it started with a bang at 2 Kolegas as Buyi, Nucleus, Rustic and Subs rocked the hell out of the drive-in. That was one hell of a good show to start the year and remains in the top ten of best shows in Beijing for 2011. Many bands came, some vanished, others just took a [...]
Tags: abaji, AK 47, Bad Mamasan, best of 2011, Bigger Bang, Black Snakes, Chunqiu, concrete blonde, da bang, dazeFEAST, Hanggai, la pegatina, Last Choice, Out of Control, SUBS, thin man
Sometimes, I really wish i didn’t have this many choices. This upcoming weekend in Beijing is one hell of a hard one to to make up one’s mind about where to go/what to see. Inner Mongolia is heavily represented with Hanggai, Ajinai and Voodoo Kungfu all deriving inspiration from the sounds of the grasslands. I’ve [...]
Tags: ajinai, Bigger Bang, Dancers, Hanggai, Hedgehog, Love's Tourettes, rustic, voodoo kungfu
last year‘s women day extravaganza at yugong yishan gave us Free the Birds, Bigger Bang and DH w/ her Hellcats. This year, 2 out of 3 were back with Kang Mao’s new project, “Thank you for the fish” replacing FTB… trading one queen for another is fair enough. The Fish kickstarted the evening with their [...]
Tags: Bigger Bang, DH & the hellcats, SUBS, thank you for the fish
Last weekend looked boring on paper but i still ended up at 2 shows, both of which were interesting/good. This coming weekend is looking like it’s gonna be one of those crazy ones with multiple gig nights because they’re all sounding good right now. It’s kicking off tonight with Hanggai & Blackwater at Yugong Yishan. [...]
Tags: Bigger Bang, buyi, chasing stars, Hanggai, Kaiser Kuo, randomk(e), rush, SUBS
In case you didn’t know, The White Eyes played Beijing this past friday… I’ve only written about them 4 or 5 times on this blog, right? The lineup at Mao looked promising with The Ghost Spardac, Bigger Bang and The White Eyes, definitely the strongest one of the night in Beijing. Things got started a [...]
The weekend is rolling around with some really cool shows on the horizon folks and some of them are actually worth braving the cold for. Thursday November 4: Mamer, Li Tieqiao & Dawanggang @ Jianghu: If you like folk, this is where you wanna be thursday night. I’ve loved mamer’s performances over the past year [...]
Tags: Amazing insurance salesmen, Bigger Bang, Hilton Food Wine Experience, Mamer, The Gar, The White Eyes
This has been one hell of an interested weekend all over Beijing with great performances, once in a lifetime events, reunions, festivals and what not. I was dead set on the Back to Basics concert at Workers Stadium for Friday night but I ended up at Yugong Yishan instead for Zippo Hot List with Chasing [...]
Tags: Bigger Bang, free the birds, The Face, Yugong Yi, Zippo Hot List, ZIYO, 追星族 Chasing Star
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