I’ve had this one pencilled in for a while now, ever since i got my hands on the double LP with Fanzui Xiangfa and SS20. Hardcore is not my preferred go-to kinda music but when it’s well done, it is definitely worth a listen. That holds especially true for old school hardcore a-la Black Flag. [...]
Tags: Hardcore, Mao Livehouse, rui wang fen, ss20, Unregenerate Blood
Awhile ago I wrote about how Sino Australian Music Exchange is doing awesome things sending Chinese bands to Australia and Australasian bands to China. I saw my hometown boys Die! Die! Die! at D22 back then and this week I caught my second S.A.M.E. show with Perth-via-Melbs rockers Bone playing Mao Livehouse. I got there [...]
Tags: Bone, Mao Livehouse, Residence A, s.a.m.e., tenzenmen, yantiao
Sunday has become the new Friday for me this summer with the festivals and battle of the bands competitions taking up both weekend days. But I’ve also managed to pop into Mao on the occasional Sunday this year and stumbled across some low-key shows by great bands including Zhaoze, So Long & Thanks for the [...]
Tags: ajinai, beijing alchemists, folk, Mao Livehouse
On Friday night BD and I were enjoying WuFei’s performance at the Ephemerals show when he made the comment that he’s still getting his head around the guqin, still learning how it sounds and understanding to expect from it. I had to agree with him. I’ve seen WuFei perform 3 times now, by herself, with [...]
Tags: live music, Mao Livehouse, zhaoze
We love SUBS here at Daze Central, so when we heard Kang Mao has a new project in the works we were excited to hear what she was up to. I managed to pop into Beautiful Folk night at Mao on Sunday night for the debut of ‘So long and thanks for all the Fish‘ [...]
Tags: folk, kang mao, Lidong, live music, Mao Livehouse
There were a few shows taking place this past friday in Beijing and some were quite high profile.. that said, I couldn’t not go to Mao Live for their pre-halloween bash once i heard that there was a good chance it might be Girls Are Waiting to Meet You’s last performance for a long time/ever. [...]
Tags: GAWTMY, Mao Livehouse, nakoma, Nanwu, Not There
My ear drums are still buzzing, and I’m slightly surprised at the lack of bruises and the fact that nothing is broken on my body after last night.. why? one might ask… Because I went down to the pits of hell (or Mao Live House) with 2 walls of death and more moshing than I [...]
Tags: Exodus, Grim Force, Mao Livehouse, Suffocated
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