Blog Tag - Mao Livehouse

Playlist: Jurat T.T
“Myth” by Beyond. I especially like the band’s first and second albums. The feel of this song is like a fairy tale. “Hey You” by Pink Floyd. The...
Weekend Live Music Reviews: Hanggai, Shanren
Hanggai They twist those vintage roots into bass riffs and rhythms that would rattle any metal head to bliss. The grassland troupe rocked 2 Kolegas...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Hanggai, Shanren, Demerit, will.i.am
These past two years have been a booming time for folk music in Beijing. Maybe it’s because more and more people started to find out how easy it is...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Midi Awards, Yaksa, Abigail Washburn
Are the music maniacs really becoming more and more active in Beijing? Is it just their reaction to a cold winter? It was only midweek, but...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: New Pants, Da Bang, Free The Birds
Among all the “underground” rock bands in Beijing, New Pants is probably the closest to the “mainstream,” even though they might not like that fact...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Jojo Mayer, Residence A, Zhao Laoda
There’re so many anniversaries this weekend, but let's focus on other good acts first. Starting with tonight, New York based drum legend Jojo Mayer...
Arcane Saints Are Coming
The world needs some new sounds that aren't just sensitive and whiny. Here come Arcane Saints from Melbourne, Australia, expanding their fanbase...
Holiday Live Music Roundup: Modern Sky Festival, Mamer & IZ
Long weeekends always remind me of unpacking. All the people who were nicely packed in giant buildings in big cities are suddenly spread all over...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Cui Jian, Taylor Momsen, Queen Sea Big Shark, Mongolians
Mid Autumn Festival is always so sentimental. It's the time every traveling child wishes they can be home while most of them can’t. Maybe the...
Surprising Results - Tiger Translate Battle Of The Bands, Semi Final
This competition that involved 32 Beijing bands is finally coming to its close. Eight bands fought in the semi-final last weekend. Beijing's oi-punk...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: James Blunt, Reflector, Dolan
Have you ever missed a band because you were just too tired to go? Have you noticed that if you do it's always the best gig ever? It's like a...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Twisted Machine, Hedgehog, Shanren
It seems that 80 percent news about music or bands in Beijing are about music festivals these days. There are really so many of them. One thing that...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Suede, Punk Festival, Taylor Momsen
Blue Midi Festival just started today in Rizhao, a coastal city near Qingdao; and people are getting wild on the beach while you’re reading this...
Tiger Translate:  The Pets, Perdel & Round 2 Results
The Tiger Translate Battle of Bands had its second round of heats last weekend. Electro-partiers Pet Conspiracy and pop rockers Perdel served their...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: InMusic Festival, Pet Conspiracy, Perdel
There must be something magic about the last weekend of July, otherwise how can you explain that there are three Beijing music festivals at the same...