Blog Tag - ddc
DDC, one of Beijing's most beloved live music venues since its opening in 2014, is calling it quits.
In a WeChat post that went out via its official...
Sichuan-born, Wuhan-based singer-songwriter Shii AKA Shiyi Xiang, may be young at heart, having just graduated from Wuhan University last year, but...
I don’t think people quite appreciate how good we have it regarding the handful of music venues in Gulou and nearby that are still going strong. If...
Often seen as a city with no discerning personality, a city designed for hordes of tech startups and with them the rotating suits and modern city...
"The Wellington music scene has changed so much in the time we've been involved in it. It's pretty lucky being involved in such a small scene. We've...
Think the guzheng is a stuffy instrument only played by old masters for old people? You're sure to have your mind changed by Yu Miao. As Miao rightly...
Describing herself as a "warrior for art, creation, invention," Ava Rocha, the multi-talented artist from Rio de Janeiro, like her father, renowned...
From tooling around with tunes and guitar riffs in high school to playing shows across Australia, the US, and now Asia, Australian electronica indie-...
Up and coming post-rock trio Acid Accident don’t just want to get you moshing at their next show. The Beijing band is hoping that their uniquely...
From Jimi Hendrix to Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd, Twink has played with some of the greats. Back in the '60s and '70s some of his bands included the...
Generally speaking, the musical genres of disco and punk could not be more polar opposites – on the surface, one idealizes glamour and consumerism...
Any musician looking to pen a heart-wrenching ballad would have no shortage of inspiration in Beijing these days. All one must do is take a look...
One of Beijing’s underground talents, LOW BOW, have been lurking around the city’s underbelly for a number of years with their trainwreck blues,...
For a man passionate enough to dedicate his life to jazz, Simone Schirru certainly didn’t get off to an early start. The Italian guitarist only began...
As someone who has visited Xian more than a dozen times in the past eight years, I can confidently say the old Qing dynasty capital, isn’t exactly...