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
apologies, yours truly has been a little busy lately with grad school applications and the such and this one almost flew by! Mao Live has started holding the summersonic elimination rounds earlier this week to determine which bands will be sent over to Japan and bear the Zhongguo YaoGun (Chinese Rock) flag high and proud! [...]
Tags: Joker, muma, Nanwu, summersonic, Twisted Machine, voodoo kungfu
Boy I am worn out!! It’s been a long weekend with tons of music, fun, dust, wind and random happenings, which i’ll hopefully share on the blog shortly. But for now, we’ll make do with a quick recap before I get down to full blown reviews of the festivals. Midi on Saturday was a strange [...]
Tags: D-22, MIDI 2011, Strawbery 2011, voodoo kungfu
My first encounter with Voodoo Kungfu dates back to my legendary first “3 gigs in one evening” adventure back in 2009. It seems like an eternity away but the memories of it all are still vivid! I’ve seen them since a few times in a row and have always come out impressed with the show [...]
Tags: voodoo kungfu
Sometimes, I really wish i didn’t have this many choices. This upcoming weekend in Beijing is one hell of a hard one to to make up one’s mind about where to go/what to see. Inner Mongolia is heavily represented with Hanggai, Ajinai and Voodoo Kungfu all deriving inspiration from the sounds of the grasslands. I’ve [...]
Tags: ajinai, Bigger Bang, Dancers, Hanggai, Hedgehog, Love's Tourettes, rustic, voodoo kungfu
Quite a bit of stuff been happening around Beijing lately, so here are some of the things that caught my attention. Jue Rocks: I made it to the collaboration between Jue Festival and the Bookworm at 2 Kolegas for the poetry slam with Omar Musa and a few others… let me tell you folks, I’ve [...]
Tags: 2011 MIDI, Bad Mamasan, Chunqiu, Hedgehog, voodoo kungfu
I think I made no secrets of my feelings for Strawberry Festival this year and I must admit that on Sunday morning, i was extremely hesitant to head up to Haidian for day 2 of MIDI… I strongly considered not going but the draw was too good and i had faith in MIDI’s experience. I [...]
Tags: Dude, mao live, MIDI, music festival, voodoo kungfu
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