You’re in it for a treat Beijingers… this is a good weekend with some substantial goodies in store for you all. I’m just pissed off I’m gonna miss a lot of it due to out-of-town Capoeira commitments. Let’s get started: Thursday April 19th: Swan Punch @ Tango Metalheads from Denmark hit Beijing tonight as part [...]
Tags: abaji, bedstars, Borbetomagus, DH & the hellcats, dolan, mademoiselle, Marky Ramone, Scarred by Beauty, skarving, Steely Heart, The Kandidate
After a few weeks of balls-to-the-wall type of shows, we got a nice chilled weekend to recharge the batteries before facing another onslaught for weeks! and that’s why you’re getting minislants folks! Let’s get to it: Thursday April 12 Rock Tigers Rolling Bolling @ 2 Kolegas Chances are this is not gonna happen as I’m [...]
Tags: Amazing insurance salesmen, candy monster, Jacky Danny, Li Jianbin, manafest, rock tigers, rolling bolling, Steely Heart, SUBS
Hellooo Beijing.. miss me? I didn’t think so either. Ruby did an amazing job keeping the show on the road while I was out on an ear-cleaning mission. Many posts/comments coming up once I catch up but let’s first get started with some quick slants as tonight (wednesday) has some pretty darn solid offerings. Wednesday [...]
Tags: candy monster, DH & the hellcats, low bow, muma, Omnipotent youth society, second hand rose, skarving, Steely Heart, SUBS, voodoo kungfu
As much as I wanted to hangout with the Santas on Saturday and make the most of a rare not so cold, blue sky day in the Jing, I also wanted even more to head into the big warm dark cave that is Tango 3rd Floor and spend the entire day watching bands, drinking beer [...]
Tags: gala, hao yun, Liquid Oxygen Can, long shen dao, louqi, MIDI Awards 2011, Miserable Faith, modern sky, ordnance, Pet Conspiracy, Steely Heart, voodoo kungfu, yaksa, zuoxiao zuzhou
It’s been quieter than usual over here with gig reviews mostly because it’s been quite repeptitive over the past few weeks with nothing too exciting. There will be a gig review of the Dawanggang show from Saturday night but not much more… a few news and notes though: I got to see Twinkle Star a [...]
Tags: Blue Stream, devils at the crossroads, illness sickness, jurat, Lamb of God, Opeth, Steely Heart, Temple, Twinkle Star
Well, BD is escaping the snow and heading off to sit on the beach in sunny Australia, so you’ve got Ruby on quickslants this week, Which means I get to plug the shows I’ll be heading too! And there’s some good ones in the mix too, looks like I’ve swapped BD for a couple of [...]
Tags: Brain Failure, devils at the crossroads, illness sickness, MIDI Awards 2011, parkway drive, santacon beijing 2011, split works, Steely Heart, The Ghost Spardac
most of the blogosphere has given MIDI a lot of shit over the past 2 years for their awards and the incestuous nature of the nominees/winners. Fact is a lot of progress was made from the first edition to the second edition last year. This year, the jump is even bigger! The nomination process notice [...]
Tags: long shen dao, Mamer, MIDI Awards, MIDI Awards 2011, Omnipotent youth society, Steely Heart, Suffocated
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