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pat101:
I'm not sure if any of you know (I can't see how you would) but I recently started a teaching job in Weihai China. The thing is that for the most part the Chinese music that I have been exposed to (i.e. whatever shitty music video is on the t.v.) is fairly terrible. I'm wondering if there's anyone out there with a knowledge of music in China and could perhaps point me in the right direction.

P.S. The only good song I've heard yet was in the Bejing airport on a TV there and I totally forgot to catch the name of the band.

Johnny C:
Hang On The Box are pretty good. They have a myspace. I can't be arsed to find it for you at the moment.

pat101:
thanks man, when I'm not at work I'll check them out.

Oh how was thanksgiving? AND have you been to any shows in the lovely city of Winnipeg recently? I'd love reviews of all the decent stuff I'm missing.

valley_parade:
Check out wrecktheplacefantastic.com. They have a downloadable mixtape of Chinese punk bands.

Also similar tapes for Brazil, Russia, and Turkey.

Xavior:
If you can read chinese...

www.baidu.com

It has a whole mp3 section, with top 100 new songs, top 500, artists, etc.
It is basically popular music that young people listen to. I was in China over the summer and I heard some pretty good songs on the radio and on tv.
 
If you want to hear some more classical chinese music with a younger, newer blend, there are many concerts on tv, on the CCTV channels that randomly pop up once in a while. Also some shows on tv where people preform (not to mention chinese idol). Music stores on the street have the newest and hottest CDs. Just asking the employee which ones are hot would do the trick.

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