Live China Music Podcast

Live China Music Podcast — Discover China's Indie & Underground Music Scene English-language weekly/biweekly podcast exploring new music from China's vibrant indie, alternative, rock, electronic, punk, experimental, hip-hop, and post-punk scenes. The duo has returned! Elie and Will put aside their careers and family responsibilities and head back to their happy place - talking shit about one anoth...

Apologies for ghosting everyone! Between losing the orginal audio in a freak accident and losing our producer in the midst of a transition, it's been a strange couple of months. But I've dragged my feet too long and since I've got nothing to lose - I'd figured I'd jump in the staddle and give this podcast thing a test drive. Try to get the engine running, at least for the time being. And because p...

Live China Music Podcast — Discover China's Indie & Underground Music Scene English-language weekly/biweekly podcast exploring new music from China's vibrant indie, alternative, rock, electronic, punk, experimental, hip-hop, and post-punk scenes. Jump into a melting pot of noise rock, post rock, dream pop, indietronica, and rock pop with the Live China Music Podcast's latest batch - tracks to get...

Live China Music Podcast — Discover China's Indie & Underground Music Scene 
 English-language weekly/biweekly podcast exploring new music from China's vibrant indie, alternative, rock, electronic, punk, experimental, hip-hop, and post-punk scenes.   Spring is upon us and that means lots of new music to dig into. This week Elie and Will jump between Shanghai and Beijing before lying in the emo roc...

Live China Music Podcast — Discover China's Indie & Underground Music Scene English-language weekly/biweekly podcast exploring new music from China's vibrant indie, alternative, rock, electronic, punk, experimental, hip-hop, and post-punk scenes. Rolling into the Year of the Fire Horse with our stockpile of new releases. A spicy spread of hip-hop, post punk, techno, emo, and chamber pop to nerd ou...

Live China Music Podcast — Discover China's Indie & Underground Music Scene English-language weekly/biweekly podcast exploring new music from China's vibrant indie, alternative, rock, electronic, punk, experimental, hip-hop, and post-punk scenes. Dropping an episode right on Chinese New Year, Will and Elie wish you the best for the Year of the Horse, introducing as we do some fresh new cuts from C...

A whole episode of new experimental music for your ears! Elie and Will nurse hangovers with a slate of experimental music from some of China's most esteemed experimental musicians. We also dig into two new compilations from two emerging electronic music labels. Take the ride and get ready to expand your horizons! Li Daiguo & Slim Rothaus Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/50sblBL9HjewGHNMYzfE...

Live China Music Podcast — Discover China's Indie & Underground Music Scene English-language weekly/biweekly podcast exploring new music from China's vibrant indie, alternative, rock, electronic, punk, experimental, hip-hop, and post-punk scenes. Today's episode discusses a very exciting batch of new releases all along the spectrum of post-rock, including many acts that have been influential over...

Elie and Will break down the past year. Best bands, best albums, what's been trending and what's impacted the Chinese music scene in 2025, as well as some thoughts and hopes for 2026. For more detailed lists in the written form, check out the following links: Beehype:  https://beehy.pe/best-albums-of-2025/   Live China Music Wechat:  https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/GznN61SlozcrSIzvXQsStQ     See below...

We cover the last (well, almost last) releases of 2025 from hardcore to a lovely indie pop jam perfectly suited to the holiday season! Don't miss out on new music coming out of China with our latest episode - and keep your eyes peeled for our 2025 recap this week!    Tracks: PPT / What is SSD Anyway Bandcamp: https://pptviolence.bandcamp.com/track/what-is-ssd-anyway   饮马池 / 向前 Artist Spotify...

Elie heads over to Shanghai and gets a crash course of the Shanghai music scene for a special edition of the LiveChinaMusic podcast. We'll take listeners on a gonzo tour of the city's various music venues and hotspots, indulging in everything from experimental sets in homey living rooms to underground bomb shelters. We'll get into the nitty gritty of what makes this city tick!  Venues visited: Min...

We're digging deep this week with a collection of offbeat electronic tracks from some of the scene's most unique new producers. The other half of our episode were gets nice and rugged with some retro garage rock and blue collar punk rock. Plus, the latest from the aptly named Berlin Psycho Nurses - soundtracking a UFC documentary? All that and more in our latest LiveChinaMusic Podcast episode! Tra...

Back on the mic and loving it! This week Elie and Will offer up a hearty spread of bubbly math rock, riotous ska rock, and whatever the heck Handycam has cooked up. We also highlight one of our favorite songs to drop this year. With tracks from Hangzhou, Beijing, Guangzhou, and all the way to Gansu in the Northwest - it's an eclectic flavorsome batch - so sit back and enjoy!   Tracks list: Halo /...

