Interviews

Reptile and Retard, The Experience Outer Limits

April 23rd, 2010 by

It’s funny how things happen. I interviewed Mads, Reptile from Reptile and Retard, last year before The Antidote’s Zhejiang Festival. Soon it will be a year ago. Because life is crazy in Shanghai and I was distracted with other matters, I put the task of transcribing this interview on pause for much too long. But recently [...]

BADTASTIC as They Wanna Be

April 22nd, 2010 by

BADTASTIC breezes through with some syllabic love. Check out the ghetto gala at Not Me Friday night. It’s the official Peaches Afterparty! Next week we host the folks from CRAPTACULAR, so stay tuned.

The Definitive Stegosaurus? Interview

April 14th, 2010 by

The Stegosaurus? love continues relentlessly. This time, the boys drop by and spill their guts about who is the biggest slob, their blood feud with Dan Shapiro, and how their new album is just like Mariah Carey and The Backstreet Boys. Riveting.

Helen Feng of Pet Conspiracy and Free the Birds

April 9th, 2010 by

Helen was kind enough to put fingers to keypad and enlighten us about her experiences in life and music. There’s lots of good stuff in the interview, so be sure to read carefully!

Five Years of Beijing’s RandomK(e)

March 26th, 2010 by

RandomK(e) from Beijing is celebrating their fifth anniversary this Saturday at 2Kolegas. M.E. Seeley here expounds on why we should listen to RamdomK(e), if you still haven’t done it. And, if you are in Beijing, then we’re jealous for that gig.

The Secret Machines On the Way to Shanghai: “Rock ‘n Roll Can Change your Life”

March 15th, 2010 by

New York-adopted band The Secret Machines is coming to Shanghai’s Mao Livehouse this Saturday, thanks to Icon Promotions, within the framework of their first China Tour. Flares of thick, hypnotic music will act as a welcome party to spring. You don’t want to miss it…and you don’t want to miss this interview of their drummer Josh Garza, including a song for you to download free until next Sunday.

Layabozi Interview with Rinocerose

February 10th, 2010 by

Check out an interview with the French electro band rinôçérose. They are not coming to Shanghai in the foreseeable future, but they have a cool tour set-up so we can always hope! Chinese translation by Dario Lupoli.

Ashram – Italian Neo-Classical Folk on the way to China

December 9th, 2009 by

Ashram is coming from Naples to China this week. Sabrina caught them in their home town just few days ago, to interview them and tell us more about their music and the sound they will play for us at Mao Livehouse this weekend.