Mando Gap

Mando Gap

Home
Year-End Singles
Year-End Albums
Archive
About
The Top 100 Mandopop Albums of the '00s
the best albums of the decade, including breezy singer-songwriter material, blustering post-punk, and Chinese-informed soul
Apr 10, 2025 • Michael Hong
#56: Shan Yichun
on the second album from Shan Yichun, a stylistic shift led by Chang Shilei
Jan 12 • Michael Hong
The Top 40 Mandopop Albums of 2025
rounding up the top Mandopop releases of the year, by Li Liangchen, Riot in School, and Chen Hsien Ching and more and more
Dec 16, 2025 • Michael Hong
Canto Wrap: Top Cantopop Singles of 2025
the best Cantopop singles of the year from Jocelyn Chan, mayao, JACE, and more
Dec 11, 2025 • Michael Hong
The Top 100 Mandopop Singles of 2025
the best Mandopop singles of the year from Ann Bai, waa wei, Quanzo, JinxZhou, and more and more
Dec 9, 2025 • Michael Hong
#55: Lucky
looking back on one of the greatest Chinese pop albums, Zhou Xun's '偶遇,' as we call it wraps on this year's newsletter
Dec 4, 2025 • Michael Hong
#54: REAL LOVE
on NICKTHEREAL's first album to really have a concept, a refraction of American-raised scene tastes
Nov 10, 2025 • Michael Hong
#53: Depersonalization
on the comeback of one of Taiwan's strangest artists, the charming world of CHOVBE's new Depersonalization
Oct 9, 2025 • Michael Hong
Mando Gap
Mando Gap
the highlights in mandopop, once a month
Recommendations
View all 10
Make Believe Mailer
Make Believe Mailer
Patrick St. Michel
Tone Glow
Tone Glow
Tone Glow
Concrete Avalanche
Concrete Avalanche
Jake
Infinite Speeds
Infinite Speeds
Vincent Jenewein
User's avatar
Free City Rhymes
Marshall Gu

Mando Gap

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2026 Michael Hong · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture