Have you ever wondered why a country with a population of 1.4 billion people hasn’t produced a global superstar yet? China’s music scene is rich, diverse, and colorful but hardly ever reaches other countries.
Those of you into classical music probably heard of Lang Lang and Yo-Yo Ma, if into post-rock then Wang Wen and Chinese Football are names you might be familiar with, and the metalheads out there could possibly have heard of Nine Treasures. But these bands barely scrape the top of the iceberg.
Will Griffith, founder of the longest lasting blog on China’s indie scene, Live China Music, and myself, Elie Rosenberg, hope to take you on a discovery of this bubbling music scene, with new episodes every two weeks covering the latest releases.
We will focus on emerging artists, although if a particularly noteworthy track comes out from an established or legacy act, we won’t fail to mention it. All the music we cover is from artists based in China.
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Live China Music Podcast: introduction to the show
Saison 1
dimanche 16 février 2025 • Durée 01:51
Have you ever wondered why a country with a population of 1.4 billion people hasn’t produced a global superstar yet? China’s music scene is rich, diverse, and colorful but hardly ever reaches other countries.
Those of you into classical music probably heard of Lang Lang and Yo-Yo Ma, if into post-rock then Wang Wen and Chinese Football are names you might be familiar with, and the metalheads out there could possibly have heard of Nine Treasures. But these bands barely scrape the top of the iceberg.
Will Griffith, founder of the longest lasting blog on China’s indie scene, Live China Music, and myself, Elie Rosenberg, hope to take you on a discovery of this bubbling music scene, with new episodes every two weeks covering the latest releases.
We will focus on emerging artists, although if a particularly noteworthy track comes out from an established or legacy act, we won’t fail to mention it. All the music we cover is from artists based in China.
If you enjoy it and would like to hear more, support us by sharing the podcast around, and follow us to keep updated on new episodes.
New Releases: Twinklestar, 施鑫文月, Lumi Liu, 饭卡
Saison 1 · Épisode 2
samedi 1 mars 2025 • Durée 25:42
In this episode, our sound benefits from a little help from a friend. And we cover fewer tracks to keep it within a reasonable listening time.
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to livechinamusic@gmail.com
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Special thanks:
Brad M. Seippel
Zhang Xin
Liu Fei
New releases: The Cheers Cheers, Khunathi, Jellyeeee and many more!
Saison 1 · Épisode 1
samedi 22 février 2025 • Durée 39:12
This is our very first episode! It is a bit long, the recording is not best, but the content is the freshest you can get on releases happening in China right now!
New Releases: Green Deer, Wasted Laika, Mu Jing, and more...
Saison 1 · Épisode 3
samedi 15 mars 2025 • Durée 32:53
This episode covers protopunk rockabilly, a folk ballad, and various declinations of rock. Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic).
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
New Releases: Smiqra, Procedural Justice, 紅髮少年殺人事件, and more...
Saison 1 · Épisode 5
samedi 12 avril 2025 • Durée 38:01
Does it feel like a lot of music is released in March, are there months where there’s a much higher volume of releases here?
We have something for the metal fans today, a few tracks that show appreciation for and inspiration from Japanese music, and some good vibes. Please note this track has one occurence of foul language, for journalistic reasons!
Some of the artists reviewed have not yet published these tracks on the usual platforms, if we can we'll try to update the links!
Published April 12th 2025
About us:
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
New Releases: Run Run Run, The Bootlegs, Instinkto Industrio, DJ 小女孩 and more...
Saison 1 · Épisode 7
samedi 10 mai 2025 • Durée 31:18
What a haul for this episode with tracks from some incredible artists spanning from a retro Cantopop-inspired offering, to various flavours of folk, experimental electronic music and a cool surf rock song that makes for a feel good episode of the Live China Music Podcast.
Besides the bands and tracks featured here, we also mention several noteworthy labels and musicians such as experimental guitar master Li Jianhong, and Zhang Meng who’s recently released an interesting sheng-based record with Dusty Ballz Records from London, or BIE, another great record label based in China.
New Releases: 小老虎 J-Fever, South Acid Mimi, GaiWaEr, C.S.B.Q, and more....
Saison 1 · Épisode 8
samedi 24 mai 2025 • Durée 36:03
Featuring one of China’s most respected hip-hop artists, 小老虎 J-Fever, but we also have some excellent tracks from Kunming, some heartfelt punk and more on this episode which comes a little late because of a few scheduling and technical issues on the editing side.
New Releases: Xiao He & The Nursery Rhyme Project, Pumpkins, Mengzhumeng, and more...
Saison 1 · Épisode 9
vendredi 6 juin 2025 • Durée 35:39
Where we cover egg punk, nursery rhymes, some shoegaze, and among others, an artist which has been a major influence for one of us at the beginning of their China years, and a band that is arguably the best live act in China today.
Please note that some of these tracks are not available outside of China for the moment. If you find them intriguing and want more, please do let us know so we can encourage the artists to publish outside of Chinese platforms.
About us:
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Published: Feb. 22nd 2025
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Special thanks:
Brad M. Seippel
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:00 Track 1: Black Sun
08:17 Track 2: Cows and Sheep
12:44 Track 3: Leather Biker
15:10 Track 4: Chronic
19:15 Track 5: Gambling Dog
24:47 Track 6: The Roof's Tooth
30:20 News and outro
About us:
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to livechinamusic@gmail.com
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Special Thanks:
- Tang Yi
- Jiang Shaofeng
Published March 15th 2025
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:39 Track 1: Nothing Special, Just Singing All The Way
05:03 How to find Chinese music?
07:01: Track 2: World's No.1 Narcissist
13:58: Track 3: Grey Rainbow, Part 2
16:17: Comments on the Chinese music industry
19:14: Track 4: Bloom And Decay
23:20: Track 5: Humanity
26:47: Track 6: 12
30:10: News and outro
About us:
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to livechinamusic@gmail.com
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Special Thanks:
Sam Debell
Published March 29th
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to livechinamusic@gmail.com
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:25 Track 1: Riot In School
10:31 Track 2: Sheng Sheng Sheng
16:34 Track 3: Free Sex Shop
20:35 Track 4: Love Letter Lost
23:52 Will offers an idea for a future special episode
24:10 Track 5: ADEAD
28:52 Track 6: Linfeng
33:20 Outro
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to livechinamusic@gmail.com
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to livechinamusic@gmail.com
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:54 Track 1: Picking Tea, by Run Run Run
04:45 Parenthesis on our May holidays
06:19 Track 2: Walking Alone Under A Scorching Sun, by Instinkto Industrio
11:39 Track 3: Reverse Mouth, by Lu Jiangbo
16:35 Track 4: Laolang Temple in Suchang Street, by Da Ye
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to livechinamusic@gmail.com
We always try to include links to Bandcamp and/or Spotify, however in some cases the tracks have not been uploaded there. We will try to update if artists let us know there has been a change.
About us:
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to livechinamusic@gmail.com
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:16 Track 1: Wu-Chang Library (neo-psychedelic)
08:09 Track 2: A little sad (punk)
13:17 Track 3: Waste Of Time (egg punk)
18:28 Track 4: Made Of Glass (emo/shoegaze)
22:50 Track 5: Wang Chuan Chao (indie pop)
29:22 Track 6: Lugou Bridge (nursery rhyme)
35:08 Outro
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