Die! Die! Die! 来！来！来！Hold the press, New Zealand noise-rock / post-punk trio Die! Die! Die! are returning to China for the first time in five years for a ten date tour! It’s a sweltering Thursday afternoon here in Chengdu and I am still nursing a strained neck induced by overly aggressive head banging at the first annual PunkfestContinueContinue reading “What Did You Expect? Die! Die! Die! Return to China in 2016”
Tag Archives: dunedin
Lady Lazer Light Casts A Spell Over China: Interview with Erica Sklenars
Wellington! 惠灵顿！ Erica Sklenars a.k.a. Lady Lazer Light is in the capital this week for two talks about her art residency in Beijing and touring with Orchestra of Spheres around China. Kiwese caught up with her ahead of tonight’s first talk! The last Lady Lazer Light show I saw before moving back to China was in collaboration with long time pals OrchestraContinueContinue reading “Lady Lazer Light Casts A Spell Over China: Interview with Erica Sklenars”
Shocking Pinks head for China! 震惊粉红色来中国!
Ten years after their maiden tour, Christchurch’s multi-instrumentalist, DJ and lo-fi king Nick Harte aka Shocking Pinks is once again pairing with New Zealand house(party)hold name Ian Jorgensen aka Blink to celebrate the re-release of his 2004 debut Dance, the Dance Electric with a three month A Low Hum world tour, including shows in both China and New Zealand! 将近十年前，来自基督城的多乐器演奏者，DJ和低保真大师Nick Harte也称为震惊粉红色跟新西兰家喻派对的名字Ian Jorgensen 人称Blink一起去做他们的处女巡演。今年，震惊粉红色将由在A Low Hum重新发行他2004年的首张专辑《Dance, the Dance Electric跳舞，跳舞电子》，而且要去大规模国际巡演，包括中国和新西兰站！ Shocking Pinks is a one-manContinueContinue reading “Shocking Pinks head for China! 震惊粉红色来中国!”
Enter the lounge with Kerry Ann Lee
Kiwese got to hang out with multi-media visual artist, designer and punk enthusiast Kerry Ann Lee at her cozy abode in Mount Victoria, for a rainy afternoon full of LPs, books, ornaments, coffee and fresh cream donuts. Hey KAL! Tell us about the upcoming exhibition you are involved with in Auckland? Its called Unstuck in Time, it’s aContinueContinue reading “Enter the lounge with Kerry Ann Lee”
Some TING! 听 #004 P.K.14 & Die! Die! Die!
Feel the sweat-dripping, head thrashing angst of post-punk/experimental local heroes P.K.14 and Die! Die! Die! >>>>>P.K.14 formed in Nanjing in 1997 during the Rotten Generation movement. Their permanent move to Beijing in 2001 and regular slots at D-22 could be said to have sparked the rite-of-passage pilgrimage to the capital that has seen the Beijing music scene growContinueContinue reading “Some TING! 听 #004 P.K.14 & Die! Die! Die!”
Some TING! 听 #003: Skip Skip Ben Ben & Astro Children
Skip Skip Ben Ben and Astro Children are two bands from your wildest grunge-noise-pop-shoegaze-dream. Find them in your nearest garage. BYO booze. >>>>>Skip Skip Ben Ben was created in the mind of Taiwanese guitarist/songwriter/singer Ben Ben 斑班, one half of the now defunct but brilliant Boyz&Girl of Taipei. After gigging and collaborating with bands on the D-22 scene and “ping-ponging between TaipeiContinueContinue reading “Some TING! 听 #003: Skip Skip Ben Ben & Astro Children”
KIWESE 