Quickies

Yuyintang Yo-Yo

April 26th, 2010 by

Monday, 1:30 PM: Good news! For now. Monday, 7 PM: Now with an even happier update.

RCRD LBL: They Traded Their Vowels for Dope Music

April 19th, 2010 by

Created by tech-mogul Peter Rojas, RCRD LBL is an independent online record label meets music blog dedicated to showcasing current and emerging artists, spanning genres from rock to electronica.

MAO Livehouse Whisperings

April 13th, 2010 by

In which the gossip is solidified.

Listen To: Chillwave

April 10th, 2010 by

Break out your fluorescent jams and Vision Streetwear. We’re going back to the early ’90s…via 2010!

Kungfuology.com, Shanghai’s Rock Martial Art

April 9th, 2010 by

In which Kungfuology.com is reviewed. If you like Chinese rock music and don’t already know about this site, read on. Prepare to be informed. If you do know about it already, read anyway. Humor us, will you?

SongMeanings.net: A Space for Full Metal Music Nerds

April 4th, 2010 by

A review of the website SongMeanings.net, the music nerd’s delicatessen.

Listen To: Daniela Mercury and Rita Lee

March 30th, 2010 by

Mache pines for spring or summer, even, by bringing to your attention two tracks from Brazilian chanteuses. Let’s see what she has to say in the dog days of August, though. Maybe her offering will be Icelandic synth pop to bring on the fall.

RockinChina.com: A Wiki for Chinese Rock

March 27th, 2010 by

We might feel the world is getting smaller when we run into people we know walking by on Nanjing Lu, but when it comes to music, the world is multiplying so fast it’s impossible to be into all the music we could actually reach. The Internet is the cause and the cure. If you search online for “music” you receive more results than porn, guns, money, drugs, art, or the pending 2012 harmonic convergence. There are millions of sites dedicated to music, and that’s counting only “music” in English. We could spend our whole lives researching, but we won’t. We’ll spend our time checking out the best sites dedicated to music around the net and the work they are doing.