I love that we have such a strong music scene here in Beijing, but when you have so many livehouses with shows on and then throw in an Aircraft carrier rave and Moon Beach party just outside the city, what you end up with is a dilution of fans; and bands who deserve to be [...]
Tags: bedstars, maybe mars, Proximity Butterfly, rustic, yugong yishan
BD and I both took the chance to get out of the city last weekend, but early morning flights didn’t stop us heading out to Friday night shows! While he was checking out AIS, Ghost Spardac & Candy Monster at the drive-in, I popped into the newly re-opened Yugong Yishan to see Daze Central favourites [...]
Tags: album launch, live music, rustic, yugong yishan
Hot on the heels of the beijinger awards, City Weekend had their little celebration last wednesday at Migas. It was one hell of a good party, nice crowd and lots of friends… Before going any further, I must say I’m extremely impressed with the 360 degree turn that happened at that magazine… I’ve never agreed [...]
Tags: City Weekend Awards, DH & Hellcats, Mao Mao Chong, yugong yishan
It’s only rock n roll but it can be a pain in the ass, especially if you’re a music venue in Beijing’s Doncheng district. Last weekend, as I was out in Lanzhou, I got word that authorities had closed Mao Live for Fire Safety issues… I made a few calls to check but it looked [...]
Tags: mao live, yugong yishan
While BD is away sipping cocktails on the beaches of Vietnam, the rest of us here are braving the icy Beijing winds looking for places to escape the cold. Things will soon be winding down for the annual Chunjie break with 2Kolegas being the first venue to stop advertising shows (although I hear through the [...]
Tags: Amazing insurance salesmen, D22, Ember Swift, jianghu, The Dancers, wu & side effects, yugong yishan
I know I bitch about YGYS a lot, but when they have a big show, I still go, even if the price tag is a little on the high side of things. So when I saw the Buzzcocks were coming to town I bit the bullet, paid my Y150 and went along to see if [...]
Tags: live music, yugong yishan
we’ve come a long way from that dive rotten cavern that was the Yugong Yishan I first walked into located across from the worker’s stadium! Remember those days y’all? Nanjie was the unchallenged king of cheap booze and good times with a decent pizza available at 3:00 am to soak up all the 10rmb drinks. [...]
Tags: yugong yishan
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