Second Hand Rose Shows They’re a First Rate Act With their Friends at a Packed Mako
it was a good week to be back in the mix of live music, really! Every so often i can get jaded but last saturday was old school good fun as Second Hand Rose...
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Favorite Records of 2013: Second Hand Rose, PK 14, XTX, Shan Ren etc..
I think we can safely dub 2013 as “The Year of the EP” Going through all the records i got and looking back at all the gigs I did go to, there’s definitely been...
Quickslants: Jurat, PiL, XTX, Yangjima for a Loaded End of Week
There’s a monster saturday ahead folks with some beautiful shows planned all around Beijing and the choices are really hard… What’s a man to do if he wants to check out 3 shows happening...
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...
Xie Tian Xiao New Album: Illusion due in March
I love me some XTX… Since the first time i’ve seen lao Xie on stage, i’ve been a huge fan of his and truly believes he deserves the “king of live” title Thing is,...
Festival’d out? No way! Long Live Rock in the Grasslands!
There’s been a lot of talk about the over abundance of festivals in China this year. Jon Campbell and China Daily, both have interesting posts on this. I agree 4 festivals competing in one...
Star Max Music Festival kicks off tonight in Beijing
So, Star Max kicks off today in Beijing’s Ditan Park, close to the Lama temple. I wish I could be more excited about it today but I’m victim of festival overload. The organizers are...
Xie Tian Xiao’s Guzheng Reggae: Jamaican rhythms with Chinese Characteristics
In December 2009, Xie Tian Xiao 谢天笑 who is often referred to as China’s King of Live threw a curve ball at the music business by straying away from his grunge/hard rock roots and...
Musical Devolution 1: Things have Changed
Standing on the gallows with my head in a noose Any minute now I’m expecting all hell to break loose People are crazy and times are strange I’m locked in tight, I’m out of...
Humble Pie, it wasn’t a lie: Peace Show a reality (with an asterisk)
I came across the peace show website last week and was flabbergasted that no one in Beijing or China had spoken of it or about it considering how big of a deal it was....
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