Check out Miss Eden’s EP release, 6 years in the making

The weather is hot. These three salads are cool, simple, and refreshing.

Though Pollard himself acknowledged that “there’s not really a big noise scene anywhere,” quality noise musicians of any sort in or passing through Beijing are relatively rare; thus I was surprised that this performance, one of the best I’ve seen recently, didn’t interest more people enough to attend.

“Beautifully and brutally served…” Photos of the Summer Roasted Lamb Feast in Jinyuan District, Taiyuan

Our friends at the shop are supporting Shanghai-based fashion designer Zhang Da in a project called Hidden.Fashion, wherein the designer repurposes donated cloth “to investigate the relationships between our bodies, clothing material and life.” Participate by donating and having your old cloth transformed into a unique work.

La Loupe proves that it is possible to start a successful band in Beijing with little more than an idea, a few guitars and the willingness to play the odd Sunday night behind gulou. Click through to hear four tracks from La Loupe’s new album, which is being released at the Pangbianr Music and Film Festival at 2kolegas.

I Confess I Have Sinned, a short film by Mexican filmmaker Fernando Stein, will be featured at the Pangbianr Music and Film Festival this sunday, July 25 at 2kolegas. View the trailer here, and come out to 2kolegas on sunday for the full screening!

Come check out the first pangbianr event: an afternoon of independent short films and music at 2kolegas. Read the full program here.

Here is a still from the making of the short film Zai Jian Hui Tian, directed by Maia Bernstein and Rosa Tu. Zai Jian Hui Tian will be featured in the first Pangbianr Music and Film Festival this Sunday, July 25 at 2kolegas. Click through to read a statement by the directors.