And the link to our 12 hours long Sinophone music Spotify playlist we played during the party: open.spotify.com/playlist/0XJ...

Here's the link to the PDF itself, a 20 pages long ABC of Chinese (un)popular music! scream4life.hypotheses.org/files/2025/0...

It’s my pleasure! With @gbienvenu.bsky.social we also made a 12 hours long playlist of Chinese music for a party: open.spotify.com/playlist/0XJ...

And I didn't even talked about hip-hop! I let my good friend and colleague @gbienvenu.bsky.social recommend his favorite rappers (I have a soft spot for this song by Bridge 布瑞吉: youtu.be/EprQN1NW_xQ?...)

And I'm just scratching the surface. I usually post a list of my favorite songs of the year on my blog: scream4life.hypotheses.org/4277 I wholeheartedly recommend Jake Newby newsletter "Concrete Avalanche": jakenewby.substack.com

And I'm not even talking about Mandarin songs from Taiwan: 傷心欲絕 Wayne's So Sad: youtu.be/-bi2_5SnIBw?... 八十八顆芭樂籽 88 BALAZ: youtu.be/aWVUxt-Hc6g?... or No Party for Caodong 草東沒有派對: youtu.be/ovTiSA9T-RU?... or Modern Cinema Master 當代電影大師: youtu.be/RFwl98N_Kss?...

I also like the post-rock band Lonely Leary 孤独的利里: youtu.be/DqbPlZZelYI?... The psychedelic electronic trio 南方酸性咪咪 South Acid Mimi from Yunnan: youtu.be/VbVwaDS-wdk?... The Yunnan reggae band KAWA: youtu.be/g-iZPxBpTBM?...

Two amazing riot grrrl bands: 小王XIAOWANG from Beijing: youtu.be/ivy9LKW6JSM?... and Dummy Toys from Qingdao: youtu.be/d_R8WKJwz4A?...

C.S.B.Q 长沙暴青 are the Hunan successors of the legendary punk band from Wuhan SMZB: youtu.be/GIVfZUttnjg?...

Ok, I said only Mandarin songs, but Wutiaoren 五条人also sings in Mandarin (not only Haifeng hua): youtu.be/TOdRStZ4RkI?... and if I can cheat a little bit, 九连真人 sings in Hakka and it's the best: youtu.be/TiTpy1DNoTY?...

If you like a bit of funk and disco, Mosaic 马赛克 is probably the best right now: youtu.be/E969JSzZPrM?...

I cannot not mention Wang Wen 惘闻 the math-rock legends from Dalian: wangwen.bandcamp.com

Fazi 法兹 from Xi'an is an excellent post-rock band, they are touring the world right now: youtu.be/Vj4uUGcT_EY?... Talking about post-rock, Hualun 花伦 from Wuhan is a great band: hualun.bandcamp.com

Suliao 塑料 was an incredible band youtu.be/iPMOQcPvejo?... but they disbanded. The singer just formed a new band, 本能实业 (Instinkto Industrio) which I recommend: youtu.be/M3AjbekUBPs?...

Coraline already talked about Wasted Laika 丟來卡, their second album came out this year. Maybe my favorite band these days with Hiperson 海朋森, a post-punk band from Chengdu, 3 albums, 3 bangers. The best thing that happens to Chinese rock and roll: youtu.be/JoKVgbw9BMo?...