Saturday was a pretty good day for music in Beijing with both The Redbucks and Miserable Faith having album releases on the same evening. I ended up at Yugong Yishan for my prescribed dose of Americana Made From China and loved most of it with The Redbucks on top of their game (and despite a [...]
Tags: Jaime Welton, The Redbucks, yugong yishan
It ain’t no secret folks, I love me an honest to goodness good time getting down and dirty with some roots music and bourbon.. I do have a hillbilly bone in there, maybe more than one.. and The Redbucks appeal to it.
I’ve been following those guys since the first time i spotted them at [...]
Tags: bluegrass, The Redbucks, yugong yishan
Hair did fly, heads banged, and the Cloven-Hooved Prince of Darkness had his due on Friday night at Yugong Yishan with Bad Mamasan and ChunQiu bringing their respective brands of sonic goodness!
A scheduled dinner with some friends dragged a bit longer than expected and rain made it even more difficult to get there by [...]
Tags: Bad Mamasan, Chunqiu, Jaime Welton, Kaiser Kuo, Metal, Spring Autumn, yugong yishan
Late on Friday, the news hit the webosphere that Mao Livehouse was shut down effective immediately and the PURESSENCE gig scheduled for Saturday night was moved to Frank’s Place. It was obvious enough that something was wrong otherwise you wouldn’t move an established band that travelled halfway around the world and have them play in [...]
Tags: live music, Mao Livehouse, yugong yishan
It was just about 9 months ago when i first came across Girls Are Waiting to Meet You at the French Cultural Center in Beijing (read it here) . A lot has happened since then: The band survived the GAWTMY curse long enough to release an album and play a few gigs then lead [...]
It was May 2008 if memory serves me right and we were having a few drinks at the Saddle Cantina when i got a phone call from a friend telling me about a show that night at the newly opened “The Boat” with these kids playing good rock n roll. I didn’t really have much [...]
Tags: Bad Apples, Beijing 人, Michael Dallin, yugong yishan
Fanboy Warning: I’m in awe of the Kaiser!
That said, nothing can sum up what’s gonna take place this saturday better than the words on the flyer I received from Yugong Yishan:
I still remember last time I saw the Dirty Deeds live back in 2006 at the old Yugong Yishan and have been pestering Kaiser and [...]
Tags: Beijing 人, Kaiser Kuo, yugong yishan
Quick… what do Videos, Zombie Chickens, Girls Are Waiting to Meet You and Beijing have in common?
Well, here comes: Andy Deemer, director of Poultrygeist ( a zombie chicken flick) just finished directing the video for “Zombie Girl” , a track by Beijing’s own Girls Are Waiting to Meet You (see story on City Weekend’s [...]
Tags: GAWTMY, yugong yishan
Flashback to 2006.. yes, that’s 2006! pre-Olympics Beijing when the area across from the North gate of Gongti was home to Nanjie, redbar and Yugong Yishan (map)! Seems like a long time ago? that’s because it is..
A friend of mine rang to say that this Bass player dude she knew was playing a gig at [...]
Tags: live music, yugong yishan, 追星族 Chasing Star
Yes, I’m a proud Beijinger and I got the blog to prove it.. that said, not everything that doesn’t come out of Beijing is bad.. And the Lions of Puxi, despite being from Shanghai, fit that category!
These cats be cool y’all!!!
They’re so cool that i don’t hold shanghai against them! They’re so cool [...]
Tags: lions of puxi, live music, yugong yishan
Welcome to my little collections of ramblings and comments about Beijing Live Music Scene, Chinese Restaurants in Beijing as well as any weird and quirky cultural ditties that i might come across!
