Chinese Invasion Tour
March 14 - April 3, 2010
An unprecedented tour featuring three Chinese indie rock bands from the groundbreaking Maybe Mars Label put their mark on the Southwest after blowing the doors off the SXSW festival in March. The tour, sponsored by Converse China barnstormed through Texas, Arkansas, and California in March and April.
Dates:
Sunday, March 14 - Beijing Invasion, Austin TX
Saturday, March 20 - China Night SXSW Showcase at Speak Easy, Austin TX
Wednesday, March 24 - Super Happy Funland, Houston, TX
Friday, March 26 - Maxine's, Hot Springs AR
Sunday, March 28 - Double Wide, Dallas, TX
Tuesday, March 30 - Emo's, Austin, TX
Wednesday, March 31 - Hailey's, Denton, TX
Thursday, April 1 - Bash's at the Depot, Lubbock, TX
Saturday, April 3 - Railroad Blues, Alpine, TX
Photo by Tim Franco
"Sonic Youth and the Clean both released worthy albums this year, but these three Beijing kids in their early 20s took those bands' classic guitar-drone
sounds and made it pulse with the excitement of discovery."
- David Malitz, "Lists: David Malitz's top ten albums of 2009", The Washington Post
From: Beijing, China
Genre: No Wave, Indie Rock
Touchstones: Sonic Youth, Jesus and Mary Chain, Suicide, Velvet Underground
Home page: http://maybemars.org/index.php/artists/carsick-cars/
Listen: "You can listen, You can talk"
Watch: "Mogu Mogu"
Photo by Shi Xiaofan
"P.K. 14's thrashing chords, dark bass lines and frenetic beats resonate with echoes of Sonic Youth, the Pixies, Fugazi and the New York Dolls. But the
Beijing band's charismatic vocalist, Yang Haisong, 34, says he takes his lead from songwriters such as Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs and a
whole generation of protest musicians. Think of P.K. 14, in other words, as neither punk nor postpunk but postfolk."
- Lara Day, "Asia's Best Bands", Time Magazine
From: Beijing, China
Genre: Chinese Rock, Post-Punk
Touchstones: Talking Heads, Television, Woodie Guthrie
Home page: http://maybemars.org/index.php/artists/pk-14/
Listen: "Some Surprises Come Too Soon"
Watch: "How Majestic Is The Night"
Photo by Maybe Mars
"Hong Kong experimental cinema, 80's Kungfu movies, triad gangsters, Chinese and Japanese cartoons, Qian Xuesen and China's early space program
all collide together in AV Okubo's sound to create a weird kaleidoscope of modern Chinese sensibilities." AV Okubo's debut album is produced by
Martin Atkins.
- Maybe Mars
From: Beijing, China
Genre: New wave, experimental noise, disco punk
Touchstones: Ratatat, Battles, These Are Powers, Orange
Home page: http://maybemars.org/index.php/artists/av-okubo/
Listen: "AV Terminator"
Watch: "To Hell With Poverty" (Gang of Four Cover)
