Blog Tag - bands

Weekend Live Music Roundup: Metal & Punk, Curry & Coco, Air & Style
If you don't have any interest in Michael Learns to Rock, tonight is a good night to have a listen to the young powers. Bigger Bang and a few other...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Queen of XXXXing Everything, Part of The Best China Band & Final RandomK(e) Gig
The temperature may be dropping into the below zero range, but some of Beijing's best acts are just coming back to the city, while others are moving...
Strong, Deep, But Not Crazy: Hanggai Return to Beijing
Although Hanggai is a genuine Beijing band, we hardly see them in town these days. Touring around Europe and showing the world rock music Mongolian...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Folk and Rock Buyi, Pioneers' Festival and Other Folky Blues
I have mistakenly thought of Buyi as a folk band for a long time. Maybe it's because of their name: Buyi (布衣), meaning cotton cloths or common...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Rustic, X is Y, Liquid Oxygen Can
With DJs and VJs trashing the hutongs more and more often, it’s time for the rock bands to take down Sanlitun. Rustic and Residence A are leading...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: The Gar, Dead Farmers, Scream Night and Laowais
The international acts front is a bit quiet this weekend, but sometimes we need only one band to keep it loud and crazy. Aussie punks Dead Farmers...
Midweek Live Music Roundup: Dying Fetus, Exodus, GBOB
I feel like I’m still recovering from last weekend, and the next is already coming again. Anyway, when you have a few free days ahead of you, I...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Yugong Yishan Sixth Anniversary, Creators Project, GBOB
I have heard this so many times from others: "I want to see more gigs, but always ended up at some club or party, because my friends like those."...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Heaven Shall Burn, Gangzi Tuliguer, Ourself Beside Me
You probably just had a long week, but Beijing never gives you a rest – there's always so much happening. Sometimes I feel it's even a waste to...
Helen Feng to Leave Pet Conspiracy?
Although they’ve only been around for two years, Pet Conspiracy has carved out a big name in Beijing’s live scene and have a European tour scheduled...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Tang Dynasty, Xie Tianxiao, Carsick Cars
Who's the best Swedish drummer in Beijing? Jonathan (Tan Tan) from P.K.-14 must be popping into many of your heads. But, there's a girl I like...
GIVE AWAY Tickets to Max Star Music Festival
We are finally having a music festival in the center of the city! Top Chinese bands and musicians (Tang Dynasty, Xie Tianxiao, Carsick Cars, Pet...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Bands from Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Europe
There are many bands trying to mix as many elements as they can with rock music, with the result that they often sound tragic. But a Hong Kong band...