Blog Tag - Omni Space

 Get an Earful at Omni and School Bar This Weekend With an Anniversary Double-Bill
As we approach the end of 2019, the time is ripe to take a step back and contextualize Beijing's ever-changing music landscape. While Gulou continues...
Iconic Brit Rockers the Wedding Present on the Importance of Autonomy to Success
For over 30 years, The Wedding Present has been the gift that keeps on giving for indie rock fans. After recording nine albums, scoring 18 UK Top 40...
"Everyone Has a Responsibility Beyond Self-Expression" Claims Peace Frontman Harry Koisser, June 5
The message from Worcester-hailing indie band Peace is clear: rock is about kindness. The quartet – which has been compared to everyone from The...
Dream Popper Wild Nothing on the Importance of Honesty, Nostalgia, and the '80s
For listeners, dream-pop can all too often be written off as music for road trips, barefoot running down beaches, and summer crushes. However, for...
“It’s Not Quite Telepathic, but It's Close”: Still Corners on Their Chemistry as a Duo
British dream poppers Still Corners don't just want to get you dancing at their Apr 5 Omni Space gig – they also want to strike your emotions. After...
The Soft Moon Talks Transforming Personal Pain Into Artistic Gain
There’s self-loathing, and then there’s The Soft Moon. “I wish I could be somebody else/Cause it burns,” founder, frontman, and songwriter Luis...
DP Paul Draper
It's not uncommon for a musician to find a second life in the music industry in this day and age. Look at the roster of festival headliners in recent...
From Descendents to Amadou & Mariam, Here are Beijing's Best Upcomming Gigs
[UPDATE]: The Gang of Four show has since been canceled. Whether you’re a diehard punk, more partial to post-rock, or a dream pop devotee, there’s a...
Noise Pollution: Omni Space Turns Two, Railway Suicide Train at Yue Space, Pacalolo at School
What better way to get into the holiday spirit than cozying up next to some of the country’s finest sounds? From psychedelia out of Hangzhou, to live...
Win 2 Tickets to See Four Tet on Nov 17
If you compiled a list of some of the most highly regarded electronic musicians out there, I’d put my money on it that Four Tet, the moniker of...
Five Seductive Tracks to Get You Primed for Alt-R&B Act Rhye's Nov 14 Beijing Gig
Some musicians are notorious divas, intent on controlling every facet of their image. And then there’s Mike Milosh, who let the public and the press...
British Indie Rockers Blossoms: Sounds Straight Outta Class of '83
Synthpop is back, kids, and this time it's alternative! Sounding something like what your parents probably listened to back in the day if they were...
5 Questions With Japanese Musician Zombie-Chang Ahead of Thursday's Gig
"I want to drink milk tea when I'm in China!" proclaims Japanese anti-folk and anti-EDM musician Zombie-Chang when we ask her what she's most excited...
Beijing Music Scene Buzzes Ahead of Japanese Hardcore Band Envy's Jan 20 Gig
On Jan 20 you'd best brace your body for a bruise-inducing mosh pit, prepare your ears for some deafening scream-singing and guitar squealing, and...
Is the Upstream Gaze Fest the Best Beijing Lineup This Fall?
On paper, Modern Sky isn’t exactly known for its cutting-edge artists – ones who revel in the unapologetic genres of psychedelic, shoegaze, and noise...