New CD: Shanghai’s Stegosaurus? Unleashes Purple Pachyderm
I like new music and there’s been quite a bit of it lately even though i might not have gotten around to reviewing it. Still, I love when bands email to say they got...
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Live Music Quicklsants: Aussies, Albums, Awards … and Santas!
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...
The Insurance Salesmen Deliver while the Ghost of Spardac Rises!
Looking at the ‘daze archives, i realized it had been quite a while since i last saw the Amazing Insurance Salesmen play live. I managed to miss them during the 2K celebration on account...
Quickslants: Ephemeral Nights, Joyside in Color, AIS reappears and more
When I wrote last week that April was a relentless month music-wise, I wasn’t kidding folks! Hot on the heels of Jue Festival, Ephemeral kicks off. Other genres of music reappear after being MIA...
Mao Live 2010 Awards: For those about underground rock, we salute you
So, earlier this year ( or late last year) we had the MIDI awards that follow the standard award formula to a T… Interesting winners but mostly established bands with a few surprises. Not...
The White Eyes surprise, Bigger Bang doesn’t Bang and the Ghost Spardac rocks
In case you didn’t know, The White Eyes played Beijing this past friday… I’ve only written about them 4 or 5 times on this blog, right? The lineup at Mao looked promising with The...
Hang on the Box and Friends bring a bag of Mixed Tunes to Mao Live
Last saturday was one of those nights where it was really difficult to make a call on which gig to check out.. In the end, I figured I’ll catch Wu & The Side Effects...
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