“Bold, unsympathetic and brutally effective.” – NME “One of the best …a punishing, noisy, exhilarating thing” – The New Yorker “They sound pissed off, which I fuckin’ like” – Liam Gallagher The [...]
Stunning gossamer pop songs from a deft and emotive songwriter.” – Rolling Stone “She’s just got something about her that’s really special.” –Slowdive vocalist Rachel Goswell “Long may she keep [...]
TINARIWEN are a revelation. Both a dream and a nightmare for those of us trying to describe what makes them special. A dream because their tale is indeed epic – rebellion, guns and guitars, [...]
Big, simple, raw, and intimate.
Low’s crushingly-beautiful music is a series of dichotomies: stunning and menacing, gorgeous and frightening, giving and desperate, and ultimately, unbearably [...]
10 years and two days. We’ve seen some great nights in our decade of shows in China, but Saturday night…well, that was more than we could have ever expected. Thanks for seeing it through with us, [...]
The Hendrix of the Sahara.
Vieux Farka Touré plays electrifying, hypnotic desert blues. Music that is triumphantly singular in form, in genre, in style. Unlike anything else, and part of a [...]
We’re delighted to welcome back the spacious, warm folk of Swedish songwriter José González for this season of Contemporale. It’ll be his first China tour since 2009, and he’s back with a new [...]
“Eagulls [are] never anything less than vital; these are anthems for a doomed youth determined to kick against the pricks.” - NME
“Post-punk might not be new…but Eagulls have defiantly made it [...]
十 Marks the Spot.
For your friends at Split Works, that spot has always been about pushing ‘music that works’ – from the wildly appealing to the urgently necessary. From Mika to Sonic Youth. [...]
“Vile has charm, character and imagination enough to elevate his fully reclined, dusty-haze style to something really special. – The Guardian “Compelling as Vile’s words can be, much of the magic [...]