Blog Tag - Modern Sky

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...
A Particularly Strong Full Lineup Surfaces for Strawberry Music Festival 2016
The folks at Modern Sky are gearing up to bring you a deep selection of artists from China and beyond that will rock your face off over the course of...
SUBS North American Tour Kickstarter, Second Hand Rose Interview, Split Works' Fall Lineup
Beijing art punk legends SUBS are on their way to the US for their first cross country tour. Due to lack of financial backing they just opened up a...
Best of the Blog: Notable Posts From August
Every month we tally the hits from thebeijinger.com to provide the five most viewed blogs from our website. 1. DRUM AND BELL TOWER AREA FACING...
Xiu Xiu: Unabashedly Weird
Jamie Stewart isn’t just weird. He’s defiantly strange. The Xiu Xiu frontman writes one note songs, literally, and gives those tunes bizarre monikers...
Truth, Liars and Electro Rock
They’ve been praised and mentored by Radiohead, remixed by electronica superstars like Aphex Twin, and lauded by critics. But no number of milestones...
New SUBS Release Party, Candy Monster Release and Interview, Modern Sky NYC
The SUBS are celebrating a decade in the gutter with a flash of releases in September, including their new studio full length titled yoU are yoU....
Modern Sky's Newest Indie Rocker: Film Icon Maggie Cheung
She was a martial arts master in Hero and a lover in In the Mood for Love. She won an award for Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival. Now,...
Talking Tunes: Nite Jewell and Modern Sky Festival Incoming
After a wee holiday break, there's a fair bit to catch up on relating to our city and the music news within. The biggest news actually came our way...
Sky's the Limit: Modern Sky Turns 15
You can see these album covers and more of Modern Sky’s artwork at the Beijing record label’s 15th Anniversary exhibition. The exhibit runs...
It's New Pants Time - Ticket Giveaway!
New Pants, one of the most popular rock bands in China, is going to have a concert at Beijing Exhibition Theater tomorrow. Also, their long yearned-...
How Did Midi Festival Turn Into Strawberry Festival? Midi Speaks Out
With its 12-year history, Midi Music Festival is the granddaddy of China’s music festivals – highly respected and influential. In 2011, they...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Twisted Machine, Hedgehog, Shanren
It seems that 80 percent news about music or bands in Beijing are about music festivals these days. There are really so many of them. One thing that...
Festival Fight: Strawberry VS. Midi - Round 3
If the first round of our Festival Fight was just a warm up, and Midi played its big cards in the second stage what will happen in this final round...
Festival Fight: Strawberry VS. Midi - Round 2
After the first day warming up, the music festival fight hits intensity on the second day. Here are the Day Two lineups for Round 2 of our festival...