Neo-psychedelia, Indie rock

[pokeyzilla89]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-psychedelia

Is anyone familiar with any Chinese neo-psychedelia bands or any Chinese indie rock bands?

[renzhe]

I don't know about neo-psychodelia, but there are plenty of indie-rock bands in China nowadays (though the scene is still very much underground).

Check out these threads for a bit of more info:

http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/2-favourite-chinese-musician1079&highlight=rock

http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/13279-good-chinese-music&highlight=rock

http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/12717-songs-that-are-not-cheesy&highlight=rock

Your best starting point for finding out more is www.rockinchina.com

[pokeyzilla89]

Thanks for the links. Here are some of the bands I've found so far that I like:

Lonely China Day

Xu Wei

Carsick Cars - http://www.myspace.com/carsickcars

Ashes on Wednesday - http://www.myspace.com/ashesonwednesday

Shou Wang - http://www.myspace.com/shouwang

I noticed that some of these guys are part of another genre I really like: shoegazing.

I also came across a music recommendation site: http://www.douban.com/music/.

[pokeyzilla89]

A few more:

Hang on the Box - http://www.myspace.com/beijinghangonthebox

PK 14 - http://www.myspace.com/pk14

The Los - http://www.myspace.cn/loschina

Self Party - http://www.myspace.cn/lovemonkeepower

[Fred Fretta]

Hey you,

Recently I was also searching for some indie bands. I really cannot any longer stand this shallow cpop, even just for practising Chinese... .

However, what I like to recommand is MY LITTLE AIRPORT (downloadlink at http://theeta-backtoschool.blogspot.com/2007/07/my-little-airport-zoo-is-sad-people-are.html).

Another one, which can compete with western ones in my point of view is TIZZY BAC (u might like to look here to get it: http://community.livejournal.com/music_envy/161667.html).

Furthermore, the above mentioned link provides a good overview about some indie bands.

xxx

[gougou]

Douban's music recommendation engine is not very sophisticated. If you're looking for indie bands, you might want to give Neocha a try.

[Flying Pigeon]

Hi.

Try this link:

http://wiki.rockinchina.com/index.php?title=Category:Artists

PK14 and Lonely China Day are my favs. Got to see them live this year.

Rock on!

[Catdiseased]

http://www.myspace.com/thescoff

should somewhat fit your description. I saw them live at a indie festival at 2kollegas in Beijing, they rock.

[Sketchymcfuct]

Thanks for the recommendations

I like a bit of anything different, here are a couple of videos i like at the moment.

If anyone can recommend anything other than Pop, i'd be really grateful.

funky video - 山人乐队 - 十三年

http://v.youku.com/v_playlist/f2802406o1p14.html

chinese version of smooth criminal - 被逼的

http://v.youku.com/v_playlist/f797877o1p0.html

chinese guitar/ karaoke classic 许巍 - 执着

http://v.youku.com/v_playlist/f121470o1p8.html

same song but femal vocalist 田震 - 执着

http://v.youku.com/v_playlist/f1207855o1p2.html

thanks

[Flying Pigeon]

Second Hand Rose. You can buy one of their albums on iTunes, do a search for Liang Long, their lead singer.

http://www.ershoumeigui.com/html/html/news/

Peace,

Dean

[xxmadeiraxx]

you can check this link: http://indiechina.com/html/c15/index.htm

this is an chinese indie music website, you can try the link on this page, most of them are sound tracks.