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
Hiya… on music overload yet? Believe me, it’s only gonna get better! Following weekend 1 of festivals, we’re getting ready for a whole other round of sonic goodness Friday May 6: Chapelier Fou @ 2kolegas: French Electro Dance guaranteed to get your rear en moving. This one will see the hipsters of Beijing coming out [...]
Tags: army of jade kirin, chapelier fou, Ditan Folk Festival 2011, Dude, ma tiao
I might write about them less but that doesn’t mean the ‘daze crew has stopped going to shows.. far from it! It’s just been busy enough not to have time to address them all. Here is just a quick summary from the last week or so! Dude, Me Guan Me, Ghost Spardac and Christmas played [...]
Tags: Bad Apples, dongzi, Dude, Ghost Spardac, Lidong, made in ningxia, me guan me, Nucleus, Red Pirates, wu & side effects
It’s feeling like spring already. The weather is warming up, the parties are rocking and it’s become extremely difficult to find time to spend a quiet evening at home with all the happenings around town. The next few days promise more of the same. So, here’s some of the stuff I’m looking forward to: Bertie [...]
Tags: Bookworm Literary Festival, Dude, Ghost Spardac, jue festival, mademoiselle et les chinoix, me guan me
This was one of the first advertised gigs coming out of Spring Festival hibernation and kicking off a weekend of shows. The bill looked good with DUDE and two bands i had not heard off before: The O.N.E Band and Binkabi. Strangely enough, Ruby had never seen Dude live so this was a great opportunity [...]
Tags: Binkabi, Dude, O.N.E Band
just because the venues feel like taking some time off, it doesn’t mean musicians are! Here are some new to sink your teeth into. Xie Tian Xiao, who just won the MIDI award for best live performer as well as a rock performance award at the Chinese Pop Music awards, was has had a few [...]
Tags: Dude, Ember Swift, muma, Omnipotent youth society, xie tian xiao
As bad as I thought the friday at Yugong Yishan was, the show at Mao Live more than made up for saturday night. I missed Jacky Danny and Kick Ass but managed to catch Steely Heart, Dude, Los Crashers and the Flying Mantas for a rocking good time. The show must have started early as [...]
Tags: Dude, Flying Mantas, Jacky Danny, Kick Ass, Los Crashers, Steely Heart
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