New Kid in the Square... 01/02/2010
 Rumors have been circulating about a fully developed CiCi Square district that can offer Chongqing a full underground scene. On Sunday, these rumors became closer to reality. SVIP club has opened down the way from CiCi Park, offering a higher-class alternative to CiCi’s electro-scene... [read on] Tonight is Thirsty Thursday! 10/22/2009
 Pic. of the week 09/21/2009
 Sat. 9/18 @ nuts club boogie on reggae woman 06/16/2009
 rude boys and rude girls, natty dreads and nappy heads, come one come all, and skank your way on down to cotton club for CQ's only reggae night with DJ NANA(Ghana), thursday nights starting at 10pm. and just in-case you can't wait til thursday to get your fix of island vybez, we're hooking you up with an exclusive mix from chengdu's very own DJ EVP2 . he's mixed together the reggae/dub cover-album of Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon,' entitled, 'Dub Side of the Moon,' in addition to the exclusive mix, i'm gonna throw in one of the greatest reggae inspired songs of all time, and the inspiration for this post's title, Stevie Wonder's 'Boogie on Reggae Woman." Easy Star All Stars - Dub Side of the Moon(DJ EVP2 mix) [dwnld] Stevie Wonder - Boggie on Reggae Woman [dwnld] get CREATEAve 06/11/2009
 as i sit in createa(bottom floor of the "capital retail" shopping mall @ san xia guang chang), my coffee shop of choice here in shapingba, i am overly annoyed by what i assume is some of that infamously horrible chinese pop music playing throughout the cafe. a quick google search of the lyrics reveals that the song is "pretty pretty boy" by the group m2m, which is in-fact a norwegian pop group(my ancestors must be rolling in their graves), but a bad pop group all the same. the song has played for the 2nd time in less than an hour, and is tempting me to pay the extra 7-20 RMB for a cup of caffeination over at starbux, but my past experiences, all of which pleasant, especially to my wallet(10RMB espresso/americano, 16 RMB med. soy latte), convince me to stick it out, and turn my annoyance into inspiration. inspiration to share with you, what the unkowing may consider to be oxymoronic. good chinese pop music, or shall i say "indie-pop." in particular, a couple of bands who recently made their way to chongqing. Life Journey(gallery) and Hedgehog. Hedgehog - (24 hr rock party)24小时摇滚聚会 [dwnld] Hedgehog - (day dreaming)白日梦蓝 [dwnld] Life Journey - (back to babylon)回到巴巴拉拉的城堡 [dwnld] Life Journey - Dog Dog Dogs [dwnld] cici park 05/20/2009
 if you find your self in need of a change from the usual de yi lifestyle find your way down to ling jia men, a stroll away from the clock tower in the bei and go chill at the the park. cici park that is where your friendly bar man (dong dong) or one of his associates will serve you up a cold bottle of bwack is beautifuw for a cheap 12RMB then kick your feet up and chill on the deck or a bean bag, and enjoy a taste of the good life with good music and the occasional show. eat fresh, be fresh. 05/20/2009
 as many of you may know, subway makes its chongqing debut today(wed. 5/20) at hong ya dong in jeifangbei(No# 88 Jia Bin Road Chongqing CQ 400015 ). i feel shame to be taking up increasingly less valuable web space by posting about/promoting subway, but i'm sure many of you here in cq, myself included, yearn for the (up until today) evasive combo of bread-meat-vegetables-cheese-bread, or as my friend Andy of the band Acorn Project used to eat, just plain 'ole 'bread-meat-bread.' and in celebration of all things "sub," i'm offering some tracks from the 'sub-chongqing' cd series, an annual compilation cd made of tracks from cq's 'cold-cutty' underground music scene. Yuren Chuan - from subCQ2 [dwnld] unnown artist - from subCQ2 [dwnld] ROCK UNDER THE RED FLAG 05/18/2009
 no, dr. dre isn't coming to chongqing, or even china for that matter. nyc based ratatat, on the other hand will be. well, they won't actually be making it into cq, but they will be hitting up the big 3, beijing, shanghai, and hong kong. and i highly suggest anyone near either city, make the effort to check them out, 'cause like dr. dre, they're guaranteed to "keep your heads ringin'...." mogu=mushrooms 05/11/2009
i was doing my daily blog reading the other day and came across this video of chinese indie-rock forerunners Carsick Cars, in the most unlikely of places. kanye west's blog. it reminds me a bit of back in the day when the "m" in mtv had some relevance. and yes, i did just admit to reading kanye's blog. |      ArchivesSeptember 2010 CategoriesAll |
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