Blog Tag - D-22
While the glamorously dressed throngs were lining up at Beijing’s then equally dazzling Babyface nightclub, Josh Feola (pictured above, third from...
Though there's no shortage of folk bands in Beijing with lyrics about northern grasslands delivered in that region's time-honored throat singing...
About one kilometer east from Wudaokou subway station, on the south side of Chengfu Lu, there’s a dark sign with an odd name on it – D-22. If you’ve...
Breaking news. Death Cab For Cutie will play in Beijing this March. More details to follow.
The biggest annual migration on the planet officially...
It’s fascinating how time flows. Exactly this time a year ago, there was a rumor that folk bar Jiangjinjiu, near the Drum Tower, was getting torn...
We told you last week about plans for D-22's closure. Well, pencil this date into your calendars: The last-ever gig at the legendary Wudaokou live...
Six years ago, D-22 was opened to give young bands more opportunities to play. Somehow it became a paradise for punk heads and indie kids. Then...
The small rock venue over in Wudaokou, which has helped many young Beijing bands like Carsick Cars and Hedgehog to grow into some of the scene's...
Somehow Christmas in China has become as ear-torturing as it is in the West – all the malls, restaurants and markets play only Christmas music...
These past two years have been a booming time for folk music in Beijing. Maybe it’s because more and more people started to find out how easy it is...
September is an exciting month. I know that school is starting again, and summer comes to an end, but we will have much new blood in the city, and...
It’s too bad that the Beijing Jazz Festival which was scheduled for this weekend got postponed to an undetermined date. To be frank, I am a little...
“Body and Soul” by Coleman Hawkins (1939 version). Bebop is about to be born. Hawkins plays with the melody for two bars and races off without ever...
While the heat keeps driving me away from big crowds, those quiet folk bars in the hutongs starts to look even more attractive. But I've been told...
Beijing (Aug 7) and Shanghai (Aug 9) have finally been added to Suede's tour schedule. Tickets are available now. Move fast – the cheapest (RMB 280...