Blog Tag - Live Beijing Music

Top Live Music Gigs to Get You Through Golden Week
The Golden Week is here finally, and unless you’ve dipped out of the country, chances are you’re staying put and trying to avoid the crowds. But fear...
Noise Pollution: SPICE, D.A.N, Ting Ting Alice
Autumn is just about here and the music scene is finally cooking up once again, as bands and audiences look to show off their new concepts, sounds,...
Noise Pollution: Rough Trade, Mouse on the Keys, Backspace, Empyrium, The Spice Cabinet
And like that your weekend update wrangler returns to Beijing – a little wiser, a little more sunburnt, and more than a little deprived of that sweet...
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Birthday hijinks, metal heads coming out in droves, and dream pop wonders from the coast of China – you know it’s still summer when the weekend...
Fun, Frolics, and Forgetfulness Await This Weekend's (Classier Than Usual) Temple's Marshall Birthday Bash
Ending up at Temple on any given weekend is inevitable for many people – the draw of cheap drinks, cheap comradery, and cheap music (read: free) is...
DP Noise Pollution: Electric Lady, Pizza Face, secret guest at Temple
Crack the whip, get out the drinks, and roll into oblivion 'cause the weekend is here to slay! And with this roundup of punk, hip-hop, ambient-laced...
Get a Taste of China's Best Up-and-Coming Bands at This Saturday's Hazy Summer Night
While Beijing remains the center of China’s music industry, there’s been a surge of young voices across the country’s emerging second- and third-tier...
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Well after two days of planes, trains, and automobiles, I’ve crash landed into Bangkok where I’ll be spending the next month, digging into the music...
Noise Pollution: Samaga at Jianghu Bar, Girl's Talk at fRUITYSPACE, Radwimps at Cadillac Center
World Cup have you sleeping at unruly hours? Extra bouts of aggression you’re projecting toward your coworkers? Well put that pent up energy to good...
Noise Pollution: Duck Fight Goose at Yugong Yishan, Second Hand Rose at Tango, Punk Night at School Bar
As per usual during the summer, the live music scene cools down to keep pace with the increasingly draining temperatures and the touring of countless...
Noise Pollution: Trip Fuel, Dirty Fingers, Live Beijing Music Showcase
Blistering heat calls for blistering hot sounds spilling forth from the live houses of Beijing this weekend – from everyone’s favorite Shanghai...
Trip Fuel
When Beijing-based record label Cao Tai released the second part of their stellar Nerd Noise compilation, which shines a spotlight on up and coming...
Noise Pollution: Neuroot, OOC, Suuns, Hedgehog, Azure Ray, Jungle Mico Project, Ari Hoenig Trio
June continues to strike gold music wise – offering one dizzyingly satisfying gig after another. It’s a buyers market out there – with enough leeway...
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Happy Dragon Boat Festival everyone! Fill up some zongzi, wear some incense to drive away contagious diseases (and last’s night excess), and don’t...
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It’s an inferno out there folks. Brain waves are drifting apart, and motor functions are on their way out. Meaning you’re susceptible to all the...