“It's not about whether its East or West anymore; it's all urban at this point.”
I have a feeling that underground music hasn't been “underground” for the past two decades or at least it has crawled out of it's hole within that time frame. What I see in this article is a dying culture and this is exemplified by a couple of listens on the Carsick Cars Myspace page. The only thing culturally relevant about this music is the language and even then the songs drift back and forth between Mandarin and English. Their Myspace page is written in English. This music is being produced for the Western world. The only thing urban about this music is the urban sprawl of the internet and Beijing's transnational appeal.
I have a feeling that underground music hasn't been “underground” for the past two decades or at least it has crawled out of it's hole within that time frame. What I see in this article is a dying culture and this is exemplified by a couple of listens on the Carsick Cars Myspace page. The only thing culturally relevant about this music is the language and even then the songs drift back and forth between Mandarin and English. Their Myspace page is written in English. This music is being produced for the Western world. The only thing urban about this music is the urban sprawl of the internet and Beijing's transnational appeal.
