Blog Tag - Interview

Lose Yourself in the Hip-Hop Stylings of Instrumental Aficionados BadBadNotGood
We live in the age of underbaked rehashes, overstuffed reimaginings, and downright perplexing new takes – a mainstream that deals in soulless...
British Rockers The Kooks Want to Make You Feel Less Alone, Nov 15
[Update, Nov 12, 11am] The Kooks have shared a video via their Twitter account in which lead singer Luke Pritchard explains how the band has been...
We Lost the Sea Return to Their Heavy Roots to Soundtrack the End of the World
Epic is a term that gets thrown all too frequently when talking about post-rock. So much, in fact, that fewer and fewer bands can ever live up to the...
US Indie Rockers Broncho Talk Business, Earworms, and the Importance of Humor
There appears to be a science behind Oklahoma’s Broncho's frizzled and animated garage pop. Since 2010, the four-piece band, led by the springy Ryan...
Adding Some Zing to the Beijing Music Scene: Talking to Tong Tong from Promotion Team ZING
If you’ve gone to a show in the past few months, chances are you’ve been to one put together by ZING. The promotion team headed by Tong Lu aka...
The 16th Floor and Rising: Beijing Post-Rockers End Debut Tour at Mao Livehouse
There’s no doubt about it. China digs post-rock. The genre, known for its sweeping and swirling soundscapes, has been igniting the music scene across...
Beijing's Newest DIY Tape Label Nugget Records Spins to the Sounds of Lo-Fi Pop
Music geeks rejoice! There’s a new cassette label in town and they’re not messing around. Nugget Records, started by Dave Carey, known for his role...
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This article comes from Humans of China (WeChat ID: humans-of-china), which aims to document and tell the stories of the many varied people of this...
Bounce to the End of Summer With the Sizzling Productions of Babel Records
Over the past couple years, Beijing-based Babel Records has been making a mark on the electronic scene, wrangling a wide range of producers with an...
Meet Maybe Mars' Newest Signing: Yunnan-Based, Baijiu-Fueled Punks Plastic
There’s nothing better than being blindsided by a band you have zero prior knowledge of. The element of surprise, the giddy sense of discovery, the...
The Twilight Sad: "Intense, Emotional, Loud, and Scottish"
Doubt imbues everything in the aural world that vocalist James Graham and guitarist Andy MacFarlane, the core duo behind Glasgow’s The Twilight Sad,...
"Berlin Ceased to Spark Joy": Cold Wave Purists Lebanon Hanover Talk Breaking New Ground
"Absolutely, we’re delicate creatures" – cold wave duo Lebanon Hanover doesn’t beat around the bush when asked how to best describe the temperament...
This Man Will Play in Three Bands for His 31st Birthday – What Did You Do?
If you frequent the live music venues then chances are you came across Fred Shi, the happy-go-lucky bassist who relishes showing off his chops on...
US Post-Rockers Colin Phils Return to China for a 21-City Homecoming Tour
Keeping a band together is no easy task. The challenge of balancing family responsibilities, demanding day jobs, and simply finding the time to...
Wudaokao Watch: "Beijing Has Made Me a Far More Resilient and Open Person"
In Wudaokou Watch, we profile a different Beijing-based student from abroad each week to hear about their life in China's capital. My name is...