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It’s high noon in March and the cluttered patio of Maria’s Taco Xpress, the Austin, Texas institution, is gloriously sunny. First time visitor Gan Baishui is moments away from his band’s American debut, but the composer and musician from a fourth-tier city in southwest China you’ve never heard of looks far from psyched to be playing a gig on the sidelines of the massive annual

Beijing’s “uniquely intellectual” indie music scene has entered a new era, shaped by new restrictions (pandemic and otherwise) but still going strong.

Noise Pollution: Birdstriking, BoXuan, Narakam, J-Fever, Whale Circus, ReJianBeiShaShou Apr 2, 2021 2:30 pm | 1 comment | 76 reads While Qingming Festival and Easter duke it out for our attention – wicker baskets, fire bins, and all – the music scene has other plans and could care less about who’s grave we’ll be sweeping or where your chocolate eggs are hiding. And I’m okay with that. More tunes to soak in over the long weekend, more oppo...

Noise Pollution: Supermarket, Never Before, Pizza Face, thruoutin, Simplicity Lover, springiscoming Mar 5, 2021 11:30 am | 1 comment | 157 reads Welcome back live music! For a good while there it was touch and go. Shows being canceled, venues shuttering, and an air of uncertainty as the city teetered on the edge of lockdown and shifting regulations. But with spring comes life, and nowhere is that more true than deep inside the music scene which has o...