I’m not a fan of Modern Sky, let’s get that out of the way before anyone calls me biased! My experiences last year left me wanting and i swore them off for the remainder of the year. Encouraging rumors of improvement made me rethink that position and head over for the second day of their [...]
Tags: Hedgehog, Liquid Oxygen Can, Miserable Faith, Reflector, reTROS, Strawberry Festival, Top Floor Circus
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
Quite a bit of stuff been happening around Beijing lately, so here are some of the things that caught my attention. Jue Rocks: I made it to the collaboration between Jue Festival and the Bookworm at 2 Kolegas for the poetry slam with Omar Musa and a few others… let me tell you folks, I’ve [...]
Tags: 2011 MIDI, Bad Mamasan, Chunqiu, Hedgehog, voodoo kungfu
I love it when there is action in Beijing’s musicverse.. quite a few news to chew on! Mao Live is really stepping up their game with great shows lined up throughout March. I’ve been there over the past 2 weeks for a few of their events and it’s all been happy happy. Looks like they [...]
Tags: Flying Mantas, Hedgehog, Joyside, Spring Autumn, Suffocated
I came across this little gem a while back and lost it but just like a boomerang or karma, it came back to me! It’s a little 9 mn clip with Atom ( Hedgehog) and Li Qing ( Carsick cars), 2 of Beijing’s better drummers who happen to be females. It makes for good viewing [...]
Tags: atom, carsick cars, Hedgehog, Li Qing
I posted this yesterday but the server trolls decided they were hungry and just swallowed it whole, so here comes it again! Chinese New Year celebrations did put a damper on live shows in the capital so one’s gotta find a different way of getting their music fix. In my case, I use Douban to [...]
Tags: Hedgehog, Maggie Who, randomk(e), The Subs
What once started as my personal ramblings has morphed into the number one collective resource about underground live music in Beijing and China. All bands, all music, all Rock n Roll, all the time with a little side of eclectic topics.. best of all, it's still as BIASED as ever
