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)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices