China’s SxSW takeover
After a couple of reasonably low key incursions in 2010 and 2011, China is going balls to the wall for SxSW 2012. Re-TROS, Carsick Cars, Snapline, Rustic, Duck Fight Goose, Deadly Cradle Death and...
View ArticleDuck Fight Goose at SxSW
So, there were lots of Chinese bands at SxSW last week. Most seemed to think it somewhat of a pain PANGBIANR: In general the festival was a shitshow, such a grind, more work than passion. The more...
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Chinese and Hong Kong musicians stand against homophobia
Following yesterday’s International Day Against Homophobia, we bring to you two inspiring stories about Chinese and Hong Kong musicians and their campaigns in support of gay rights in China. In a...
View ArticleYour 2012 mixtape, courtesy of Live Beijing Music
If you haunt live shows in the Northern Capital like our Beijing editor does, you’d be sure to recognize an American guy sporting varying degrees of scruff and extraordinarily ugly sandals holding a...
View ArticleShanghai’s Yuyintang Starts Enforcing Permit Regulations
UPDATE: the first version of this article was not exactly what we had planned. More below! From a post on Yuyintang’s Douban group earlier this month, it looks like the go-to venue in Shanghai has...
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