If the shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game. Apparently, two music festivals is not enough for the May holiday.
And as Midi and Strawberry's music festival fight gets more and more intense, a third party sneaks in as well - Music Valley Music Festival (tickets at here). Taking place at Beijing Yuyang International Ski Resort, it goes on for only two days from April 30 to May 1 and has only two stages, but their lineup is not any less competitive than the other two festivals:

Mongolian folk-rock doyens Hanggai have developed a cult following since their inception back in 2004, and their first foray into assembling an international lineup of multi-cultural folk acts proved a big success last summer. Now it’s time for that tricky second outing.

It’s too bad that the Beijing Jazz Festival which was scheduled for this weekend got postponed to an undetermined date. To be frank, I am a little overdosed on music festivals, but those cool breezes are bringing the message that there’s not much time left for outdoor activities to remain fun, and bearable. So, Fun Music Festival there is. Beside Beijing’s music festival regulars like Re-tros (Friday), DH & Hellcats (Friday), and Hedgehog (Sunday), there will also be Taiwan’s hit hip-hop group Hot Dog (Friday), Canadian alternative rockers Your Favorite Enemies (Saturday), indie princess Zhang Xuan (Sunday) and more Chinese and international talents.

No matter if you like their teasing Chinese country-rock or not, Second Hand Rose is always fun to watch. Most people would agree that they are not a normal band, hence they don't release an album like a band normally would. The launch of their new album, Yuejing (乐经) has been going on for months. They decided to release only one song from the album each month. After song launches in Tianjin and Shanghai, they are finally revealing the fourth song in Beijing on Sunday at Mako Live House. The song holds the same name as front man Liang Long's ongoing art exhibition in Caochangdi, Chuanmen (Drop Around).

Piao.com has just announced that Britpop’s founding fathers, Suede, will play in Beijing on August 7, following by another concert in Shanghai on August 9. As frequent visitors to China over the years – the group played Beijing together in 2003, while frontman Brett Anderson has since returned for solo gigs – the band shouldn’t have too many troubles with getting permission to play, although neither Chinese date on Suede’s world tour has been confirmed on the band’s official site yet …