Jake Newby

Been thinking about doing this for a while, but I’ve started a Substack about music from China. It’s a work in progress but I hope it helps you discover some new music you enjoy and that you might not have found otherwise. First post is live now: jakenewby.substack.com/p/voision-xis-…

✨ the best mandopop albums of the decade ✨ from lala hsu to oner, from buddha jump to chen li, from j-fever to cyndi wang, these are the top 100 albums of the '10s mandogap.substack.com/p/the-top-100-…

Also made me think of this early @ChaoyangTrap episode: chaoyang.substack.com/p/ep3-sakamoto…

In a sign of how big a deal Sakamoto's passing is in China, the composer's death was even raised in a Foreign Ministry press conference this week.

It's Qingming in China, a day for honouring the dead, so @Hualun_band have released a song for Ryuichi Sakamoto: 'MAY SILENCE BE WITH YOU'. hualun.bandcamp.com/album/may-sile…

Tempus is out Now 🔥 hualun.bandcamp.com/album/tempus

@HoTomConqueror @Hualun_band @BloodzBoi Yeah, I love it. Great fit for the song too.

@JakeNewby @Hualun_band @BloodzBoi That new MV for Hualun's "Scorch off to the utopia"... woweee

New @Hualun_band, new @BloodzBoi, and (kind of, almost) new PK14. There's a bumper crop of quality new music in the latest Concrete Avalanche, spanning post-punk, pluggnb, retro rock, gqom and more. jakenewby.substack.com/p/hualun-scorc…

Went to a screening of the excellent 'Everybody in the Place' yesterday and the brilliant Jeremy Deller himself turned up. Every bit as insightful and personable as you imagine him to be.

Shoegazey dream pop with hints of whisky, pepper and vanilla. Indie-rock with notes of lavender, rose, and… Moutai? Chinese label Shengjian have launched a new range of 'scented records': jakenewby.substack.com/i/105437199/ma…

Happy #WorldPoetryDay ! Celebrate with our brand new issue, featuring poetry in Chinese and English from Emily Liu, Erin Jamieson, Shalini Singh, Hazel Ma and lots more. #poetry #translation poetrylabshanghai.com/post/spring23

"In the past, elitist institutions gave classical music support because the grassroots audience was so small. Now the resurgence is happening on the ground level, and the institutions that dominate our culture aren’t even paying attention" - @tedgioia tedgioia.substack.com/p/six-recent-s…

@GetAlternative @microwaveatl @kidzwithbugz @Magnoliaparkfl New @Hualun_band: youtube.com/watch?v=wIjEmF…

This week's New Music Friday Playlist features @microwaveatl, @kidzwithbugz, @Magnoliaparkfl and more. What are you listening to? open.spotify.com/playlist/6y4wz…

Here's that (AI enhanced) music video: youtube.com/watch?v=wIjEmF…

Available for pre-order now! hualun.bandcamp.com/album/tempus In celebration, here's a dedicated Hualun playlist: buymusic.club/list/concrete_…

First (beautiful) new track from Hualun's (brilliant) new album Tempus arrives tomorrow with a (mesmerising) new music video to go with it.

New Concrete Avalanche is out now. Featuring pagan folk metal from China's northeast, indie rock aromas, the end of an era for beloved Beijing rock act Hedgehog, and a band who once inspired a beer aiming to capture spiritual practice through music. jakenewby.substack.com/p/asian-dope-b…

@ivanbelcic @ShammaBoyarin Thanks for the shout out Ivan, appreciate it. I agree this is a solid list. MIIIST are worth a listen as well though: jakenewby.substack.com/i/79089280/mon… And Golden Cat Pagoda have an interesting sound that falls into the post-black metal category at times: miao080.bandcamp.com/album/m-m

Torturing Nurse@1701 live house,nj2023.03.11

Today I am releasing Ghost Lineage on NEW NOISE CHINA. The album is available on a limited edition of 300 copies on dark blue vinyl. Listen: thruoutin.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-li… Buy Vinyl: newnoiseasia.bandcamp.com

Beautiful set from Širom last night. This clip doesn't really do the Slovenian act's 'imaginary folk' justice, but go listen to their album 'The Liquified Throne of Simplicity'.