Favorite Records of 2013: Second Hand Rose, PK 14, XTX, Shan Ren etc..
I think we can safely dub 2013 as “The Year of the EP” Going through all the records i got and looking back at all the gigs I did go to, there’s definitely been...
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Quickslants: New CD Release Galore this weekend
ok.. i just don’t remember a single other month over the past few years that saw so many new CD release parties. Seriously! but who am i to complain about new music? i actually...
Quickslants: Dark Funeral, Bonfire Folk, Low Wormwood and more..
TGIF may babies of the rock n roll… and it is indeed a good friday with more music than you can shake a stick at, especially tonight. Quickslants are picking up this late habit...
Quickslants: Indiechina Celebrates, Apocalyptica, Shufuland, Tuya Festival and more..
There’s a mouth watering variety of great gigs coming your way this weekend folks. You want metal, you got it. you want reggae, you got it, you want pop, you got it etc… i’m...
Low Wormwood Wins Best Chinese Band at Chinese Media Music Awards
it seems like the Lanzhou crew is inheriting the spot that Omnipotent Youth Society had last year as far as being the new media darlings. Not only content to have had a successful China...
Quickslants: Hellcats, Mantas, Metal Battles, Sound of the Xity and more
This end of March/beginning of April period is kicking ass, taking names… And there’s no escaping it baby! These quickslants basically carry over into next week thanks to the ballsy folks from Sex in...
Quickslants: Folk for the People, Bad Mamasan, Wan Xiaoli, Tea Quintet, Ma Tiao’s New Album, D-22’s last show and more
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...
Double Take on Low Wormwood’s Lanzhou Lanzhou: Soft and Warm, Like a Lanzhou Beef Noodle
Chinese Indie Music Lore goes something like this: Folks from Maybe Mars saw Low Wormwood perform live, they immediately started the Maybe Wood spin off label to sign them up and record their 2009...
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