Temple Turns 3: An Altar of Rock n Roll, Excess and Good Times
It’s really been 3 years? I mean it doesn’t seem like there was a gulou dong da jie without Temple at any point in time but yeah, that little venue has made its mark...
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News to ooze: international post rock bands visiting this month
Post rock fans are in for a treat over the next couple of weeks with 3 very different international bands visiting Beijing from opposite ends of the world showing just how broad this genre...
Quickslants: Hanggai Unplugged, Acoustic Punk and a Double Temple Celebration
It’s looking deceivingly like a quiet musical weekend in Beijing but don’t be fooled folks. There are some pretty sweet gigs taking place over the next few days while the city prepares for the...
Rock Naadam Launch Party: Mohanik, Banana Monkey & Scary Magic
Six months ago on a cold Friday 13th D22 held it’s last show ever, but it wasn’t one of the Maybe Mars team of bands that played the last song in this Beijing rock...
Live Music Quickslants: Ciao bella, Happy Birthday, Farewell and Don’t grow up!
With Daze Feast preparations well underway, and BD’s new baby, Cuju, due to open next week, things are little busy here at Daze HQ, but you can be sure that’s not going to stop...
One Love: LongShenDao bring da riddim to da hutongs
Longshendao had a pretty good year in 2011, releasing their album TaiChi reggae, taking home two Midi Awards (best rock band & best album), appearing on BD’s top 5 albums of the year and...
Yugong Yishan: Still The King.. and more award for 2 Kolegas, Temple, The Stable, Hot Club and Residence A
a lot of happenings in town the last few week have kept me beyond busy with half a dozen unfinished reviews.. They’ll come out sooner or later! In the meantime, a few things have...
The Beijing Beatles at Temple – (They) Don’t Let Me Down
You know, I go to my share of shows and write about tons of mediocre bands on a regular basis but i keep forgetting to mention one of the latest sensations doing the live...
Holiday Quickslants: Temple Rules… Modernista Helps…
well my darlings, last week was i think the first time in over two years that the blog didn’t have quickslants… can you believe that? truth be said, pretty much all live music venues...
IZ ( Mamer) at Temple: If a Steel Mill Could Sing…
Since they came back from their world tour, IZ has been keeping a very low profile. A few things bearing mention was that they got a weibo for the band as opposed to having...
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