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China's best band on post-punk, politics and going global. With their new album Before The Applause proving one of 2017’s most vital releases,Re-TROS have their sights set on the entire planet.
Founded in 1999, Mi San Dao were an Oi punk band and the first true S.H.A.R.P. skinhead band in China. The name derives from a tasty pastry but you’re going to find something tastier in the songs.
WASHINGTON – Imperial China is one of the most experimental post-punk bands you’re likely to hear in the District. Band members draw influence from the likes of Fugazi, but multi ...
Up-and-coming post-punk indie band Oh! Nullah is all about self-expression and the Do-it-Yourself aesthetic. This means producing and making their own music, booking their own shows and having the ...
Wuhan is arguably China's punk capital, its historically feisty reputation reflected in the writhing mosh pits and live venues of a vibrant music scene.
But some are forming new punk bands, and China has skateboard, new school and hardcore punks, Liu said before a recent punk night at his bar for fans of a Beijing soccer team.
Playing to a largely underground scene, Chinese punk bands are struggling to gain attention in a country that suppresses dissent and individuality. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal ...
Modern Chinese music is most famous for sappy Canto-pop love songs. But on the mainland, young Chinese musicians are innovating and taking risks with ancient music forms such as throat singing.
Sometimes a scream, hitting a really loud sound, and singing at the top of your lungs is the way toward self-expression. That’s what hardcore punk is all about; originating in the 1970s as a ...
In 2004 and 2005, HOTB was nominated for the Best Rock Band gong at the Chinese equivalent of the Grammy Music Awards, the Annual Pepsi Music Awards. They also quickly acquired cult status in Japan ...