Category Archives: Music

Drunk punks on film in Beijing

Posted on 2006-07-05 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Kevin Fritz is a young American from Pennsylvania who followed Beijing punk band Joyside around China. He filmed them perform in bars nationwide, their manic tour fueled by huge quantities of beer. The documentary that resulted is called Wasted Orient. … Continue reading →

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Beijing rock music: Strung up by hooks

Posted on 2006-06-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Harder core than thou Last night Muzi Mei went to a performance by goth-metal band Ling Yi (零一). They dress in clothes that appear to have been drenched in blood, and their performances usually include some type of freak show … Continue reading →

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SARFT bans Xu Wei?

Posted on 2006-06-21 by Joel Martinsen

Xu Wei (许巍) used part of a Qur’an recitation in his song Travel of the Swan (天鹅之旅) at a concert in Xi’an. SARFT may have banned him, but not all the facts are in.

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Is there such a thing as Chinese indie music?

Posted on 2006-06-09 by Joel Martinsen

Blogger Wan Yi writes about the sad state of Chinese independent record labels.

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Julian Lloyd Webber: China’s brilliant cellists

Posted on 2006-06-05 by Jeremy Goldkorn

No Big Mac culture– image from Sina Julian Lloyd Webber, the younger brother of cheese-pop-opera king Andrew Lloyd Webber had the following to say about classical music in China in the Daily Telegraph: China’s brilliant cellists Three weeks ago, in … Continue reading →

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Pangu chant down Babylon

Posted on 2006-06-01 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The cover of Pangu’s self-released album Burning with Lewd Desire Holidarity is a blog written by a journalist who knows a lot about China, and is very familiar with the rock scene on the Mainland even though he seems to … Continue reading →

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Desmond Dekker dies

Posted on 2006-05-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Dekker performing in 2005, aged 63 Reggae star Desmond Dekker is dead of a heart attack. Before Bob Marley, Dekker was Jamaica’s biggest international star. Dekker is best known for the song The Israelites (1968) which made it on both … Continue reading →

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Beijing Midi Music Festival video podcasts

Posted on 2006-05-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Bokee.com has uploaded a series of 28 videos of last week’s Midi Music Festival. The videos were shot with a handheld DV camera. It seems that most of the performers are included. All the videos are in Windows Media Player … Continue reading →

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Chinese rock podcasts and Midi music festival

Posted on 2006-04-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

No cops, music, pogo, dye your hair, be yourself. Chaile.org is a blog about “underground music from China” written by Adam, an American who used to live in Beijing. He has started podcasting. There are two episodes so far, including … Continue reading →

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Shuimu Nianhua vs. Jars of Clay: you decide!

Posted on 2006-04-22 by Joel Martinsen

Shuimu Nianhua (水木年华) has a new song, “Forever Young,” whose most striking features are quite similar to Jars of Clay’s “Liquid”. Audio comparison included.

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