On their third full-length album Bildungsroman, released last month via Beijing tastemakers Maybe Mars—Hiperson’s incisive, kinetic reconstructions of post-punk, art rock and noise manifest with bright, new sonic self-awareness. “We want to discuss the urgency of now,” says Chen Sijiang, lead singer of Hiperson. We’re sitting in the courtyard of Yishan, a long-running retro antiquesContinueContinue reading “Hiperson Reconstruct Narratives on Bildungsroman”
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5.9 The Or, Sonicave, 群像, Luca @ 13Lounge Chengdu
当我们走出家门迎接夏天的温暖怀抱，当世界各地持续封锁，当我们重新想象自己和未来，乐队继续演奏。 为了让你的耳朵从干涸数月的现场音乐得到滋润，The World Underground 和 Kiwese 共同于 5月9日（星期六）在 13Lounge 为你呈现这波成都摇滚节奏。 来自地下世界的摇滚乐队 The Or、群像乐队 和 Sonicave，以及 DJ Luca 将为你带来一场震撼人心的音乐盛宴。从哥特式后朋克到新式迪斯科，我们邀请你加入我们的行列，在与世隔绝的氛围中寻求慰藉。 我们都对未来充满希望。为了我们的城市，为了我们的人民，也为了我们的艺术家。请加入朋友们策划的“成都最好的夜晚”。音乐可以振动即使是最坚硬的灵魂，所以请大家来支持我们，我们的城市和我们正在谨慎重开的场地空间。 +++ As we shed isolation for summer’s embrace,As the world continue through lockdown,As we reimagine ourselves and the future,—— the bands play on.Hydrating your ears from the drought of live music, The World Underground and Kiwese are ecstatic to present this wave ofContinueContinue reading “5.9 The Or, Sonicave, 群像, Luca @ 13Lounge Chengdu”
2017年4月4日｜百鬼夜行 100 SPIRITS
100 SPIRITS draws near. In the dark night of Tuesday 4 April, this beastly display of souls will be unleashed!! For one night only, the ancient tomb of Jah Bar will mutate into a crazed crypt crawling with ghosts, as the stage alter is graced by five of Chengdu’s most forward-thinking and innovative live acts.ContinueContinue reading “2017年4月4日｜百鬼夜行 100 SPIRITS”
What Did You Expect? Die! Die! Die! Return to China in 2016
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”
Put down your screens: Interview with Liang Yi from Stolen
Ever find yourself wasting time by mindlessly scrolling through an endless stream of images ? Disillusioned by the modern obsession with digital documentation, Chengdu post-punk/cold-wave band Stolen 秘密行动 are touring their new EP Stealing Our Lenses《我们遗失的视角》, which might make you think twice about updating your Instagram in the middle of a gig. Kiwese caught up with frontman Liang Yi 梁艺 earlier this week for aContinueContinue reading “Put down your screens: Interview with Liang Yi from Stolen”
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!”
Carb on Carb, Rice on Rice
Got munchies? Aucklanders (奥克兰人 Àokèlán rén) Carb on Carb completed an epic eleven date tour of the Middle Kingdom back in November with good buddies God Bows to Math. Kiwese followed them from Beijing to Suzhou and recently we reminisced about their first foray into Asia and how Chinese cabbage and eggplant dishes are exponentiallyContinueContinue reading “Carb on Carb, Rice on Rice”
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