It’s been a weird year in music for Beijing with a lot of knowledgeable folks leaving, disappearing etc… Peter Baird is gone, Pete de Mola is MIA, Tofu not a 2 Kolegas and finally, Jon Campbell, one of the more instrumental behind the scene figures trying to bridge the rock n roll gap between east [...]
Tags: black cat bone, jon campbell, randomk(e)
Last weekend looked boring on paper but i still ended up at 2 shows, both of which were interesting/good. This coming weekend is looking like it’s gonna be one of those crazy ones with multiple gig nights because they’re all sounding good right now. It’s kicking off tonight with Hanggai & Blackwater at Yugong Yishan. [...]
Tags: Bigger Bang, buyi, chasing stars, Hanggai, Kaiser Kuo, randomk(e), rush, SUBS
That header just makes me smile! The Goodies just keep on coming from the amazing musicians we have in Beijing: We’ve already had Mademoiselle and her Gypsy Jazz, ChunQiu (Spring Autumn) with Mando-Metal and Black Cat Bone with their brand of Blooze, the angelic folky sounds of the one and only Daisy Sweetgrass and the [...]
Tags: Free Music, freebies, randomk(e)
I posted this yesterday but the server trolls decided they were hungry and just swallowed it whole, so here comes it again! Chinese New Year celebrations did put a damper on live shows in the capital so one’s gotta find a different way of getting their music fix. In my case, I use Douban to [...]
Tags: Hedgehog, Maggie Who, randomk(e), The Subs
We’re extremely lucky in Beijing with all the great music we get and the tasty food we have access to.. but what really rocks is the really cool people we have in this city. Jon Campbell of Black Cat Bone and RandomK(e) fame is one of those folks. Jon took time of his schedule while [...]
Tags: 2kolegas, Beijing 人, black cat bone, live music, randomk(e)
The first time I came across Jackson “two-sheds” Garland was about 3 years ago at the now defunct 5:19 Bar on Superbar Street for an Altruistic Alcoholics fundraiser. His band delivered 3+ hours a kick ass show and we then spent the rest of the night on the rooftop watching the sun rise while talking [...]
Tags: live music, randomk(e), The Redbucks, tiny salt
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