Steering more into the anthemic indie sound - with shades of jagged B-52-esque post-punk and what I can only describe as gothic chamber pop, Jump Goat, from Xi’an returned with their latest LP Waiting for Spring in Spring 在春天等待春天 this fall. With female and male vocals passing duties back and forth like a game of hot potato, and a cacophony of synths, chords, and effects engulfing listeners, its idiosyncrasies cascading into something evocative, arcane, and poetic. Joining the band on their nationwide tour is Nanjing’s White Elephant, returning from the dead after a long hiatus. Founded by Ka Liening and Li Wen (both key members of the now defunct avant-garde outfit 8 Eye Spy), they’re unlike anyone else out there - a surreal hybrid of spoken word beatnik poetry and frenzied punk prog jazz that’s cool, jagged, off-putting, and alluring all at once.