seriously, I’ve lived in 4 continents, countless cities and seen my share of shows but nothing compares to the musical onslaught that is about to be unleashed on Beijing over the next 5 days. It’s actually mind blowing and busy enough to make a music fan go insane trying to decide where/what to do. This [...]
Tags: arcane saints, Backyard Surgeons, Brain Failure, buyi, Dimefest, Flyx, iz, La Souris Deglinguee, lao da, Lidong, Mamer, NovaHeart, Nucleus, Residence A, SUBS, The On Fires, whai
Last year, Brain Failure joined a the likes of Miserable Faith and other rockers in doing an acoustic show at Jianghu. These kinda gigs are always risky, especially when a band depends a lot on fast riffs, distortions and what not. I didn’t make the show for whatever reason and kept wondering what it was [...]
Tags: Brain Failure
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 [...]
Tags: Bad Mamasan, Brain Failure, CD Release 2012, CMCB, dawanggang, dongzi, hell city, iz, Liu Kun, low wormwood, ma tiao, Mamer, Mohanik, Never Before, Wan Xiaoli, yaksa
Well, BD is escaping the snow and heading off to sit on the beach in sunny Australia, so you’ve got Ruby on quickslants this week, Which means I get to plug the shows I’ll be heading too! And there’s some good ones in the mix too, looks like I’ve swapped BD for a couple of [...]
Tags: Brain Failure, devils at the crossroads, illness sickness, MIDI Awards 2011, parkway drive, santacon beijing 2011, split works, Steely Heart, The Ghost Spardac
Man i was looking forward to Friday night at Tango.. how could i not? Return of Jacky Danny with a new lineup, Dude premiering their new guitar player and Brain Failure fresh off their nationwide tour with a bunch of new songs.. oh yeah, there was also Sleepless and Convenience Store…. While originally scheduled to [...]
Tags: Brain Failure, convenience store, Dude, Jacky Danny, sleepless
last week was a small but fun set of musical offerings that culminated with 2 fun performances by La Pegatina and some pretty crappy stuff b Ma Tiao and Mitabe…still, I won’t let that get me down a look forward to some good rock n roll in the next few days starting tonight! Some interesting [...]
Tags: Brain Failure, ding fenghua, Dude, Flying Mantas, happy avenue, illness sickness, Jacky Danny, me too, NovaHeart, pirate pistols, Residence A, thank you for the fish, wu hongfei
my oh my what a night saturday was! I had been looking forward to the Punk festival for a few weeks now but nothing prepared me for the amount of fun and atmosphere that this was…. easily the best one of the series so far and definitely the most organized, especially compared to last year’s [...]
Tags: Brain Failure, hell city, Last Choice, Punk Festival, Return of the Truth, SUBS, The Unsafe, Unregenerate Blood
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