Summery indie-rock + a Shanghai sundowner DJ set
+ Mongolian music at the Lincoln Center + a Brazilian-Chinese collaboration
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Monster-led psychedelic dance + hip hop mixtapes
+ what happened when Wham! went to China + a new emo compilation
OG Wuhan punks SMZB return + Ming Dynasty ambient
+ summery compilations + swaying cassette players + gongs
Chinese opera x black metal + lots of new emo
+ Chinese Football to tour US, Canada, and Mexico + anti-Orientalist electronic music
The best albums from China in 2026... so far
Six months in, here's how 2026's AOTY are shaping up + free playlist
Interview: Ts Bayandalai on balancing experimental rock with Mongolian tradition
How a nomadic upbringing and bel canto opera helped shape his debut LP
A dakou (cut-out) CD mix + Daoist metal
+ DJ Gurl's creator tackles prejudice on a remarkable new album + "toilet jazz"
Delivery driver rap + dinosaur-themed emo
+ Uyghur Grooves + new Yu Su + all-female punk
Mahjong-ified electro-pop + a Mongolian Metallica cover
+ 40 years of ‘Nothing to My Name’ + an anti-AI anthem
Abstract hip hop from Xi'an + Beijing shoegaze
+ a rural Chinese version of 'The Wizard of Oz' + Record Store Day in China