Noise Pollution: Birdstriking, BoXuan, Narakam, J-Fever, Whale Circus, ReJianBeiShaShou Apr 2, 2021 2:30 pm | 1 comment | 76 reads
While Qingming Festival and Easter duke it out for our attention – wicker baskets, fire bins, and all – the music scene has other plans and could care less about who’s grave we’ll be sweeping or where your chocolate eggs are hiding. And I’m okay with that. More tunes to soak in over the long weekend, more opportunities to check out some new bands, and plenty of time to recover from whatever it was you ingested the previous night. It’s a whirlwind of a weekend – one full of reggae, noise rock, post-rock, metal, indie pop, and punk music in all shades of black. Happy holidays!
Noise Pollution: sourtower, Uncle Hu, Labor Glory, Mysterain, Zhaoze, Radical Spinz Dec 17, 2020 12:19 pm | 2 comments | 217 reads
Gigs are coming in thick and fast as 2020 slowly wraps up – everything from mohawked street punk via the beaches of Qingdao to delicately layered guqin-led post-rock out of Guangzhou. My suggestion: Turn up the volume, drone out whatever hurdles the year has thrown you, and jump headfirst into the purified waters of live music here in Beijing. Here’s your weekend update.
Thursday, Dec 17
Sourtower, Lost Memory Machine at Jing-A (CBD)
Jing-A turns their CBD Taproom back bar into a cozy livehouse this winter as they look to curate intimate live shows featuring acoustic sets and gossamer pop from some of their favorite local artists. For their debut showcase, they’ve rounded up two of nugget records’ finest – sourtower, with her stoic blend of cold wave thrills, psychedelic unease, and lo-fi ind
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The most striking and legendary punk band to emerge from the People’s Republic of China, Gum Bleed combines political awareness and metaphorical lyrics with fast catchy punk/hardcore/rock/alternative for a classic and compelling sound.
Formed in 2006, after officially releasing two full length albums BalefireJuvenile(2009) and City of the Heroes(2015), three EPs, numerous splits and international compilations, the quartet have made the name for themselves with powerful live shows and an international perspective that’s driven them to relentlessly tour abroad and release globally as well as in China.
During their annual European and national tours, they played in various festivals and clubs, shared the stage with the bands such as DRI, DOA, The Casualties,Total Chaos, Big D and Kids Table, SS Kaliert, Mr. Irish Bastard etc.