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More adventures in Chinese psychedelia + Beijing hardcore
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A beginner's guide to Chinese shoegaze
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The best of 2024… so far
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"1970s Chinese soul music" + Three-Body Problem rap
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Banned in China, on tour in Japan: a folk-rock icon makes an unexpected return
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Howie Lee soundtracks a hit TV show + ‘Midnight Pingpong Club’
+ a Chengdu dance record inspired by Marcel Duchamp
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Post-punk act Fazi's "reimagining" + an audio tour of 1988 Beijing
+ a Kode9 collaborator returns with “a new form of psychedelic nomadic music”
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More Chinese ambient + new Sleeping Dogs
"Fresh, crisp, and chewy" Cantonese jazz rap + Torturing Nurse wrapped in plastic
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A Wuhan punk classic turns 20 + Ghostmass
+ post-punks Lonely Leary return + a dystopian take on surveillance culture
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Lanzhou blackgaze + Horse Radio bliss
Re-TROS's Liu Min goes electronic + DJ DAILYSHITPOST
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More Chinese shoegaze + new Hualun
+ a trio of notable hip hop releases + Mong Tong x Gong Gong Gong
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A punk gig in a Chengdu McDonald's + an "AI messiah"
+ Omnipotent Youth Society to tour North America + "oriental futurism"
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