Posts Tagged ‘Indie’
No Lumps of Coal at YuYinTang on Christmas
We are happy to tell you Mr. M.E. Seeley is back in town, and back on Layabozi. This is his “back in the game” piece about two sweet bands that rocked YuYinTang on Christmas day: Yu Guo and Cigarette Butts. Read about them, while listening to their music…
PAPIER TIGRE 老虎纸 China Tour 09
Tour Presented in China by Wangba Records and Pure Party, specially for Shanghai.
Dates in China:
11.29 香港 hong kong @ Hidden Agenda Livehouse (8pm) + THE LOVESONG / 22 CATS $100
12.01 贵阳 guiyang @ Luck Bar (8pm) + ON/OFF / 跳跃玩偶 30rmb
12.02 武汉 wuhan @ Vox livehouse (8pm) + HUA LUN 花伦 30rmb
12.03 长沙 changsha @ [...]
About Antidepressant Tablets
Coming back home, walking back on your first steps, passing by your usual drugstore, you start feeling a bunch of mixed images, thoughts and experiences that can be only compared with ones extracted from one of the most dramatic Bergman movies. The lights from the drugstore become blurred and welcome you to the diagnosis of your current condition:
Nosaj Thing, Beatmaker and Sound Designer
He says his influences go from old classic such as Chopin, to new classics like Boards of Canada, and his sounds have been compared with those of Flying Lotus, Burial, Battles, and Ratatat. Jason Chung, aka Nosaj Thing is emerging from darkness, straight into the spotlights with laptops, beating gadgets, and good vibes to forge [...]
Expendable, a New Shanghai Band
Andy Best, the reporter of indie Chinese rock in Shanghai, went back to the studio with a new project, Expendable.
Marching Band’s Spark Large : Happy Music
Listening to Spark Large makes me think many things right off the bat. 1.) Sweden and Scandanavia’s rep for making great music lives up to the hype, rare enough in these days. 2.) Marching Band use incredibly lush accompaniments that always make me think of an unbelievably sunny, wonderful summer afternoon with a pretty girl in a yellow sundress. And, most importantly, 3.) they are really happy, and really, really good.
Recommended Dining: Veckatimest
Sometimes “cool” music can seem a bit like vegetables: supposed to be good for you, but hard to choke down. Grizzly Bear’s last album, Yellow House, was my lima beans, but the newly released Veckatimest is my garbanzo beans, which I like infinitely more than lima beans. I am not sure why I like garbanzo beans so much more than lima beans, but I can tell you why I like the new Grizzly Bear album so much more than the last, here goes.
May Holidays Were No Holiday for Music
Some of my friends are sad that last weekend is over already and some others are happy it is finally over. Last weekend China was invaded by music, it’s been a non-stop music trip since Layabozi began its operations, and the ride is getting more intense every time. One would imagine after a year of this we would already be used to these “rush-hour” weeks of music, but still sometimes it’s overwhelming.
