Man it sounds so pretentious to say this… but it’s a title that gets headlines and scores high in search engines so deal with it. There are many reasons why this is not a traditional “best of”, main one being I can’t claim that i heard every album released in 2011 all around the country. [...]
Tags: best of 2011, Hedgehog, iz, longshendao, Nanwu, ordnance, Proximity Butterfly, Rainbow Danger Club, voodoo kungfu
Roughly about two years ago, I had one of the most memorable gigging experiences in Beijing when I managed to catch ChunQuiu Unpluged at jianghu, Voodoo Kungfu and the Folk Orchestra at Mao Live and finally the tail end of The Tag Team Christmas Shindig featuring none other that Ziyo… amazing night I’m telling you! [...]
Tags: Li Nan, pagan metal, voodoo kungfu
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
Folks, it’s been kind of a busy week with ‘daze HQ moving into town but still, I’m not gonna leave you with your weekly fix of recommendations: Beijing Jazz Festival CANCELLED: If you were planning on attending the 3 day extravaganza at Gongti East Gate, forget about it. It’s been cancelled! I spoke to some [...]
Tags: Beijing Jazz Festival, To Die For, Vic Anselmo, voodoo kungfu, xie tian xiao
I love the opportunity for a good diverse show and this one coming up August 27th at Mao Live Tango* has all the markings of a really goooooooood one! The freaks will come out and it might get bloody! Latvian Goth siren, Vic Anselmo ( not to be confused with that other Anselmo) will join [...]
Tags: To Die For, Vic Anselmo, voodoo kungfu
I was a bit of a crazy night yesterday at Mao Live with the Summersonic Finals… some really good bands and performances throughout the night and huge surprises. I’ll have a semi-full recap later on next week. The most important thing is that Nanwu, with 206 votes, took the crown and thus won the rights [...]
Tags: army of jade kirin, Joker, Nanwu, summersonic, voodoo kungfu
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