, putting on one hell of a show, mixing the groovy with the loud and heavy.. infectious is the adjective I was looking for. [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, wu & side effects
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