a lot was said in the comments on the lead up to this show in terms of band quality and who was deserving of spots over in Austin, none of it mattered come showtime last thursday at Yugong Yishan. I feared Yugong being overtaken by the lensless cool crowd but thankfully, that was not the [...]
Tags: Beijing Bands at SXSW, carsick cars, China Bands in Austin, deadly cradle death, Nova Heart, rustic, sxsw 2012
This week has really flown by folks. It’s already Thursday and I’m bracing myself for a busy fun few days ahead! If you haven’t done so yet, go ahead at read jtdj’s review of the Pains show last Saturday. It has sparked a lovely discussion with over 20 comments and still going.. Great exchange on [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, Amazing insurance salesmen, buyi, carsick cars, flaming heat, Goodbye thank you for the Fish, Nova Heart, Nucleus, pangbianr, rustic, Sally Can't Dance 2012, Torturing Nurse, whai, wu & side effects
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 to take in a mixed bag of acts: Rustic, Carsick Cars, Novaheart & Deadly Cradle Death It’s interesting to see the [...]
Tags: carsick cars, deadly cradle death, fake love music, maybe mars, NovaHeart, rustic, sxsw 2012
Well, who’d have thunk it… I’ve been completely missing out on the fact that there is a rock radio, much less that there’s a weekly chart on its 103rd week of existence over at Sina: http://ent.sina.com.cn/f/y/rockchart/ It’s just come to my attention and I’m extremely surprised to see some very familiar names on there like [...]
Tags: Ember Swift, rock charts, rustic
wanna talk about silly crazy, pretty much out of control and borderline stupid chaos? then you’re referring to this past friday night when Trasher Magazine brought their King of the Road show to 2 Kolegas featuring Rustic, LSDemons, Bad Shit and SUBs along with skateboarders, free entry and open bar… yeah, you get my drift!!! [...]
Tags: Bad Shit, Converse, douchebag, King of the Road, LSDemons, rustic, SUBS, trasher magazine
October holidays are straight ahead folks with tons and i mean TONS of music opportunities in Beijing including festivals and what not…. Basically you gotta really try hard to not find anything interesting. I’ll do an October Holiday Quickslants later to deal with the flurry of shows next week. For now, here’s what the end [...]
Tags: Bone, Chunqiu, gumbleed, Helen Feng, lao da, Mariane Dissard, Misandao, Nova Heart, Old What Bar, Residence A, Rolling Bowling, rustic, skarving, Song Yuzhe, SUBS, The Unsafe
A couple of little ditties from the scene to hold you guys up! It’s looking like a busy weekend ahead but we’ll address that in the quickslants later this week! Remember The Unsafe ? I really dig the band and think they have interesting potential.. They showed up for an Ok set at the Punk [...]
Tags: Amazing insurance salesmen, Bad Mamasan, Kick Ass, muma, rustic, The Unsafe
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