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The Beat I awoke the other night wracked by terror, drenched in sweat, face the color of a White Russian (the drink, not the ethnic group). What, you may ask, had caused me...
The Beat Scampi, Chips, Dip & Campari are an all girl Norwegian rock band that will be swinging through Yuyintang on April 14th as a part of their China tour. They shar...
The Beat So it’s just about Christmas time, the vast majority of CW Beat readers have already booked it for more exotic locales, and there’s not so much going on this weeke...
The Beat Big news in the Shanghai rock scene this week is the arrival of Duck Fight Goose’s long-awaited debut LP Sports, not to be confused with Huey Lewis and the News’ 1...
The Beat “It’s sh*t…It’s rough… it gave me a hernia.” These are the first thoughts that occur to Xiao Zhong of Pairs when I asked him about touring China as an independent ...
The Beat With this week’s BooshKaBaash, multi-venue festival set to kick off tonight with French Horn Rebellion at Mao Livehouse, The Beat takes a quick look at some of the...
The Beat There is a split in the world of musicians, one that you may not have even known existed. But mislabel the wrong person be prepared to face the wrath. This oft-con...
The Beat Monday, November 28th, finally saw the arrival of Scottish post-rock legends Mogwai at Shanghai’s Mao Livehouse, after the Glasgow quintet already rocked Beijing’s...
The Beat Underground music lovers unite in a squeal of glee. Shanghai has a promising new live house on the radar. What makes it promising you might ask? Well, there are co...
The Beat This Thursday, November 24th, local charity group BEAN is teaming up with a handful of local bands for their annual Rocksgiving charity show, which helps feed migr...
The Beat Fresh off a six week US tour, that included a handful of dates on the Vans Warped Tour and exposure in Billboard Magazine, Beijing street punks Demerit are one of ...
The Beat Gold star and a cookie if you can name five Chinese Rock Bands. If you can, it’s likely 2 or 3 are on the Maybe Mars label. Run out of Beijing, Maybe Mars started ...
The Beat In honor of local trio Friend or Foe’s upcoming release show at Yuyintang, The Beat is taking a look at bands throughout rock and metal history who have hidden the...
The Beat As has been the case over the last several years, Shanghai’s rock scene tends to heat up right around the same time that the temperature begins to drop. With just ...
The Beat Last month, Shanghai experienced an unusually-high level of celebrity-band sightings with both Taylor Momsen of Gossip Girl fame touching down at Mao Livehouse wit...
The Beat This weekend is a busy one for music. Here are two choice options. On Friday, Toninho Horta, a Brazilian legend of the Samba guitar will descend into Brown Sugar T...
The Beat In advance of Chongqing indie quintet Deep Green Sea’s upcoming show at Shanhai Livehouse on Sunday, October, 23rd, The Beat takes a look back at their 2008 debut ...
The Beat Local musos and instrument geeks are well aware that during this past week, China’s population of guitar and bass nerds, piano aficionados and wannabe Neil Pert dr...
The Beat Ever been to Mauritius? I’d be surprised if you said yes. This tiny island off the coast of Madagascar boasts a population of slightly over one million. Yet, surpr...
The Beat Note to readers: While the name of this semi-regular column denotes next day concert reviews, this installment is a bit late. On Tuesday, October 4th, after a full...