Last time I wrote about ChunQiu (Spring Autumn), I finished it by saying that someone should lock up those guys in a room and prevent them from leaving before they came through with enough materials for a new CD…. It’s not quite what happened but if what I saw and heard last sunday at Gulou [...]
Tags: Chunqiu, Gulou 121, Spring Autumn
there was a lot of yugong yishan early February. On sunday, the folks from Guitar China ( who deserve a lot of kudos for their work) put together one hell of a guitar extravaganza! The who’s who of Chinese guitar players was on call to celebrate spring festival with a stringed instrument bonanza. It was [...]
Tags: Chen Lei, Guitar China, Lao Si, Sou Yang, Spring Autumn, tang dynasty
I love it when there is action in Beijing’s musicverse.. quite a few news to chew on! Mao Live is really stepping up their game with great shows lined up throughout March. I’ve been there over the past 2 weeks for a few of their events and it’s all been happy happy. Looks like they [...]
Tags: Flying Mantas, Hedgehog, Joyside, Spring Autumn, Suffocated
Hair did fly, heads banged, and the Cloven-Hooved Prince of Darkness had his due on Friday night at Yugong Yishan with Bad Mamasan and ChunQiu bringing their respective brands of sonic goodness! A scheduled dinner with some friends dragged a bit longer than expected and rain made it even more difficult to get there by [...]
Tags: Bad Mamasan, Chunqiu, Jaime Welton, Kaiser Kuo, Metal, Spring Autumn, yugong yishan
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