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After 36 hours of planes, trains, and automobiles, your weekend music wrangler is back on his home turf and ready to dish out the best this weekend has to offer. More immediate – this is the last weekend before Chinese New Year, when the city all but shuts down so that families can reunite and hongbaos make their way in and out of your hands – so best get out the door and soak up as much as you can cause we’re going cold turkey rooster from here on out.

Friday, Feb 9

Uncle Bad, Labour Glory, Drop Science, Xian Yiren, 2z, Hang Nail, W-Shine7, XiaoYuShiYe, ShuangBangEr, Jiao Jin at Omni Space
In celebration of ‘rock n’ roll, beer, and football’, you best believe it’s gonna be a night to (not) remember with the ninth Beijing football celebration taking place at Omni Space as an array of rockers, rappers, and enthusiastic fans pay tribute to Beijing’s finest punters – on the bill: new skinhead freeloaders Uncle Bad, China’s only ultra punk outfit Labor Glory, rap collective Drop Science, pop rock veterans Jiao Jin, scrappy punk rockers Hang Nail, and much much more. RMB 120

Xiao Wang, Swarm, Great Buffalo Blues, D. Cortisol at Temple
While Temple will still be around this Chinese New Year, a safe haven for all lost souls, it isn’t letting up one bit with their weekend lineups as they host a sonically expansive lineup featuring prog instrumental rockers Swarm, blues funk givers Great Buffalo Blues, Kawaii-core riot grrrls Xiao Wang, and rock outfit D. Cortisol. Good rowdy not-so-clean fun. FREE

Rhythm Traveler, Mr. Freeman, SuiJiChen Yu ZhengGui ZuoYe, Bo Lei at School
Local promoters QingChunZhiZao present their final show booked before the Chinese New Year with an upbeat rock-filled evening featuring Britpop rockers Rhythm Traveler, pop rockers Mr. Freeman, SuiJiChen Yu ZhengGui ZuoYe, and finally folk artist Bo Lei. RMB 100

Saturday, Feb 10

Zhou Fengling, MC Dawei & Social Poetry, Swarm, Tydi Knots at DDC
DDC signs off the Year of the Rooster with a killer eclectic lineup featuring one of the OGs of the Mainland rock scene, Zhou Fengling, who has been here from the beginning, from playing with yaogun band Face and working with everyone from Dou Wei to Faye Wong. He’ll join rapper Dawei’s new funk-driven outfit, prog rock instrumentalists Swarrm, and anguished alt-rockers Tydi Knots. RMB 70

Liu Donghong & Sand at Mogu Space
Liu Donghong and his band, Sand, return to Mogu Space this evening. China’s first ‘cold rock’ band, they’ve been playing together for over 20 years and have reinvented their sound several times, and are now at the peak of the musical maturity and emotional depth. Read our recent interview with Liu Donghong here. RMB 80

Samaga at Caravan
"Indian, Middle East, and worldwide musical influences and a joyful dash of modern harmonies, Samaga melts modern compositions into Indian ambiances, delivering their own interpretation of traditional Arabic Maqam and Indian Raga, constantly reinventing the soundscapes painted by the Indian Sitar, the Middle Eastern percussions, and oud." RMB 50

Sunday, Feb 11

Li Jiahong, Wang Ziheng, Fu Xiugen at Fruityspace
Instrumental mayhem as some of the experimental and noise scene’s finest improvisers take the basement stage including tenor sax madman Wang Ziheng, guitar demi-god Li Jianhong, fresh off a productive and killer 2017, and finally synthesizer Fu Xiugen. RMB 40

Dan Taylor, Scott, Tsen Zhen at 69 Café
See some of Beijing’s favorite folk and indie musicians at 69 Cafe during this three-day music festival before the newly relocated venue takes a holiday – tonight hosts singer-songwriter Dan Taylor, known for his Celtic melodies, multi-instrumentalist Tsen Zhen, known for melding brass with techno grooves, and guitarist Scott. RMB 60

OpoAZ, WEIRDO, D. Vln Nie, Mao Xiansheng at Soi Baochao
A group of young rappers and producers take over the Baochao dive for an evening of hard-hitting hip-hop. FREE

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Images: Live Beijing Music, courtesy of the organizers

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