Blog Tag - Music Reviews

Psycho Creates the Future - Interview with Queen Sea Big Shark & Album Review
It has been three years since Queen Sea Big Shark released their self-titled debut album. And they finally had their new album Wave land in Beijing...
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Midori Goto Steals Everyone’s Breath
From the opening chord of Jean Sibelius' symphonic poem, “Finlandia” – a bold, brassy, suscitating growl – to the end of intermission, when the...
Turandot Turn-off
Staging Giacomo Puccini’s operatic classic Turandot at the National Stadium seemed like a good idea on paper, especially with Zhang Yimou directing...
Eternal (Sonic) Youth & Skepta Stays Grimy - more music reviews
The Eternal by Sonic Youth It’s easy to criticize bands like Sonic Youth when they start doing things like teaming up with Starbucks and making...
Girls No Longer Waiting & the Cross-Dressing Rose – Album Reviews
Girls Are Waiting To Meet You (GAWTMY) 女孩们在等你 Though they’ve only been around for a little over a year, Girls Are Waiting To Meet You (aka GAWTMY)...
Music Reviews – Local: July 2009
Downtown Production Brain Failure Brain Failure was one of the first Chinese bands to be classified as punk rock, but you wouldn’t know it from...
Music Reviews – International: July 2009
21st Century Breakdown Green Day Ever since Dookie, Green Day has garnished their three-chord punk records with the odd polka, raga, rockabilly,...
Music Reviews – International: June 2009
Middle Cyclone by Neko Case Neko Case has a voice made of dirt and wind. The earthy indie girl’s latest album of hard melodies laced with smooth...
Review: Ratatat at MAO Livehouse
Ratatat's Mike Stroud does magic with a distortion pedal It’s feels a little beside the point to write about the Ratatat...
Music Reviews – International: May 2009
It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs Their signature alt rock/art punk sound has been a blueprint for successful previous offerings; Nick Zinner’s...
Music Reviews – Local: May 2009
Songs That Sell Out Arrows Made of Desire Even after three years, it’s still difficult to find a category befitting Arrows Made of Desire. Their...
Music Reviews – International: April 2009
Hungry Bird by Clem Snide The album that Clem Snide broke up over when it was recorded in 2006 is finally out. Needless to say, the band is also back...
Music Reviews – Local: April 2009
The Gar by The Gar (嘎调) To listen, click here “Gar” is a term that originally refers to a singing technique in Peking Opera in which certain notes...