This show has been marked in my gig calendar for a long time and I’ve been patiently waiting for it to come. I already have albums of 3 of the 5 bands playing, but had only seen one of them play before, Wang Wen at Black Rabbit. Since there was no way BD was coming [...]
Tags: Amber, Even Less, Glow Curve, Hua Lun, Mako Livehouse, post rock, Wang Wen
Holly shit was it a busy weekend! I can’t recall running around jagged like this since maybe the May day festivals between Anda at Mako, Intercity at Chaoyang Park and Hell ‘Bone at Yugong… but here, let’s start at the beginning, shall we? Disclaimer: I was invited to attend day 1 of the festivities as [...]
Tags: Anda Mongolian Festival, Hanggai, Jiu Bao, Mako Livehouse, thin man, 九宝乐队, 朝乐门和AXD乐队
At some point last week, I got a tip about this show at Mako Live House by some band called Erguang who’d been together for a few years and is finally releasing an album. I had never heard of them before but the facts that Nanwu and Zhang Si’an were on opening duties peaked my [...]
Tags: erguang, Mako Livehouse, Nanwu, Zhang Si An
Last thursday, Mako Livehouse (not to be confused with MAO Livehouse) hosted a great live-aid type show nicknamed “A Prayer for Yushu” to raise money and awareness for the victims and survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit Qinghai a few weeks ago. It was the first event of the sort (that I am aware [...]
Tags: charity, dongzi, evening news, ma tiao, Mako Livehouse, Mamer
In light of the tragic events in Qinghai, Beijing’s folks music community has decided to stand up and try to help anyway they could. In that optic, they have organized a charity concert at Mako Livehouse! (map) More info is available about the shows at The Beijinger & Global Times. The Global Times piece gives [...]
Tags: dongzi, Mako Livehouse, xiao he
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