Blog Tag - Weekend Gig Guide
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...
With August here and summer on its last legs, the music scene here in Beijing looks to take its slow and easy. Good on them – everyone needs a break...
While Temple’s Anniversary shows should be at the top of everyone’s must-go gig lists this weekend (coffee shot salute) as well as 69 Café’s last...
I'm currently spending my days in the beautiful wasteland known as America, where you can spend your morning at the DMV (strict no gun policy much to...
First off – it’s gonna be a lighter batch then usual as I’ve spent half of my week either on an overnight layover stuffing my face in food, or on a...
I’ve yet to put on my A/C. Not sure if it’s stubbornness, laziness, or plain ol' hoboness. But since I can’t go 20 meters without turning into a...
Nothing like a little provincial rainstorm to wash away the grime, the sweat, and tears of the past week and wipe the slate clean. And there’s...
You smell that? That’s the sweet smell of Fête de la Musique just around the corner. Sweet, sweet summer solstice tunes – get the whole down-low on...
Almost halfway through the year folks – phase two right around the corner. And it’s looking swell in my opinion. June in particular always brings a...
Grab some zongzi, work that upper body, and drown some poet in the river – just your usual Dragon Boat Festival holiday. And while finding a genuine...
Feeling the burn now! It’s heating up here in Beijing and I’m not only taking about the weather as it looks to be a true scorcher of a weekend up...
As you’ve been hearing all week – the po po will be out and about this weekend, and while the music venues are usually too much trouble for them to...
Mayday! Mayday! That’s the sound of yours truly jumping ship and heading out of town for a lil musical excursion – with stops in Ningbo, Shanghai,...
Alright no time to waste – a bit of esoteric experimentalism from Xinjiang’s finest, lush string compositions via Iceland and America, reggae and...
As we get into the thick of spring, the scene begins its annual hemorrhaging as festivals, tours, album releases, and all-out mayhem unfolds across...