Thank You For The Fish | BeijingDaze

Nov
9thQuickslants: Brain Failure, re-TROS, Wu Hongfei, Fish and Low Wormwood…

last week was a small but fun set of musical offerings that culminated with 2 fun performances by La Pegatina and some pretty crappy stuff b Ma Tiao and Mitabe…still, I won’t let that get me down a look forward to some good rock n roll in the next few days starting tonight! Some interesting gigs with RE-TROS, Novaheart, brain failure, flying mantas as well as Low Wormwood to look forward to. Let’s see how it all adds up: Wednesday Nov 9: F**king the Trouble @ Mao: Residence A and Flying Mantas headline a nice heavy night at Mao where I coincidentally have not been for a long time. It might be time to head back over there! Both Ruby and I are extremely taken by that band’s live performances and I’m dying to catch the Mantas with new bass player. The lineup also includes some new names: Illness Sickness and Pirate Pistols. Not a bad wednesday offering. Liu Yusi & friends @ Jianghu: human boombox, Liu Yusi, headlines this now weekly series every wednesday at Jianghu with local country bluegrass roots acts. It’s also free which ain’t bad y’all. Tonight’s guests are the Ring Road Ramblers…. nice name! Thursday Nov 10 Ding Fenghua @ Jianghu: Film director, producer and folk guitarist, Ding Fenghua, is your host for this calm and quiet night over by the hutongs. I have not had the pleasure of seeing him before but by all accounts, it sounds like it could be special. One of [...]
Mar
14thDH and her Hellcats reign supreme on women’s night while Bigger Bang crashes

last year‘s women day extravaganza at yugong yishan gave us Free the Birds, Bigger Bang and DH w/ her Hellcats. This year, 2 out of 3 were back with Kang Mao’s new project, “Thank you for the fish” replacing FTB… trading one queen for another is fair enough. The Fish kickstarted the evening with their folky melodies. Ruby had seen them at Mao a few days earlier and confirmed what everyone should know: Kang Mao might be one of the most underrated female singers in Beijing. The Fish are actually a trio with vocals and 2 guitars, peaceful and relaxing melodies that are the extreme opposite of what SUBS do on stage. Given that this was only their 3rd ever performance as a band, I think they did pretty darn good. It’s not out of this world folk but let’s give them some time to see where it can get to. Bigger Bang was up next and I won’t even bother waste my time on them… crappiest performance I’ve seen in a long long time. even Pupi’s “barely there” outfit couldn’t save them. words like “boring” “uninspired” “tiresome” come to mind when describing the band that night. A year later, to the day, the band has regressed on a regular basis. It’s entirely possible to blame it on this being their first show together in a while but i had noticed a downward trend too long ago to let it slide… it screams overhyped and overrated. Finally, after the bore [...]