For someone who hasn't been culturally relevant since 2004, posting this is just showing up his lack of knowledge, especially of China's magnificent tradition of indie, punk, rock and metal. So, for the benefit of Mr Brown: https://twitter.com/ianbrown/status/1328811105897025536

Reflector, founded in 1997, you can listen to them and the other bands that were part of the Peking punk movement here.

The Diders, punk band founded in 2012, here's their Friday Flower MV

Stolen 秘密行动, techno rock band from Chengdu, founded in 2008, listen to their recent works here: https://stolenmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fragment 

SMZB 生命之饼， hardcore Wuhan punk band since 1996, famously outspoken, here's their new album https://maybemars.bandcamp.com/album/once-upon-a-time-in-the-east

Duck Fight Goose, 鸭打鹅, the genre-bending band from Shanghai, founded in 2009 https://open.spotify.com/artist/31Z6eHxU05qoQz3MHEkTPn?si=f64A-X_QRyqGXxG7X2B_DA

Hang on the Box, 挂在盒子上, one of the most well-known all-female Chinese punk bands around the world, founded in 1998 https://open.spotify.com/artist/2YbwUh9BE0iq4uZzaUwLgK

Snapline, 粉笔线, post-punk band founded in 2001, of whom Mr Brown really ought to be aware, as one of the Chinese bands that worked with UK's own Martin Atkins of PIL https://open.spotify.com/artist/14kUL8maP82Y5J519f1S62

Carsick Cars, dynamic indie rock band formed in 2005, Sonic Youth's favourite band from China. https://carsickcars.bandcamp.com 

葬尸湖, Zuriaake, black metal band from Shandong, formed in 2001. What can I say, their musical, visual styles and the Chinese gothic mindscape they conjure up, are one of a kind https://zuriaakecn.bandcamp.com 

I'm making this list up to 13.

小王, Xiaowang, all-female rock/ke'aijinshu (kawaii metal) band that has a non-Chinese member, formed in 2018.

https://site.douban.com/xiaowangsocute/