EarlySlants: Suicide Silence, Lotsa Jue, Second Hand Rose and Indie Rock
I couldn’t help it this week folks, too many good shows to pass up coming your way in the capital and we’re not talking the run of the mill gigs you can see week...
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Video Friday: 16 Min, Novaheart, CMCB
Another friday, another few videos coming our way! I’m digging the fact that local bands are starting to embrace the medium more and more. In some cases, it’s just a good old DIY thing...
Sleeper Slants: Low Key Sleeper Gigs: Cobra Returns, Tianjin Grunge, Dark Moor and more
did anyone make it to dong dong last weekend? I really thought it would be a great opportunity to try and check out some of the cool new underground hip acts but failed miserably....
MIDI 2013: Anywhere, Anytime, Thanks for the Rock n Roll
Ah.. so, despite the temptations of XTX at Strawberry, yours truly couldn’t resist the call of rock n roll! I just had to get me my MIDI May Day fix, no matter how far...
Quickslants: Novaheart, Insurance Salesmen and Re-TROS
back in business my babies… CNY has just is kinda in our rear-view mirror and we can start looking ahead to some good gigs all around town. The city is slowly waking up but...
Quickslants: Chasing Stars, Demon Launch, Ningxia Tag Team and more..
long time no quickslants… well, maybe every post this week will start with “long time no..” I had a couple of weeks off just jetting around the old world and been running around like...
Quickslants: The Busiest Music Weekend in the World I think
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....
Beijing Bands at SXSW 2012: a mixed bag!!
Well folks, it’s that time of the year when we see the announcements about our beloved bands heading over state-side for SXSW. For the 2012 edition, looks like the Maybe Mars folks have decided...
Re-Tros build, NovaHeart has soul and Candy Monster amuses at 2 Kolegas
It was a busy week for yours truly with 5 shows pretty much, 2 of which on saturday but the one that did stick out was the shindig at 2 Kolegas with Me Too,...
Quickslants: Brain Failure, re-TROS, Wu Hongfei, Fish and Low Wormwood…
last week was a small but fun set of musical offerings that culminated with 2 fun performances by La Pegatina and some pretty crappy stuff b Ma Tiao and Mitabe…still, I won’t let that...
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