Artist Du Kun juxtaposes traditional Chinese values and modern western ideas in his massive oil paintings, which depict Chinese rock stars embedded in traditional mountaintop temples. Hair is painted ...

When indie rock band Huxiaochun launched their first nationwide tour in 2019, the band’s four members had to take out loans of 2,000 yuan ($283) each just to afford to rent equipment and pay for the ...

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Shortly after midnight, in a smoky bar in a western Beijing neighborhood, a lanky 33-year-old in blue jeans and thick, black-rimmed glasses took the stage, looking every bit like an engineering ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Rolling Stone magazine made its Chinese debut this spring. Its stated mission: to help solidify Chinese rockers in the ...

On Monday night, the Beijing Worker’s Stadium came alive with the sound of distorted guitars and rasped wails. This was “Music Power Rock China 30,” or — in more nuanced terms — a concert held to mark ...

Reporting from BEIJING — In a country where the vast majority of pop music acts still seem prepackaged for the karaoke machine and syrupy anthems dominate the airwaves, China’s three-day Strawberry ...

If you believe Martin Atkins, even he isn’t sure why he decided to fly to Beijing in fall 2006 and record the best and brightest of the city’s nascent underground rock scene. He already knew the ...

Chinese musician Guo Chuanlin, founding manager of the iconic rock band Black Panther, passed away at his home in Qingdao of East China's Shandong Province on Sunday afternoon due to illness, aged 66, ...