2013 May Festival Madness: Strawberry Lineup, MIDI Dates, Folk Moves
It’s still a bit on the chilly side in old smoggy but relief is just around the corner, or so i hope! Thoughts of sitting on the grass, sipping on some mean cocktails and...
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Rock School: XTX – Yesterday I Might Have Died Dissected
If you’ve spent any extend of time reading this blog, you know that i’m a big ass fan of Xie Tian Xiao aka XTX aka The Godfather of Live. I’ve been sold since the...
Quickslants: Fangzui, Acid Live, Frank Turner, Dawanggang and more..
How you surviving the week y’all? With Jue kicking ass and taking names, it seems like the last 2 weeks have been a constant stream of live shows and music news and none of...
Time to Pay: Free Music Downloads to Stop in 3 Months
well, by the looks of it, the music industry has gone to the gym over the past few months, bulked up and got in the ring to wrestle some interesting compromises out of the...
Dragon in the Rear View: Memorable Performances of 2012
Note: Better late than never: I started writing this in January 2013… finally getting it out. I’ve finally got a bit of time to sit down and try to look back at 2012.. gigs,...
Slash in China: Shanghai Confirmed..
Ladies and Gents, 2013 is indeed looking pretty good! After falling through last year, China is set to welcome Slash!! Yes, that Slash, top hat Slash, guitar shredding Slash. The deal has been in...
News to Ooze: Strawberry 2013, XTX, Juratt, Jue ….
so, with May approaching, Strawberry Festival draws first press blood: Dates have been announced for April 29-May 1 for both Beijing and Shanghai. This is gonna be a tricky one if they have to...
Quickslants: Americana, MATZKA, 3 Years of AIS, Jeff Lang and more
I had to try and get in an early quickslants this week folks because there are just way too many good things happening in town with Jue Festival action as well as a stronger...
Rock School: Cui Jian’s Yi Wu Suo You Dissected.
I’ve been meaning to get this new blog series for a while now and never really found the time. Many a time I caught myself at a KTV wanting to sing some cool rock...
Down: New Black Snakes Single Tribute to SUBS
I think I mentioned this before a while back and I even posted a video of Norway’s Black Snakes covering Down (by SUBS) at 2 Kolegas during their last tour. Well, guess what folks,...
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