punk rock

Review: Rock ‘n’ roll at Yuyintang with lots of white guys

April 22, 2013 // 0 Comments

Sometimes it’s nice just to go somewhere and hear some music. You know, nothing fancy. Just some good ol’ slightly messy, very loud, strangely enthusiastic music. For a cheap-ass price. [...]

Yesterday, I bought some records and the whole world celebrated!

April 21, 2013 // 0 Comments

Yesterday was all miserable and cold and shit but also Record Store Day. So, you know, records. I like records and I have a lot of records, despite the fact that I am neither a hipster nor an old [...]

Review: Made in Shanghai, except for all the balls on stage

March 31, 2013 // 1 Comment

I’ll get to the balls in just a moment. Last night was a “Made in Shanghai” night at Yuyintang, meaning they had four Shanghai bands on, three of which I’d never heard live [...]

Review: Frank Turner makes us all sit on the floor and we still like him

March 27, 2013 // 1 Comment

Grimes was probably the big booking of the JUE Festival, but there was no one I was more excited to see than Frank Turner. Frank Turner is an English folk and punk musician, with serious Celtic rock [...]

Blood Pours Out

March 5, 2013 // 1 Comment

The Horde wasn’t the only band working this weekend. Death to Giants also released their first full-length album at Yuyintang on Saturday. It’s called Blood Pours Out. Cause they’re [...]

Duck Fight Goose, Boys Climbing Ropes, This is Not the End

December 10, 2012 // 3 Comments

The title to the post actually sounds like a really awesome day out at the park somewhere, like, “I saw a duck fight a goose! Then some boys climbing ropes! And a kid got eaten by a dog! This [...]