The Year in Chinese Music: Top Albums of 2025
From dream-pop haze to dialect rap and post-punk playfulness, a curated snapshot of the sounds shaping the year picked by leading tastemakers across …
From dream-pop haze to dialect rap and post-punk playfulness, a curated snapshot of the sounds shaping the year picked by leading tastemakers across …
Nearly 30 years after it hosted “China’s Woodstock,” a small central Chinese city is still home to a music culture that rocks in its own way
In “Rocking China,” Shanghai-based historian Andrew Field looks back at a momentous period of the underground music scene in Beijing
Singapore artists used to be Mandopop royalty, but new acts are struggling to make a breakthrough
Musicians of various ethnic backgrounds find resonance in reggae—and in its cultural relevance
Once the pandemic fades away, will China’s livestreaming music industry survive?
Taiwan popstars no longer dominate the mainland’s music scene; could the island’s indie bands replace them?
Despite an experimental sound and just two album releases in a decade, Omnipotent Youth Society has remained one of China’s most relatable rock bands…
TWOC sits down with all-female punk outfit Dummy Toys to talk about feminism, avoiding labels, and what music means to them
One of China’s most influential pop singers comes of age with her first solo album since she stopped recording with girl group S.H.E.