Blog Tag - School Bar

Cha-Cha-Changes: More Musical Losses Hitting Beijing
Times are always a-changin’ in Beijing. With the constant ebb and flow of expats leaving and arriving and over the years the capital has seen many a...
A Deeper Look at Where Inspirations Meet: UCCA's Collaboration Series With Beijing's Live Music Venues
This past month, UCCA – one of 798’s top art institutions – kicked off an intriguing new project: a partnership with four very different live music...
Meet Maybe Mars' Newest Signing: Yunnan-Based, Baijiu-Fueled Punks Plastic
There’s nothing better than being blindsided by a band you have zero prior knowledge of. The element of surprise, the giddy sense of discovery, the...
"Satanic Rituals Tend to Be Disappointing" Say L.A. Goths Robedoor Ahead of Apr 4 and Apr 5 Gigs
LA drone duo, Robedoor, summon music that is dark, distorted, and occult enough to evoke the underworld. If that wasn't enough, Alex and Britt Brown...
Enter the Deranged and Clown-Infested Gigs of the UK's WorldService Project This Friday
Charging trombone, turbulent sax, bellowing keyboards and thundering drums; Sergeant Pepper-esque military get-ups and political-enraged diatribes...
Q&A with Budapest Folk Punks Bohemian Betyars ahead of Oct 5 and 6 Beijing Shows
Bohemian Betyars certainly live up to the first word in their name. The Budapest-based world music band incorporates a hilarious number of genres...
Torontonian Hardcore Punks Cancer Bats on Loving Ozzy and Overcoming Grief
Cancer Bats certainly know how to make hardcore punk sound like a helluva a good time. The Toronto band – whose albums have been praised by critics...
We Did Not See This Coming: DDC and School Bar Announce Offbeat New Ventures
Like a beloved but ever enigmatic musician breaking into an improv-heavy solo while performing their biggest hit, two of Beijing’s most successful...
DP Baby Faced Old Souls Backspace Talk Socially Conscious New LP Ahead of Aug 31 School Bar Gig
Zheng Dong peered out the window of his Haidian apartment and contemplated the sea of gleaming lights from other windows staring back at him. The...
Britpop Vet Mat Osman Talks Producing Chinese Bands, New Suede LP, and DJ Set at Dada Tonight
In a sleepy industrial park southeast of the Beijing’s CBD, next to a rubble-strewn landfill and a migrant worker camp, sits a state-of-the-art...
Beijing Underground's Djang San Sheds Light on the City's Music via Summer Music Days, Jun 29-24
It's shaping up to be a busy summer for Djang San. Having been involved in last week's Grand Slam at Yue Space and the recent Loreli Affordable Art...
Noise Pollution: METZ at Yue Space, 69 Cafe (Kinda) Returns, Nancy Jenkinson Brown Debuts New Band
Lots of new venues popping up this week — seems everyone and their mother is trying to get in on the live music racket. And why not? Wudaokou needs...
Noise Pollution: Brain Failure and China Grrrl at School, SNOS at Temple, Yugong Yishan Fest
Did Beijing all the sudden turn into a sauna? Did we just hurdle over spring and fall face first into summer? Cause my blue jeans are soaking through...
Female Drummer Magazine TomTom To Throw A Crackling Gig at School Bar, Apr  21
Let’s admit it, female musicians have it harder than their male counterparts. Like just about every other industry in the world, it’s an uphill...
Breaking: Music Buffs Dismayed After Majority of Sound of the Xity Gets Scrapped
Bad news for Beijing music buffs: the sprawling, ambitious Sound of the Xity has been decimated this weekend. Instead of the slated seven shows over...