damn damn damn… another year goes down, another calendar thrown out, a few more gray hairs and it’s the end of 2011 folks! Let’s see it go down in flames. Last year, the lineups for NYE shows were mighty impressive and it was pretty darn hard to pick one. This time around, it’s a bit [...]
Tags: AV okubo, carsick cars, DH & the hellcats, Flying Mantas, gar, Hoochie Coochie Gentlemen, Lazy Camels, Nucleus, PK 14, Residence A, Rolling Bowling, whai, wu & side effects, wu hongfei
There was a whole lotta music this past week as i mentioned before with some pretty darn mesmerizing stuff starting with Super Ningxia Night at 2 Kolegas. For this October holiday edition, the gang pulled out all the stops and brought over a banging lineup with 7 bands: Nucleus, Zhao “lao da” yiran, Summer Group, [...]
Tags: buyi, lao da, Lidong, Nucleus, skarving, summer group, whai, xiayuetuan, zhao yiran
It’s been a beautiful beginning for october in Beijing with blue skies, mild temperatures and freaking empty roads… oh yeah! For those of us fortunate enough to be in Beijing and enjoying the quiet, it’s pretty cool. That said though, nightlife and music events are plentiful for the next few days… heck, there are so [...]
Tags: black cat bone, buyi, carsick cars, hsu-nami, iz, Lidong, lone, mademoiselle, Mamer, Misandao, Nucleus, Old What Bar, Pairs, randy abel stable, skarving, Song Yuzhe, The Unsafe, whai, Xia Band, Zhou yun Peng
The quickslants are coming in a bit late this week folks but trust me, it’s been freaking busy as hell on this side of ‘daze HQ. Plenty of goodies happening around town with some of them in places we’re not used to writing about much anymore! Friday August 19 Growl 4 @ Mao: CMCB, Suffocated, [...]
Tags: CMCB, Nanwu, Nucleus, skarving, Suffocated, The Rudeness, wu & side effects
I’m not sure where to start reviewing this baby because it’s so close to my heart and it’s very very very freaking biased but here comes folks! It’s gonna be a long one so buckle up and get a cup of coffee! I’ll start off by thanking 2 Kolegas for being the perfect venue and [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, back cat bone, Black Snakes, dazeFEAST, Dude, Lidong, mademoiselle, Maggie Who, Michael Dallin, Nucleus, randy abel stable, richard todd, ruby, wu & side effects, Zhang Si An
Hope you got some rest last weekend folks cause this upcoming one will require some serious stamina from all of you considering all the fun stuff taking place in Beijing over the next few days! so, what we got? Wednesday June 22nd: Misandao @ Mao: Misandao is tons of fun! I love these guys because [...]
Tags: Bad Apples, black cat bone, Black Snakes, Brain Failure, Casino Demon, Dancers, dazeFEAST, Dude, Ember Swift, Heavenly Stems, Jess Meider, Lidong, Maggie Who, Misandao, Nucleus, Prom Night, randy abel stable
last week at 2 Kolegas saw an interesting show take place where throughout the evening, things just kept going right and the stars all lined up for the bands. It was a pretty solid bill with The Ghost Spardac making a rare trip outside of Gulou, Amazing Insurance Salesmen coming out of post-GBoB hibernation as [...]
Tags: Amazing insurance salesmen, Ghost Spardac, Nucleus, wu & side effects
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