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The indie rock/rockabilly showdown

October 7, 2013 // 0 Comments

Banana Monkey (the indie rockers) and Rolling Bowling (the rockers-abilly) played a double bill at Yuyintang. First up: Banana Monkey. I actually feel like maybe I talk about Banana Monkey a little [...]

Girls Like Mystery and albums that never get opened

September 16, 2013 // 0 Comments

I get psyched for album releases. Like, really excited, because I love to get an actual, physical copy of an album. It’s the best souvenir I can get in Shanghai because most of the time I know [...]

Shanghai music videos (still better than MTV)

July 3, 2013 // 0 Comments

We have bands in Shanghai! Also, sometimes they make music videos, because that’s what bands do, right? I mean, if they’re good-looking enough and all. Here’s a roundup of some [...]

Upcoming Events: BooshKaBaash 2012

November 28, 2012 // 0 Comments

One of the reasons Shanghai music is growing and (maybe someday?) thriving is because of some home-grown music festivals like BooshkaBaash. This is multi-event, multi-venue, multi-genre mini-fest [...]