Playlists
Monthly playlists and occasional specials from Concrete Avalanche are available here. They’re built on BuyMusicClub with easy links to the Bandcamp pages of the artists featured — if you like something, please consider supporting the artist.
Below are some other playlists / mixes for your listening pleasure.
Genres
A beginner's guide to Chinese shoegaze
Here’s a quick run-down of some of the most significant 盯鞋 acts from recent years, in case you ever wondered ‘What if MBV were from Beijing?’ or ‘What would The Jesus and Mary Chain have sounded like if they were from Zhejiang?’...
Here’s ~5 hours of Chinese ambient music
Not all of these tracks fit neatly into the ‘ambient’ bucket (apologies to the genre purists) — it’s more a loose collection of chilled out songs for ignoring the state of the world for a little bit. ‘Ambient’ just made for a more succinct subject line. Some pieces here are even a little noisy and experimental (relatively), but overall I hope you find the playlist soothing yet interesting...
Best ofs
Best of 2023:
