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Rock It! A Crash Course in the Chinese Indie Music Scene

Rock It!I just got back to Beijing from a three-day crash course on Chinese indie music.  Namely, the Rock It! music festival, held in Shanghai on June 29, 30, and July 1.  Organized by a musician named Wu Jun 吴峻and his music studio 13D ... ...full story at Shanghai Journal

from Shanghai Journal on Tue, Jul 03 2007

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