Jake Newby is the author of Concrete Avalanche, a free newsletter about music from China. Today, he's here to play you some of his favorite tracks from 2024 thus far — including everything from psychedelic rock to rare Uyghur folk, and from Beijing kawaii core to Tibetan Buddhist chants mixed with footwork.

00:00:00  'Narcissus' Death' — Backspace (read more)

00:05:38  '红喷泉' — Pepper Heart (read more)

00:09:35  'Mail from the River' (live) — Wang Wen (read more)

00:15:30  '她的力量来自海洋' — Yang Haisong & Wang Xiaofeng (read more)

00:22:32  'Ollie' — 西红、CNdY (read more)

00:26:43  'Lost in Bamboos' — Cola Ren (read more)

00:30:38  'Southern Shanghai' — Voision Xi (read more)

00:34:20  'Liquid' — Duck Fight Goose (read more)

00:36:54  '玉林敬酒歌‘ — Run Run Run (read more)

00:40:35  'Mountains in Yukashima' — Birdstriking (read more)

00:45:38  'SonicBaby' — XIAOWANG (read more)

00:48:25  'My Vagina' — Fakeorgasm (read more)

00:50:25  'Mantra of Vajra Armour' — Howie Lee (read more)

00:54:08  'Bash Bayawan Muqam' — Mekit Dolan Muqam Group (read more)

00:59:13  'Μῆνιν ἄειδε, θεὰ παραμαινομένη ἐμοῦ...' — Ὁπλίτης (read more)

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