Tales of Live Music From Beijing's Mostly Underground Rock Scene..
This week’s shows: Ok.. No real quickslants this week in music as all the good gigs seem to be happening on friday with one or two exceptions: Back to Basic at the worker’s stadium...
2 Kolegas has become one of my favourite music venues in this city, with it’s earsplitting sound system, chilled outdoor area and tasty chuan’r. They’re even catering for the football fans with a big...
So Beijing has been gripped by football fever, with big screens popping up everywhere and fanatical supporters pulling all-nighters before enduring looong work days (or just flying over to Africa in the case of...
After a short period of doubting they existed, I finally got the chance to catch Wu & The Side Effects at 2 Kolegas and stood in awe/corrected! One hell of a band, putting on...
Damn, just as I was getting ready to put on my indie hat, I see the show i wanted cancelled… boo boo boo! not cool but i guess we’ll have to just make up...
Ah man.. where to start? So we had the 2 Kolegas 5th year anniversary bash this past weekend with the festivities starting on friday night and going on through the wee hours of sunday...
My first encounter with Checo “Il Roacho” Fernandez started with the sentence: “So you’re in the band that never showed up except the one night i left early” referring to my attempts at catching...
Sometimes, it’s just hard to keep track of what’s going on in Beijing’s music scene, especially over the past few weeks where all the bands are coming out of their collective hibernations and comas....
There is an amazing breadth of musicians from Ningxia roaming the streets of Beijing.. a lot of them! Every so often, a few get together a 2Kolegas for what’s becoming a monthly Made in...
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