So, Star Max kicks off today in Beijing’s Ditan Park, close to the Lama temple. I wish I could be more excited about it today but I’m victim of festival overload. The organizers are basically recycling the same lineups/acts every couple of months and just throwing it out again.
This one though is in Beijing, [...]
Tags: ditan park, Max Star Festival, music festival, XTX
In December 2009, Xie Tian Xiao 谢天笑 who is often referred to as China’s King of Live threw a curve ball at the music business by straying away from his grunge/hard rock roots and releasing a Reggae album: 古筝雷鬼 (chinese zither reggae volume 1).
I’ve listened to the record for about a week now and I’m [...]
Tags: chinese reggae, xie tianxiao, XTX, 谢天笑
Standing on the gallows with my head in a noose
Any minute now I’m expecting all hell to break loose
People are crazy and times are strange
I’m locked in tight, I’m out of range
I used to care, but things have changed
This place ain’t doing me any good
I’m in the wrong town, I should be in Hollywood
Just for [...]
Tags: Best Live Shows, canceled shows, Cui Jian, festivals, live music, XTX
I came across the peace show website last week and was flabbergasted that no one in Beijing or China had spoken of it or about it considering how big of a deal it was. A little blog post and a side tweet got a few folks on it looking for details but there were none [...]
Tags: humble pie, Jimmy Page, xie tianxiao, XTX
So, 2K9 is down in the books. we’ve jumped head first into 2K10 and the door was slammed behind us signaling a “no going back” policy!
I made it to loads of concerts, managed to eat plenty of meals and have a boatload of drinks. Which ones stood out?
Best Live Performance:
- Dirty Deeds for their [...]
Tags: Dirty Deeds, na jia xiao guan, redbucks, xinjiang food, XTX, ZIYO
Saturday ended up being a busy day! After a trip to Nanluoguxiang where I spent most of the afternoon soaking up what will turn out to be one of the last great days to be outside before winter hits (that’s a mouthful), I jumped up on a 40mn cab ride to 798 for MIDI.
This [...]
Tags: 798, China Rock Awards, MIDI, SUBS, XTX
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