After a few weeks of balls-to-the-wall type of shows, we got a nice chilled weekend to recharge the batteries before facing another onslaught for weeks! and that’s why you’re getting minislants folks! Let’s get to it: Thursday April 12 Rock Tigers Rolling Bolling @ 2 Kolegas Chances are this is not gonna happen as I’m [...]
Tags: Amazing insurance salesmen, candy monster, Jacky Danny, Li Jianbin, manafest, rock tigers, rolling bolling, Steely Heart, SUBS
oh yeah babay.. it’s heating up in Beijing and I’m not talking about the weather that’s taken a dip again. Beijing is finally fully awake and we’re getting to that point where it’s tough picking which show(s) to go to. This Saturday is a prime example with good stuff all over the goddamn city from [...]
Tags: abominati, Amazing insurance salesmen, Bad Mamasan, Bookworm Literary Festival, candy monster, CD Release 2012, Dong Chorus, Jacky Danny, jue festival, me too, randy abel stable, reTROS, Tarot Saints, wu hongfei
Hellooo Beijing.. miss me? I didn’t think so either. Ruby did an amazing job keeping the show on the road while I was out on an ear-cleaning mission. Many posts/comments coming up once I catch up but let’s first get started with some quick slants as tonight (wednesday) has some pretty darn solid offerings. Wednesday [...]
Tags: candy monster, DH & the hellcats, low bow, muma, Omnipotent youth society, second hand rose, skarving, Steely Heart, SUBS, voodoo kungfu
It was a busy week for yours truly with 5 shows pretty much, 2 of which on saturday but the one that did stick out was the shindig at 2 Kolegas with Me Too, Candy Monster, Nova Heart and re-TROS. An absolute delight of a gig with great crowd and fantastic atmosphere. I got there [...]
Tags: candy monster, NovaHeart, re-tros, rebuilding the rights of statues
that time of the week folks, looking at all the goodies in town, sifting through the crap and figuring out where the good sounds are… and there lots of them this week, especially with Yugong Yishan back in business. It’s looking like one hell of a busy weekend out there for the music maniacs.. if [...]
Tags: ajinai, Amazing insurance salesmen, buyi, candy monster, Dude, Ghost Spardac, jordan thomas mitchell, Larry's Pizza, Sambasia, summer sunshine, VOM
Festivals are behind us, for now and we’re getting ready to get back on a more regular steady diet of performances. How is it all looking this weekend? Pretty darn good! Thursday May 12: Noisey.com Launch @ YGYS: So the website aims to make people discover new music… I can swing with that! They’ve set [...]
Tags: candy monster, Ember Swift, Flying Mantas, Jacky Danny, me guan me, Steely Heart, The Clamps, The Morlocks
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
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