The Sing For China Tour will bring three of China’s biggest and best indie-rock bands to the U.S. this month as part of an unprecedented effort by the Chinese music community to help children orphaned by AIDS in China. The tour is being produced by Modern Sky Records of Beijing, China’s largest independent record label. The featured bands include: Hedgehog powered by pint-size female drummer/vocalist Atom, represent the best of China’s rock scene. The band was a featured headliner at the Modern Sky Festival in 2008 and Strawberry Festival (Beijing) in May of 2009. Hedgehog’s 2006 debut Noise Hit World was a critic favorite in China, and their 2008 release Blue Day Dreaming helped catapult them to the top of the Chinese indie-rock world. Queen Sea Big Shark Expect a barrage of rock n’ roll-electro power punches from arguably the most ferocious rockers on the Beijing scene. QSBS rarely disappoints in delivering tight, raunchy instrumentation fronted by the frenetic, full-body assault of singer Fu Han, a woman seemingly possessed on stage. The band supported the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the Modern Sky Festival (Beijing) in 2007 and recently headlined the Converse sponsored “Love Noise” tour in China (featured here on the Dazed and Confused website: http://dazeddigital.com/projects/Converse-LoveNoise/Music.aspx. Casino Dream Veering from raw, noisy guitar bursts to tight, rapid-paced assaults, Casino Demon during 2006 moved from the outskirts of the Beijing live music scene to the forefront. At heart, they’re a good-time rock n’ roll band that really like to crank it up. Casino Demon recently celebrated the release of their new album, Teenage, in March of 2009.
The Sing for China tour dates:
* Sept. 5 – Hocofest (Tucson, AZ)
* Sept. 6 – The Che Cafe, UCSD (San Diego, CA)
* Sept. 8 – Silverlake Lounge (Los Angeles, CA)
* Sept. 9 – Bottom Of The Hill (San Francisco, CA)
* Sept. 10 – Queen Sea Big Shark w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Fox Theater (Oakland, CA)
* Sept. 11 – Artistery w/ Panther (Portland, OR)
* Sept. 12 – Oregon State University (Corvalis, OR)
* Sept. 14 – El Corazon (Seattle, WA)
* Sept. 15 – The Urban Lounge (Salt Lake City, UT)
* Sept. 16 – Sokol Underground (Omaha, NE)
* Sept. 17 – University of Minnesota, St. Paul Student Center (St. Paul, MN)
* Sept. 18 – Iowa State University (Ames, IA)
* Sept. 19 – Purdue University (Lafayette, IN)
* Sept. 20 – Lager House (Detroit, MI)
* Sept. 24 – Bennett Media Studio (New York, NY)
* Sept. 25 – Modern Sky Festival NYC @ Columbia University (New York, NY)
* Sept. 27 – Chinese Culture Festival (Washington, DC)
More info. and Donation page: http://modernskyent.com/singforchina/about-the-tour.html
Via Karaterice
