Tales of Live Music From Beijing's Mostly Underground Rock Scene..
Although the Chinese inter webs has been talking about this for a while, the bad weird news concerning Brain Failure didn’t make it into the English side of things save for a Facebook discussion...
The computer gods have cursed me! i had some quickslants all ready to go then ended up losing them last night. So instead of the usual elaborate ones, these are gonna be on the...
remember the days when yaogun was nasty, dirty and made to frighten your parents? remember the days when it was completely rejected by Chinese mainstream? Seems like those days are slowly over and everyone...
Are you ready for May festival madness? i’ll be honest with ya: I’m not but though luck and tough SOB bronchitis. That said, i’ll make it there one way or the other. Still, we...
Beijing, i love you! Beijing, I fucking hate your guts for weekends like this one: couldn’t you spread these gigs over the month instead of putting them all in one freaking day? I want...
TGIF may babies of the rock n roll… and it is indeed a good friday with more music than you can shake a stick at, especially tonight. Quickslants are picking up this late habit...
I like when bands do things different, especially when it’s in term of promo or merch. Good old Brain Failure is learning new tricks with their latest release: they have actually made a promo...
I generally consider myself pretty lucky to be here in Beijing at this moment in time, being witness, chronicler and sometime participant to the ever growing underground Rock n Roll scene. These are amazing...
we’re going mainstream folks, slowly but surely! A few years ago, there was no place for Yao Gun on National Chinese TV, especially not the Metal and Punk Variety. Now, it’s all changing! With...
I think May is officially “Music Month” in Beijing… we got things started with festivals and we’re finishing them up with the yearly 2 Kolegas bash and the Beijing Blues Festival. It’s been a...
What once started as my personal ramblings has morphed into the number one collective resource about underground live music in Beijing and China. All bands, all music, all Rock n Roll, all the time with a little side of eclectic topics.. best of all, it's still as BIASED as ever