Gong Gong Gong

Hong Kong experimental, psych and krautrock-tinged duo Gong Gong Gong have been making music for a few years now.  I remember seeing them several years ago at a SXSW day party held at a crawfish boil on Austin's east side (mid-gentrification).  They were pretty damn cool then, and they're pretty damn cool now.  And they have a new album coming our way later this month.  Check out the groove-laden "Escaping Encirclements" below and pre-order the "Mongkok Duel" LP here from the band.

Gong Gong Gong Remixed

Proggy, experimental Beijing duo Gong Gong Gong get the remix treatment on new album "Phantom Rhythm Remixed," a collection of reinterpretations of songs from 2019's "Phantom Rhythm" LP.  Check out the Yu Su remix of "Some Kind of Demon" below, a dreamy groove laid atop the band's usual strum and choogle.  And pre-order the album here from Wharf Cat.

Gong Gong Gong

Beijing duo Gong Gong Gong's latest release, the full length LP "Phantom Rhythm," finds the artists merging such distinct influences and desert blues, noise rock, drone, and Cantonese opera to create something truly their own, a kind of worldly, lo-fi blues.  Check out "Notes Underground" below and get the record here from Wharf Cat.

SXSW 2019 Day 7 Pics

One last day to squeeze some stuff in.  We left the boys with my mom and sister and their cousins and hit up the Big Easy Bar and Grill for some final SXSW goodies, seeing sets from Gong Gong Gong, David Boring, and Cindy Cane.  I also had some crawfish which made me about as happy as anything else could this week.  It's been real SXSW.  I'm gonna attempt to do a real write-up in the next couple of weeks to be published...somewhere...hopefully, and god willing, i'll be back again next year.  Here are my last pics...

Gong Gong Gong

David Boring

Cindy Cane

Crawfish

Gong Gong Gong

Here's some stripped down psych blues from Beijing duo Gong Gong Gong for this cold December morning.  "Siren" chugs and grooves along, crunchy guitar tones soothing the eardrums like a cooling balm.  Listen below and grab the self-titled 7" here from Wharf Cat.