Midweek music preview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: Local duo Pairs releases their sophomore album, Singaporean indie folk outfit The Cheating Sons plays practically every venue in town, and yet another music festival near Shanghai! Read on for details, or head over to our calendar for more. more ›

Local blog InsideGFW has posted a series of interviews with Chinese people who attended the Zhenjiang Midi Music Festival last October. The questions focus largely on internet censorship, the government and "the on-going sexual revolution in China." Some of the answers are fascinating, and definitely reveal a wide spectrum of opinion among such a similar demographic. more ›

We're always fascinated by old pictures of China--we love seeing the tangible change in photographs from eras past. And since we can never get enough, here are a few more pictures from a wonderful photoset taken nearly thirty years ago. more ›

Despite weather reports that Typhoon Morakot would swing by our way (which triggered a rush of preparation for floods and damage) it... simply didn't. Yesterday was rainy and gross, but not any rainier and grosser than Shanghai weather normally tends to be. The same could not be said for other areas around Asia. more ›

The sun shone on Midi and all was good. And at the end of the first day, Lao Cui said unto the gathered masses, "people say that Western rock music is like a rolling stone. I've always thought of Chinese rock music as like a rolling egg. The stone may be solid, but the egg has the chance of life." more ›

Midi Festival commenced at Zhenjiang this year, a mere 11 hours away from Beijing by train. Musical highlights on May 1 included Shouren (Thin Man) and Cui Jian doing an extended set. Other things I will remember: the singer of Turdus Musicus tangled in his microphone cord, trying to get through into the audience past a panicked security line and members of Mike TV tripping over the phrase "niu bi" (eventually it was decipherable enough to understand). Beer and kebobs were available. All in all, the first day of the festival was a well-organized affair. Who knew Zhenjiang could rock? more ›

So we hear a lot of people in China are having trouble getting into our post containing info about how to get to the MIDI Festival in Zhenjiang. Yeah, it's been randomly GFWed, and we have no clue why. But because we love you all, we're going to assume the censorship was a mistake on the internet policepeoples' parts and risk life and limb to re-post the info again. Don't say we never did nothin' for ya. more ›

While we're still a little bummed that the main part of the MIDI Festival this year won't be taking place in Shanghai, we've still worked up enough enthusiasm to make that trek over to Zhenjiang. more ›

If you're not already suffering Midi-fatigue, the latest installment in this year's festival soap opera series has arrived courtesy of the Midi school - who've done us the favor of posting the proposed lineup for the Zhenjiang festival. more ›

UPDATE: And just a few minutes later, according to @Neocha, Shanghai Midi is canceled. Apparently there was a permit issue? more ›

China's largest rock music event looks like it's taking a break from Beijing for the first time since its 1997 inception and moving to Zhenjiang. more ›