Another amazing album from The xx is just what we needed during this cold, cold month… and if you’re fleeing the country for the Lunar New Year, these are also great tracks to add to your respective travel playlists. The xx are an English band formed in 2005 in Wandsworth, London. The group released its debut album, xx,…
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【MV🎶】Music: Caroline Smith《Half About Being A Woman》新晋蓝调流行音乐皇后
Are your ears growing tired of Katy and Taylor? (Honestly, ours aren’t either.) Either way, look no further than Caroline Smith, with a soulful blues-y style to her music that you won’t soon forget. Hailing from Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, USA, we will always remember the first time we saw her perform. Actually there to hear another…
【音乐🎧】New Music: The Hamilton Mixtape
Last year, we wrote about the wonderful new musical that’s swept the U.S. and the rest of the theater world: HAMILTON (the videos are no longer available) Link: 【音乐剧】Watch ‘Hamilton’ Make History Cool Again《汉密尔顿》双语字幕全剧 Now it’s been remixed into a fabulous compilation album! And actually, in 2009, Lin-Manuel Miranda (the writer of the play) began a project entitled The…
【MV🎶】OK Go《The One Moment》创意MV仅用4.2秒拍摄 这个神作太强势了
WOW. The legendary band OK Go is at it again with this fabulous new music video slash public service announcement. I can’t believe it’s been over nine months since we saw them float around in zero gravity! 👇🏽 Link:【MV】New! OK GO -《Upside Down & Inside Out》逆天视觉亮瞎你的眼 This time, they start by showing us a 4.2…
【预告片🎬】Beauty & The Beast, Old v. New《美女与野兽》”赫敏”成为新任贝儿 (中文字幕)
Disney’s culture is a far-reaching behemoth… They own ESPN, Pixar, Marvel, and most recently Lucasfilm. We pretty much throw our money at them with whatever they make. Quantity over quality, right? Little girls and boys have dreamt about becoming princesses and princes for decades now because of them. They also love rehashing their old films…
【MV🎶】Music: Dessa’s “Skeleton Key” 明州的嘻哈管弦乐队
You haven’t heard hip hop until you’ve sampled Minnesota’s very own alternative underground hip hop collective known as Doomtree. They are a like an artistic beacon of the local culture there. One seventh of this collective is Margret Wander, whose stage name is simply Dessa… A beautifully haunting take on this modern genre,…
【音乐】Music & Cover Songs: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” 谁唱的更好听？
Yes, we’re finally featuring The Beatles in our music culture [and subsequent “cover song”] series – They are honestly one of the best music bands in the history of musical sounds, so let’s take a closer look at their iconic song, written by George Harrison, While My Guitar Gently Weeps… It’s very relevant to China,…
【MV】The 4onthefloor《All My Friends》大明州的摇滚青年，大写的酷！
The 4onthefloor is a rock and roll band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, formed in 2009. The group is known for each member playing a bass drum and for writing all their songs in 4/4 time, evoking their namesake. They are seriously one of the best live shows you’ll ever see. The group has produced five original albums and has been featured…
【音乐】New Bon Iver album~《22, A Million》新来的另类摇滚专辑
One of the benefits of living in China is the free streaming music services… and it just so happens that Tencent’s QQ Music has Bon Iver‘s new album before its scheduled release on September 30… huzzah! Other posts featuring Bon Iver: 【音乐】”Skinny Love” – Who sang it better? 谁唱的更好听？ 【MV】Francis and the Lights《Friends》w/ Justin Vernon…
【MV】Bomba Estéreo《Soy Yo》哥伦比亚女孩唱“我就是我”
Bomba Estéreo is a Colombian band founded in the capital, Bogotá, in 2005 by Simón Mejía. Their music has been described as “electronic” and “tropical” and “psychadelic”… How would you describe it? According to Mejía, the band’s name (which translates into English as “stereo bomb”) is a Colombian term for “a really cool, awesome party” – we think it sounds…