Posts Tagged ‘iz’

May 3, 2012 2

Live Music Quickslants: Hanggai Festival, IZ, Book Swap & Board Games and an On Fire Bday

By in Quickslants, Tunes under the moon

I’m not sure I’ve entirely recovered from last weekend’s musical onslaught.. really folks! MIDI rocked the shit out of me, especially with an awesome Miserable Faith performance. Ningxia Night on Monday was special as usual and so were the other days.. Still, It’s thursday and time to see what else is happening over the next [...]

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April 26, 2012 5

Quickslants: The Busiest Music Weekend in the World I think

By in blabbers, Quickslants, Tunes under the moon

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 [...]

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April 18, 2012 0

Inspired Mamer to Release 5 solo CDs in 2012

By in Tunes under the moon

There are bands that make 1 CD in 15 years and then there is Mamer.. The Kazakh eagle is kicking off 2012 with a bang by releasing 5 solo records in one go. I’m a huge fan of his album from last year which has made it into my top albums from China in 2012. [...]

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January 18, 2012 1

IZ ( Mamer) at Temple: If a Steel Mill Could Sing…

By in Gig Reviews, Tunes under the moon

Since they came back from their world tour, IZ has been keeping a very low profile. A few things bearing mention was that they got a weibo for the band as opposed to having Mamer be the mouthpiece all the time. They’re also just using the name IZ instead of Mamer & IZ… I like [...]

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January 11, 2012 2

Quickslants: Folk for the People, Bad Mamasan, Wan Xiaoli, Tea Quintet, Ma Tiao’s New Album, D-22′s last show and more

By in Quickslants, Tunes under the moon

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 [...]

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January 10, 2012 Off

Top 5 Best Chinese Albums of 2011: IZ, Ordnance, Hedgehog, Proximity Butterfly and Longshendao

By in Tunes under the moon

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. [...]

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October 3, 2011 3

National Holiday Quickslants: Modern Sky, Super Ningxia, Old What fun, Charity and more

By in Tunes under the moon

It’s been a beautiful beginning for october in Beijing with blue skies, mild temperatures and freaking empty roads… oh yeah! For those of us fortunate enough to be in Beijing and enjoying the quiet, it’s pretty cool. That said though, nightlife and music events are plentiful for the next few days… heck, there are so [...]

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