How about some Chinese (indie/post) rock?

In it - A more relaxed version of some of the western post rock you are used to with lots of interesting audio clips (In English). They are from Kunming. I would like to see this style of music more in China. The three song EP is worth multiple listens and I believe it can be downloaded on Lastfm for free.

Hualun Band (花伦) - Above average, or even very good post rock which is, without a doubt, worth listening for fans of the genre. There are a few stand out songs on the album I have.

Wang Wen (花伦) - More post rock, I found the songs from "7 objects in another infinite" to be the best. One of the best post rock bands I have found from Asia (Japan included). From Dalian

Lava Ox Sea - From Hefei. "Math rock" so the rhythms are more complex and odd than the other bands mentioned here. I had kind of a like/dislike relationship with this band, depending on the song. Need to give a few more listens.

Triple smash - As far as I remember, totally instrumental. Though they do, very obviously, steal "Retreat retreat" from the band "65daysofstatic." Besides that, a good solid band for most of the cd.

48V - Good solid album of ambient/post rock music. I liked this one a lot as it is interesting, and some unique sound effects. From Changshan.

Carsick Cars - From Beijing if I remember correctly. I found them to be a little over rated, but that will happen when you have drawn comparisons to Sonic Youth, which are far superior to CsC. In fact, they did open for Sonic Youth, I believe when SY came to China. Worth a look.

8mm sky - A nice rock band from Taiwan, good solid tunes.

Misswoman - From Guilin, good relaxing post rock with a few nice intense moments. I will give this quite a few spins.

Lonely China day - From Beijing, I finally checked them out after hearing so much about them! The album I have is half instrumental/half Chinese lyrics. I prefer their instrumental songs, by far. Good stuff, I would like to see them go into more post rock territory as they seem to show promise with this sub genre.

Muscle Snog - From Shanghai. I found them to sometimes be a little too eccentric for me, but not in a good way. I think they are trying a little too hard, and should settle down and just jam out, because in a few songs, they do show promise.

Spiral Cow - From Dalian. 75% Chinese, with one American. The style is closely related to math rock, and is instrumental for the most part, and pretty catchy, though raw as well. A few of the songs are worth a check.

There you have it! Why not try a few of these bands out? You might find them on lastfm, soulseek or if you are lucky, at a very big record store in a big city.

"Vidulgi OoyoO" and "Glittering Blackness, Fall" are two Korean rock bands worth checking out, both are great! The first is shoegaze with some vocals, the second is intense post rock.

 

I do like post rock

 

I heard of Lonely China Day on MySpace ~2 years ago. It was good stuff, but I don't think I have listened to them since then. Do they have an album available?

 

best chinese post rock band i've come across is Sound Toy from Chengdu. i specialise in releasing and distributing alternative music from all over asia - you can check out what i have in stock at www.tenzenmen.com

 

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