Asian Dope Boys + Chinese indie rock smells + pagan black metal from Dongbei

In this issue: Chinese indie rock aromas, a retro Hedgehog video that you really have to watch, pagan folk metal from China’s northeast, a second slice of Sichuanese sci-fi-tronica, and an examination of “the altered states of living and dying”.

https://jakenewby.substack.com/p/asian-dope-boys-chinese-indie-rock

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👇🏻 Chinese music 🧵

https://twitter.com/happeningchina/status/1622734255678795777

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Chinese Football + lofi (Xiamen) hip hop beats to study to + Shaw Brothers-themed metal

"For the first issue of 2023: we have Ancient Greece-themed death metal (yep), laidback Xiamen-inspired hip hop, Yunnan/Sichuan R&B, and new music from the woman regularly proclaimed one of the best drummers in China."

https://jakenewby.substack.com/p/chinese-football-chill-xiamen-hip

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Chinese Football's new record, released on this last day of 2022

https://chinesefootball.bandcamp.com/album/win-lose

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Kazakh folk iconoclast Mamer + New Order's favourite Chinese band

"In this edition: Albums of the year, new material from Carsick Cars’ Zhang Shouwang, some exciting experimental stuff, and a deep dive on dakou, the ‘saw-gashed’ CDs and tapes that helped bring alternative music from the US and Europe to Chinese ears in the 1990s."

https://jakenewby.substack.com/p/kazakh-folk-iconoclast-mamer-kunming

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