Take a deep dive into the "ephemeral" and occasionally "incestuous" Shanghai music scene with a special episode where we bring in guest host Sishen (Jason), the curator of the yearly compilation of Shanghai bands "We Are Shanghai", on its 10th edition! Just shy of 50 tracks, this compilation is a time capsule of the scene in Shanghai in 2025. Besides introducing a small selection of the wonderful...

Some electronic-heavy music this time around but also some experimental jazz and an interesting collaboration between two wonderful artists in today's episode. Enjoy! Tracks Guzz / 漫长暑假 https://guzz.bandcamp.com/track/--8   Hex in Sparkle / 自我革命Self Revolution https://open.spotify.com/track/5cizwurufk6aMGeIweOGJx?si=b590911a3904413f     Fishdoll x 周士爵 / 我的幼儿园园友 https://open.spoti...

Weaving from pop to grindcore and experimental music, LCM Podcast is here to share the latest music releases from China. Timestamps indicate artist name and genre for each track discussed. Full tracks available in the links below. Tracks:   Half a sad day saving time - Mola Oddity https://molaoddity.bandcamp.com/track/half-a-sadday-saving-time-cc     明天再洗完 - 动物园钉子户 https://open.spotify....

Back with a variety of exciting indie rock cuts! We'll be back to our regular schedule of one episode every two weeks after this one. Tracks : Echo Dance / Fayzz Bandcamp: https://fayzzchina.bandcamp.com/track/echo-dance     3000 Ways to Die / Naja Naja Bandcamp: https://naja-naja.bandcamp.com/track/3000-ways-to-die     Take Me Down To Anywhere / The Beneficial Society Bandcamp Artist page: https:...

Special episode with an amazing guest and a special focus on the latest in the Chinese punk scene! We invited Alice from Borderless to sit down with Will and discuss what Borderless has been doing, and some recent punk releases. Tracks: 肉食Oh! Yes(Meating Oh! Yes) / 磨牙moya Song on Bandcamp: https://moyaaa.bandcamp.com/track/oh-yes-meating-oh-yes     我感觉你抽烟的样子跟基努里维斯一样帅/ 蛋子派...

We are rusty but we are back, with a new season starting, catching up in this episode on a few tracks released during the summer of 2025.    Track List: 1. Whetherday/ Things we ever said began Bandcamp: https://whetherday.bandcamp.com/track/things-we-ever-said-began   2. 有话 A Fishy Tale/ 留位  Bandcamp: https://afishytale.bandcamp.com/album/--2     3. Characterless 性格缺失/ 盲人诗人  Netease:...

With Elie galavanting around Europe this summer - we decided to invite prolific artist and producer Brad M. Seippel, who besides playing under the name thruoutin, runs the label Seippelabel. We discuss his work behind the scenes as well as the latest releases from Qiii Snacks Records out of Guangzhou. Plus, new lsuh instrumental rock from Xi'an Amber and Shanghai's Fog Umbrella, and hard-hitting p...

Track List:   Rats & Pears / 热夜梦逃亡 (post-punk) SXNDPT TXRL / Yearn for the urn (power violence) 温柔D•BOY / 做音乐有什么用（feat. Chzaza) (Shibuya-kei   / hip-hop) 水牛儿 feat. 小老虎 (Water buffalo feat. J-fever) (instrumental / hip-hop) 咸山 (Xian Shan) / 棉花云 (Cotton clouds) (post-rock/ ambient) 沼泽 / 飒（live） (post-rock)   About us: The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to s...

Coming in a few days late but fear not, we are back for a tenth episode full of goodies, spanning from math rock to electro madness straight from the Chinese mainland!   Track list 1 Summertime Sadness / 1914 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6nsBozu27AY0HJLiw0mcWW?si=65fab9c7d4dc4921     2 Zhang Xingchan 张醒婵 / I should be distracted Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1f3e7GzowV1sScB...

Where we cover egg punk, nursery rhymes, some shoegaze, and among others, an artist which has been a major influence for one of us at the beginning of their China years, and a band that is arguably the best live act in China today. Track list: Wu-Chang Library 天東閣 / 沉默橙 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ALfmwuJ5wJJlt3pn7SwFM?si=83ac3801144b4a5e     小难过 / Pumpkins 小南瓜 Spotify art...

Featuring one of China's most respected hip-hop artists, 小老虎 J-Fever, but we also have some excellent tracks from Kunming, some heartfelt punk and more on this episode which comes a little late because of a few scheduling and technical issues on the editing side. Track List:   1. Lovers Of Highway, South Acid Mimi Bandcamp: https://southacidmimi.bandcamp.com/album/lovers-of-highway     2. Momen...

What a haul for this episode with tracks from some incredible artists spanning from a retro Cantopop-inspired offering, to various flavours of folk, experimental electronic music and a cool surf rock song that makes for a feel good episode of the Live China Music Podcast.   Besides the bands and tracks featured here, we also mention several noteworthy labels and musicians such as experimental guit...