New releases: The Cheers Cheers, Khunathi, Jellyeeee and many more!
Release Date: 02/20/2025
Live China Music Podcast
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In which we discuss a wide variety of tracks, from gqom to punk to jazz, all freshly released in China! Erratum: Please note that we realized after recording that the pronouns of ADEAD, one of the artists covered in this episode, are "they/it"! Track list: 1. //刻奇秀 / Riot In School Bandcamp: 2. 聲音(Voices) / 聲聲聲乐队 3. Sisterhood / Free Sex Shop Spotify: 4. Pale Monsters / Love Letter Lost Spotify: 5. Move! Move! / ADEAD Bandcamp: 6. Fleeting / Linfeng Spotify...
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Does it feel like a lot of music is released in March, are there months where there’s a much higher volume of releases here? We have something for the metal fans today, a few tracks that show appreciation for and inspiration from Japanese music, and some good vibes. Please note this track has one occurence of foul language, for journalistic reasons! Track list: 1. Peer review by Oxen / Smiqra Bandcamp: 2. 富贵老登 (The Rich Elderly) / 程序正义 Procedural Justice 3. Yes, We love Number Girl / 紅髮少年殺人事件 Bandcamp: 4. Howee / Koda 5. BALLOON /...
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In this episode we cover a wide variety of new tracks, with some chill and fun tracks but also ones veering into breakcore and screamo. Track List: 1. Nothing Special, Just Singing All The Way (没啥特别的) Thermostat恒温 2. 世界第一自恋狂(World's No.1 Narcissist) 浪味仙贝 Lonely Cookies 3. 灰虹 Part2 匿名私聊乐队 Nemassle 4. Bloom And Decay (庆典) 散瞳散 San Tong San 5. Humanity FEED乐队 6. 12 郁云 Emo Cloud Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:39 Track 1: Nothing Special, Just Singing All...
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This episode covers protopunk rockabilly, a folk ballad, and various declinations of rock. Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic). Tracks: 1. 青鹿 - 光,照不到的地方 Black Sun Spotify: 2. 穆静MU - 牛羊 版权提供: 北河三(北京)文化传媒有限公司 词曲: 穆静 表演者: 穆静 Spotify: 3. 白麝香TheWhiteMusk - Leather Biker Bandcamp: 4. ihateEmmett...
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In this episode, our sound benefits from a little help from a friend. And we cover fewer tracks to keep it within a reasonable listening time. 00:00 Intro Tracks: 1. 01:24 Clouds / 施鑫文月 2. 07:07 Space Ship / Lumi Liu 刘敏 3. 13:42 ēmOLè (是谁emo了) / Twinklestar 4. 19:58 冬季一人食 / 饭卡 About us: The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere. The show...
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This is our very first episode! It is a bit long, the recording is not best, but the content is the freshest you can get on releases happening in China right now! Track list (band or artist name / track name): Wishtoday / 广岛之恋还有哥伦比亚可乐是我们的最后一场演出 The Cheers Cheers / Forest of Mine Spotify: GUAN / itch Spotify: 黑木 / 通往依斯的路程 Spotify: Khunathi / Misty Mountain Pagoda Spotify: Bandcamp: 想想 / 关心人事物 Spotify: not this track, but their artist page Jellyeeee / FLOURISH Spotify:...
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Have you ever wondered why a country with a population of 1.4 billion people hasn’t produced a global superstar yet? China’s music scene is rich, diverse, and colorful but hardly ever reaches other countries. Those of you into classical music probably heard of Lang Lang and Yo-Yo Ma, if into post-rock then Wang Wen and Chinese Football are names you might be familiar with, and the metalheads out there could possibly have heard of Nine Treasures. But these bands barely scrape the top of the iceberg. Will Griffith, founder of the longest lasting blog on China’s indie scene, Live...
info_outlineThis is our very first episode! It is a bit long, the recording is not best, but the content is the freshest you can get on releases happening in China right now!
Track list (band or artist name / track name):
- Wishtoday / 广岛之恋还有哥伦比亚可乐是我们的最后一场演出
- The Cheers Cheers / Forest of Mine
- GUAN / itch
- 黑木 / 通往依斯的路程
- Khunathi / Misty Mountain Pagoda
- 想想 / 关心人事物
- Spotify: not this track, but their artist page https://open.spotify.com/artist/255mjLJit0iEFzAQ0foJiU
- Jellyeeee / FLOURISH
Please note that some of these tracks are not available outside of China for the moment. If you find them intriguing and want more, please do let us know so we can encourage the artists to publish outside of Chinese platforms.
About us:
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Published: Feb. 22nd 2025
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Special thanks:
Brad M. Seippel