Category Archives: Music
Australian musical finds on YouKu
Today’s post doesn’t really have much to do about living in Shanghai but rather some music available on Chinese video site, YouKu.com, which I’m surprised to see. I’m not much for flag-waving about where a band is from but if you are looking for something a bit different here are some Australian bands which are [...]
Tune in: Carsick Cars
Carsick Cars are one of the coolest indie bands I’ve heard since being in China. Their first album I downloaded via Google Music for free (and legally in China). This video below is the new single called Mogu, Mogu. I somehow don’t think they are singing about the Mogu (mushroom) to be bought at the [...]
Neocha – indie music from China
News Corp’s MySpace might be the place for bands to promote themselves in the US and other english-speaking countries but it hasn’t taken off in the middle kingdom. In fact,David Feng posted earlier this year that the MySpace team in China has recently been culled. Inside the firewall other options exist for bands to upload [...]
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Tune in: Beijing’s underground music scene
I’ve recently been tuning into local Chinese sites like NeoCha to listen to bands from Shanghai and China and found some really cool gems. I’ll share some of these later – when 9-5 work isn’t so pressing. But for now, sit back, relax, and watch this video on China’s underground rock scene by CNN. It’s [...]
Daft Punk secret gig in Shanghai
According to the Shanghaiist earlier this week Daft Punk were set to put on a secret show in Shanghai on Friday 13. Yes, Black Friday. To get tickets one had to line up at a disclosed location and pay $500RMB ($90USD). The social web went into a frenzy and according to reports many lined up [...]
Video: The Laowai busker
I’m partial to a good busker and happy to give a few clams for entertaining street art. But what happens when Mark, a self-proclaimed ‘crazy Kiwi guy’ decides to take the mic from a Shanghai busker singing his best version “Wonderwall” by Oasis for passing tourists next to the Pearl Tower? Mark says “Move over [...]
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Beijing music show part 2 & 3
As penned in a previous post I was walking the back streets of the Beijing a while back and ran into the gentleman in this video who showed me how he plays a few traditional instruments. Without further ado, here’s…that guy!
Sanxian Hero (三弦)
During my last trip to Beijing I was walking the back streets of the city in search of something more authentic than Chinese students wanting me to buy their artwork. Walking the twisted lane ways I ran into a gentleman playing this plucking instrument which looked like an oversize bass but sounded a little like [...]
Empire of the Sun film clip shot in Shanghai
A few months ago Luke Steele (Sleepy Jackson) and Nick Littlemore’s (Pnau) who make up the band Empire of the Sun shot a film clip for their first single in Shanghai. The song is called “Walking on a Dream” and is pretty cool. Don’t take my word for it, check it out below: Empire of [...]
Tune in: New Pants
New Pants are a pop/new wave indie group from Beijing and definitely worth a listen. This song is called ‘You’re My Superstar’. If nothing else watch this video for the dance moves.
Where to buy musical instruments in Shanghai