一无所有(Yi Fu Suo You) - 崔健(Cuijian) (by osieriver)

Here is a rock legend from China, Cui Jian (崔健). The song is called 一无所有 (Nothing To My Name). Originally released in the late 80s, this powerful performance is from 1992. There is a fascinating wikipedia article about the song, and how it became something of an anthem during the Tiananmen Square student protests of 1989. If you notice a few of the people in the audience waving red cloth, I think it has something to do with those protests.

週休八日 - 國王的自由 (demo) (by mrsthis)

This is a beautiful new demo song from My 8 Day Weekend (週休八日), called 國王的自由 (King of the Free? The King’s Freedom?) As you may remember, this is the new project from the Mrs. This singer, and you can check out the youtube page for more clips of both bands.
Keep up with them on Facebook.

No Money No Honey just announced on their Facebook that they are about to start recording their album. Sweet!

利得彙 等 MV 完整版 (by freda614)
This is a Freda Li’s Murmurshow. Freda Li (利得彙) and Shen Zhi Fang (沈志方) from Taiwan. This pretty song is called Deng/等 (see note below).
Follow them on Facebook, and hear many more tunes over at Indievox. Definitely check out the tune called 馬殺機. Very cute!
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According to the MDGB Chinese/English dictionary 等 could translate as: class / rank / grade / equal to / same as / to wait for / to await / et cetera / and so on / et al. (and other authors) / after / as soon as / once

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旺福 好朋友應該做的芭樂事 MV 完整版 (by seeme96)

This is a very sweet ballad from WonFu Jr. (小旺福), from their album, Song Of Youth (青春舞曲). The song is called 好朋友應該做的芭樂事, (Something a good friend should do (?))
I love the animation - so cute, and a little sad.

alternativechina:

On The Scene: Mao Livehouse 20-04-2012

I had my real first taste of Psychoney Wave back in January for the last Zoomin’ Night – let’s just say I was carving more. Since then I’ve indulged myself in some of the more experimental acts in town as well as started my love affair with Skip Skip Ben Ben, the three-piece ‘we-make-fucking-good-music’ group. Well I basically had a feast prepared for me at Mao Livehouse last Friday as I got to finally check out Birdstriking once again, see Skip Skip Ben Ben take names, listen to the increasingly intriguing Chui Wan, and be surprised by Deadly Cradle Death. 

Another reblog from alternative china, with photos and clips from a very recent Skip Skip Ben Ben gig, along with 3 other groups. Good stuff!

alternativechina:

HEDGEHOG’S ZO

Layabozi came out early to welcome Beijing beasts Hedgehog and chat a little bit after their sound check. We got to sit down with Zo, the band’s lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter. It was a fun little conversation wherein Zo held court about the band’s inner dynamics, the backlash against Honeyed and Killed, the new album’s triumph, former bassist Box’s departure, his opinions on past and current bands, and whyHedgehog is now independent as fuck, among other things. We even touched on a few sore subjects he didn’t really want to talk about, but he was a good sport about it.

This links to a cool 28 minute interview (in English) with Zo from Hedgehog, and there is a huge slide show from the club concert in Shanghai. Glorious shots of Atom pounding away on her drum kit, and also coming out front to sing a lead on one song. I really hope somebody will post a clip of that on YouTube or Youku. If you see something we need to post on fyeahcindie, let us know! =)

alternativechina:

5 Minutes with Skip Skip Ben Ben

Beijing’s Skip Skip Ben Ben plays Yuyintang on Thursday as part of the JUE Festival - we grabbed 5 minutes with Ben Ben to find out about her background, the kind of music that gets her excited and the kind that makes her want to vomit….

————————————————- Very cool interview with Ben Ben, kinda sums up her music career and current direction.

at17 ——- at seventeen (by jirowa168)

I’ve thought about searching for this on YouTube for the longest time, but finally remembered to look it up tonight: the Hong Kong duo at17 doing a cover of Janis Ian’s 70s classic, At Seventeen.
It’s even nicer than I expected, with a tasteful arrangement of keys, bass and percussion. Both girls (Eman Lam and Ellen Joyce Loo) sound great, vocally. The cover is a little surprising, to be honest, because I just expected a strummy acoustic version. (If someone has a link to that kind of performance, I’d love to hear it!) By the way, the vocal is almost all in Cantonese.
at17 wiki

To follow on from the previous post, here is duck fight goose from Shanghai. This clip has an interview with English subtitles, and a powerful song playing in the background.
See parts 2 and 3 of this feature over at noisey.com
Follow the band on Facebook

alternativechina:

Interview: Duck Fight Goose

Shanghai band Duck Fight Goose play expansive, constructivist, space traveler rock with lots of booming, wrenching guitars and buzzing, twittering loops, and general froo-ahh yelling about fires and things like that. 

For the past several years they’ve been the stand-out live act amongst Shanghai’s small community of local rock bands — an act that seems forever obsessed with the impulse to painstakingly re-write and re-arrange the basic elements of tempo, sonic texture, and volume payoff in the creation of these big and splendid pyramids of sound and emotion. 

It’s pretty awesome to see and hear. 

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