The Sound Stage: China’s Radiohead If Radiohead Played The Blues?

We’re fans of music here, so when Jonathan Alpart’s latest episode of The Sound Stage (Youku playlist) on CRI found a band that describes itself as “Radiohead if they played the blues,” we had to check it out. What do you think?

16 Minutes is the outfit. They ain’t Radiohead, but the moral here is: aim high. Maybe you’ll find yourself compared to Coldplay.

• 
• 

4 Responses to “The Sound Stage: China’s Radiohead If Radiohead Played The Blues?”

1. 阿江

   February 4th, 2013 4:04am

   Style-wise, sounds more like the Chinese version of 자우림:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IelP-Wt15sk

   Not the best example, but the only thing I can find for now.

   Reply
2. jtdj

   February 4th, 2013 10:02am

   Ha, check out this onion article
   http://www.theonion.com/articles/radiohead-denies-influencing-local-band,2730/

   “To be perfectly honest, I think they sound much more like Oasis,” Yorke told the magazine. “Or maybe some shit pop band, like the Killers. Their only similarity to us is that they’ve made their music available for free online, and that hardly counts. After listening to every one of their songs and poring over all of their lyrics, I can say without hesitation that Radiohead has never influenced this band in any way, shape, or form.”

   Reply
   • Foukographer

     March 21st, 2013 2:11pm

     Thanks jtdj for yet another great article from The Onion!
     That was good fun!

     Reply
3. godzilla_p.i.

   February 4th, 2013 12:30pm

   if you are going to compare yourself to radiohead you better be able to back that up. I’ve still never heard another Chinese band that could even compare to Mutuigua, so they should start there.

   Reply