DBG #9 Skip Skip Benben | La’ Lasta

Location: 北京 Beijing, 中国China 翻译者：年轻帮Satan 艺术品 Artwork by Nini Sum @ Idlebeats Skip Skip Benben are a patchwork of different bands and different genres, with Monkey (猴子) on drums, Steven Zhou (周乃仁) from Birdstriking and ½ Heavy Korean on Bass and Benben (斑班 ) from Freckles, Boyz & Girl and Carsick Cars on guitar and vocals. Our meeting with the band was preceded by weeks of anticipation, for a lot of which we didn’t even know the name of this brilliant new[ish] Beijing act. Back on the 18th October 2011, we walked into a surprise show from Beijing indie stalwarts , at D-22 in Beijing’s university district. Shortly after arriving, our friend Josh of China music and culture blog, pangbianr slid out from behind the bar to say hello. In passing, he mentioned that he knew a Taiwanese folk singer calle