With fire crackers still keeping the city loud and noisy, it seems reasonable for our local musicians to rest for another night. If you really have the urge to see a gig tonight, a pop punk tribute to Bob Marley at Gulou Dongdajie's MAO Livehouse might be enough to re-warm your rock and roll nerve. Apart from that you don't have many options. But don't worry - the music scene will start its post-chunjie revival on Saturday.

This Friday, 150 people will be invited to join a secret party in the CBD area with Beijing's favorite dance rock outfit Queen Sea Big Shark. The event will be filmed for a documentary and recorded for a Sharks' live EP.

How to get the one of the only 150 invitations?
Send an email asap to: drjiancui@gmail.com, and include the following information:

Local record label Maybe Mars is a bit obsessed with distinguishing generations lately. Their new release Generation Six just came out recently, twelve songs from four bands (Rustic, Birdstriking, Flyx, Old Fashion) make up this album; left people wondering what the other five generations are. Half of the question is getting answered tonight. Three bands of three different generations gather at Yugong Yishan tonight: Mr. Graceless didn't make their songs to the Generation Six album but got to represent them with Carsick Cars and Post-rock icons P.K. 14 representing two older generations.

Earlier this week a weibo (微博) post by folk/rock band Buyi stating that their gig tonight at Jiangjinjiu will probably be their last at the venue set off a swirl of speculation that the popular Gulou area club had closed down and was set to be demolished – a rumor that was dispelled (somewhat) the following day when the band explained they had merely heard that Jiangjinjiu will be torn down in March. The management, for its part, claims no further knowledge and says it will remain open until the wrecking ball comes.

New Years Eve at the Star Live, Free the Birds "flied," Hanggai khoomeied, punkheads jumped with Misandao, metal diehards moshed with Suffocate. In the last few hours of 2010, Midi Music School awarded some of the best rock bands and musicians with heavy bronze biricks infront of around one thousand excited fans.

Influential rock stars Zhang Chu (张楚) and He Yong (何勇) surprised the Midi supporters by presenting awards. While another rock icon Xie Tianxiao ended up as the biggest winner of the night. Helen Feng brought a stunning show with Free the Birds, however lost the Best Female Rock Vocal Performance to Queen Sea Big Shark's Fu Han, though Fu Han hoped her band to win but not just herself.

Here comes the fulllist of the winners of the Midi Awards 2010:
(Click here to see the nominees.)