Some random news coming around today.. The reclusive Zhang Chu,originally scheduled to headline MIDI day 1 on April 29, has some emergency. None other than Cui Jian, the godfather of Chinese rock, is replacing him on the bill! That’s a pretty good deal in my book! Granted, it might increase the security concerns in Shunyi. [...]
Tags: Bad Mamasan, Cui Jian, Hedgehog, Lidong, Mamer, MIDI 2012, whai
I remember a time when only local expat bands got any coverage from the expat rags and I’m extremely happy to see that things are changing slowly! There is hope! Last year, DH & The Hellcats deservedly managed to run away with the award and they have exploded since then as one of the fun [...]
Tags: Best Beijing Local Band Award, City Weekend Awards, Hedgehog, Hot Cat Club of Beijing, randy abel stable, Residence A, Shan Ren, SUBS
It’s been one hell of a busy weekend with all the gigs from Jue, BLF and other gigs.. I’ll try and get to them later in the week. There were some gems especially the Steve MacKay and Black Cat Bone Gigs. There were also some good comments thrown around at the Jon Campbell talk that [...]
Tags: Dong Chorus, Fever Machine, Hedgehog, MIDI 2012, Unregenerate Blood, wu hongfei
Man it sounds so pretentious to say this… but it’s a title that gets headlines and scores high in search engines so deal with it. There are many reasons why this is not a traditional “best of”, main one being I can’t claim that i heard every album released in 2011 all around the country. [...]
Tags: best of 2011, Hedgehog, iz, longshendao, Nanwu, ordnance, Proximity Butterfly, Rainbow Danger Club, voodoo kungfu
It’s that time of the year when things are starting to slow down and the choices not as numerous as far as the live music scene goes in Beijing. Still, the next few weeks will have a few gems, or diamonds in the rough that will be well worth your and my time. So, what’s [...]
Tags: Bookswap, Boys climbing Ropes, buyi, dawanggang, Djang San, evilthorn, fuzzymood, Goodbye thank you for the Fish, Hedgehog, Not There, randy abel stable, return the truth, Song Yuzhe, Spacebitch, trail of tears, Unregenerate Blood, Yang Jima
It’s been a while since the last bit of random news so let’s see what’s been happening in China Music Land MIDI 2011 awards are in the process.. The anouncement appeared on weibo today! Expect the awards to be held mid-december. REcord companies, bands and participants are encouraged to contact the organizers at the number [...]
Tags: Andy Best, CMCB, Hedgehog, Jacky Danny
There’s a lot of new music going around ‘daze headquarters and tons of reviews delayed by real life obligations… so it’s always good to be able to share some of the stuff with you guys and see whatcha all think. On the menu for today, we’re looking a 2 completely different types of releases, both [...]
Tags: Free Music, Gouride, Hedgehog
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