Blog Tag - bands

A Final Farewell: Stevie Mac & the Mac Daddies’ Last Ever Show Tomorrow (Feb 25)
Back in October last year, Stevie Mac & The Mac Daddies announced that they would be disbanding, and in true music fashion began a farewell tour...
An End of an Era – Stevie Mac & The Mac Daddies Announce the First of Their Last Shows
Having first formed way back in 2015, Stevie Mac & The Mac Daddies have become one of the biggest local bands in Beijing. Over the past seven...
China's Best Album Releases of 2021 – So Far!
Between the youth’s newfound obsession with rock and roll, the diversification of major labels (as well as their slow acquisition of smaller niche...
2020 Year in Review: The Albums That Saved Us, Comforted Us, and Otherwise Got Us Through the Year
The 20th year of this millennium has been the longest yet, and boy are we ready to say goodbye. But hey, if we had to spend it anywhere, then Beijing...
Beijing Band Opens Experimental Practice Space and Musical Haven
In late 2018, members of Beijing post-rock group She Never Sings Our Songs (SNSOS) took over management of basement practice space SHAW Music (嚣)...
2018 Year in Review: The Best 15 Chinese Albums of 2018 pt. II
2018 was notable for being the year a lot of labels – both small niche indie labels like Wild Records in Wuhan, as well as the bigger and meaner Ruby...
The (Live) Gig Economy: Meet Beijing’s 6 Best Expat Hotel Bands
For traveling musicians, it’s the most far-flung gig on Earth: rocking out bars at Beijing’s luxury hotels. China’s capital is now home to more expat...
Trip Fuel
When Beijing-based record label Cao Tai released the second part of their stellar Nerd Noise compilation, which shines a spotlight on up and coming...
Feel the Burn: Spicy Guizhou and Hui Delicacies Lacking Pretense at Punk Rock Noodle
In the lead up to our inaugural Hot & Spicy Festival on Apr 14-15 at Galaxy Soho, we'll Feel the Burn with a few of the vendors to see what fiery...
Covering 5000 Years of Chinese History In One Song: Art Rock Vet Liu Xingke Discusses His Ambitious Anthems Ahead of Jan 19 Jianghu Gig
Liu Xingke is an old-school rocker with a poet’s soul. The veteran singer-songwriter got his start in the early 2000s, when now shuttered venues like...
Playlist: Alice Ting Ting, Founder of Borderless Music Label
Few live shows go unnoticed by Alice, known to most as Ting Ting, given that she frequents and organizes music and art events around Beijing. Her...
2017 Year in Review: China's Best New Bands and Those to Listen Out For in 2018
Alright! Time to hand out some accolades to the bands that made the past year of gig going a treat. Not the esteemed bands who plowed through another...
Q&A With The Chameleons Frontman Mark Burgess Ahead of the Post-Punk Legends' Jan 7 Yugong Yishan Gig
Though The Chameleons were poised to break big in their early 80's heyday, the British post-punk troupe never attained the notoriety of other...
Come Together For a Night of Beatles Covers At Mao Livehouse Wukesong, Dec 9
If you don't care too much for money, 'cause money can't buy you love, then you're in luck. That's right: on Dec 9, the recently opened Mao Livehouse...
Noise Pollution: Casino Demon at YGYS, Japanese Breakfast at Yue Space, Bloodz Boi at Fruityspace
And just like that, we've entered December. Time to start making up for those lost months you fell into the vortex that is Netflix or did that one-...