A couple days ago, I went to see Rebuilding the Rights of Statues [aka Re-Tros] and Lonely China Day, two rock bands from Mainland China. I’d seen Re-Tros – as they call themselves – a few times in China, and I was totally stoked to see them in NYC. The show was teeming with ex-expats and a few rockers from the Chinese scene that had immigrated here. It was pretty amazing to be in the basement of the Cake Shop surrounded by people drunkenly slurring Mandarin expletives. It reinvigorated my love of this city. This is probably the only place outside China I can see underground Chinese rock bands and reconnect with the dude who sold bootleg CDs in the bar district of Beijing. [left pic Re-Tros 'Cut-Off' EP; right pic Re-Tros frontman Hua Dong]
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