Carsick Cars
Carsick Cars is a Chinese indie rock trio formed in March, 2005.
Carsick Cars released their self-titled debut album in 2007 on Maybe Mars in China and on tenzenmen in Australia. The band joined Sonic Youth for their European tour in Prague and Vienna in 2007. A 7" single of tracks taken from that album was released in the UK by Suyin Records. In June 2009, the band released their second album, You Can Listen, You Can Talk. In March 2010, 2011, and 2012 Carsick Cars performed at the world-renowned music festival SXSW in Austin, Texas.
As of November 2010, Li Weisi and Li Qing have left the band to focus on their other projects. They were replaced by He Fan on bass and Ben Ben. Ben Ben was subsequently replaced by Houzi.
Their debut song, Zhong Nan Hai, has been cited as the anthem for the Beijing underground music scene.Notable performances
- August 25, 2007: Prague
- August 26, 2007: Vienna
- October 2–4, 2007: Modern Sky Festival, Beijing
Discography
- 2007: Carsick Cars
- 2009: You Can Listen, You Can Talk
- 2011: She Will Wait" b/w "Could You Be There
- 2014: 3