UPDATE: well, that didn’t last long. CSC’s announced this morning that there would be a new lineup featuring:
- Drummer: Lin Banban (Boys and Girl)
- Bass: He Fan (Birdstriking)
- Vocal: Shouwang
Carsick Cars, one of the better known independent Chinese bands, played their last show in their current configuration last night while supporting the Raveonettes.
A friend of the Radar was in the audience, and reported thus
Sad last show. Shouwang announced it in Chinese to an almost entirely ex-pat crowd who didn’t understand a word or respond. They ended with Zhongnanhai. Count of 1 zhongnanhai cigarette thrown from crowd to stage. Sad. I nearly cried.
It’s a huge shame that CSC’s chose to go out on the undercard of an international artist with an expensive ticket price. The result was that their core Chinese fans weren’t there to bow them out in grand style. Carsick Cars (and in particular the song Zhongnanhai – Chinese indie’s first “pop” hit) have been hugely influential in the big steps forward that the independent music sector here has taken recently, and deserve a proper send off. Still, will make that reunion show all the more exciting…
Good luck to all with their solo projects, Soviet Pop, White+ and Snapline