Hefei, a quaint little hamlet of three million people in Eastern China, is home to the Temple of Lord Bao, the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, and an outfit called Miniless Records. Though its manager eschews the “indie” label, Miniless represents a roster of 18 bands encompassing shoegaze, post rock, noise rock and other subgenres under the indie umbrella.
CMR caught the Miniless showcase at Yuyintang a couple weeks back, and were impressed by Grace Latecomer and Self Party (who recently opened for Queen Sea Big Shark and P.K.14 when the Love Noise tour stopped in Hangzhou). We would have liked to have seen Muscle Snog and LAVA|OX|SEA too, but Saturday night had other plans for us.
