Well folks, in the nick of time, MIDI has somehow managed to get their act together and release the final lineup for the festival along with a confirmation that we will have a change of location: The event will now be held at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park also known as Shunyi Olympic Water Park… I’ll [...]
Tags: Backyard Surgeons, MIDI 2012, Miserable Faith, Mos Def in China
Welcome to 2012 darlings… let’s make sure it rocks! For this first edition of the quick slants, we find ourselves all over the spectrum with choices. Some of them definitely rocking! It might seem deceivingly underwhelming but there are some real gems hidden out there. Let’s kick it! Thursday Jan 5th IZ @ Temple As [...]
Tags: ajinai, army of jade kirin, Bookswap, Face, Joker, Lidong, Liquid Oxygen Can, Mamer, Misandao, Miserable Faith, randy abel stable, Simple Plan
As much as I wanted to hangout with the Santas on Saturday and make the most of a rare not so cold, blue sky day in the Jing, I also wanted even more to head into the big warm dark cave that is Tango 3rd Floor and spend the entire day watching bands, drinking beer [...]
Tags: gala, hao yun, Liquid Oxygen Can, long shen dao, louqi, MIDI Awards 2011, Miserable Faith, modern sky, ordnance, Pet Conspiracy, Steely Heart, voodoo kungfu, yaksa, zuoxiao zuzhou
I don’t usually bother much with industry news but this seems like a big one folks. Last week, one of my favorite bands, Miserable Faith, announced that from now on, their music, pictures, videos and news will all be presented on Very CD for free (at least ATM). If you’re not familiar with Very CD, [...]
Tags: Miserable Faith, VeryCD
This is the kind of weekend that hurts my head in terms of picking where to go… so many good shows, so little time and I wanna see them all.. yes my precious, I want them all! Mongolian Music Festival at Mako, Pilot Records Intercity Festival in Chaoyang Park, Black Cat Bone w/ DH & [...]
Tags: black cat bone, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, CMCB, Cui Jian, DH & the hellcats, Hanggai, Intercity Music Festival 2011, Miserable Faith, Mongolian Music Festival, Pretty REckless, second hand rose, Suffocated
Pilot Records is doing it again folks!! After bringing Ill Nino and Trail of Dead last year to supplement their stable of excellent local acts, the gave the nod to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Biohazard and Pretty Reckless to make the trip this year! Of course, the usual suspects are all here as well including [...]
Tags: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, CMCB, Cui Jian, Intercity Music Festival 2011, Miserable Faith, Music Festivals Beijing, Pretty REckless, second hand rose
Just about a week ago was the last day of that Marathon stretch of festivals that kept yours truly along with a few thousand others pretty darn busy. See the previous festival-related posts: – Festive Hangover: Quick Notes from a weekend of music, sand and fun – MIDI Day 1: Tales of Rock, Suffocated, SUBS, [...]
Tags: 5-4, AK 47, Audio's Pain, Ming's Pretty heroes, Miserable Faith, Reflector, Sand, Your FAvorite Enemy
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
