Blog Tag - rock
Metal – you either love it or hate it. And if you love it, chances are you might have dyed, waist-long hair, a full beard (even if you are a woman),...
For over 15 years, 13 Club has been a rock and roll refuge deep in the heart of Beijing's university district Wudaokou. Located on Chengfu Road, just...
Wolf Alice is living (and rocking) proof that electric guitars, angry vocals, and explicit lyrics paired with windswept hair and monochromatic band...
Beijing-based gig promoter Borderless has been gradually building steam since it began back in 2015. Obstensibly the one-woman project of the short-...
More and more bands are finding solace in the second and third tier cities of China. This is due in part to Beijing and Shanghai no longer having the...
Think of him as China's answer to the West's spate of mysterious, minimalist classic rock troubadours like Leonard Cohen and Rodriguez. Though Liu...
Some bands throw TVs out of hotel windows. Others bite the heads off bats. But Beijing’s up-and-coming Tydi Knots like to keep things relatively...
Liu Xingke is an old-school rocker with a poet’s soul. The veteran singer-songwriter got his start in the early 2000s, when now shuttered venues like...
Though The Chameleons were poised to break big in their early 80's heyday, the British post-punk troupe never attained the notoriety of other...
Seeing as Sixi is fronted by the sizzlingly charismatic vocalist and synth player Xiao Xin, and rounded out by flaring guitar riffs of Wang Laoji and...
Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin. Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. David Longstreth of Dirty Projectors. These are but a few of the rock stars with whom...
Winning the title of "best band of the year" is no easy feat. But after that, the real work begins, striving to live up to that title. Such is the...
Since getting her start in 1994 as one of Taiwan's first breakout pop stars with alternative leanings, Sandee Chan has since had an illustrious...
A Place To Bury Strangers (APTBS) is the kind of band that pummels you with its noisy, intense, intricate playing. Just ask The Washington Post,...
Beloved Beatle George Harrison had his flaws. Folks like Joni Mitchell will "make you want to do your best for them." And sibling rivalry eases with...