electronic

Yesterday, I bought some records and the whole world celebrated!

April 21, 2013 // 0 Comments

Yesterday was all miserable and cold and shit but also Record Store Day. So, you know, records. I like records and I have a lot of records, despite the fact that I am neither a hipster nor an old [...]

Review: Made in Shanghai, except for all the balls on stage

March 31, 2013 // 1 Comment

I’ll get to the balls in just a moment. Last night was a “Made in Shanghai” night at Yuyintang, meaning they had four Shanghai bands on, three of which I’d never heard live [...]

Review: Grimes, fairly decent

March 23, 2013 // 0 Comments

The musician Grimes played Mao on Wednesday night. It was absolutely packed as she was the big booking of this year’s JUE Festival. Grimes is the stage name of Claire Boucher, a young [...]

Review: Wooozy Session #10 (updated)

March 17, 2013 // 1 Comment

The Wooozy Sessions is a concert series from Wooozy.cn with the cooperation of Shanghai’s independent livehouses. They promote local bands and give them a platform to perform, and they also [...]

Review: How to Dress Well – Tom Krell

March 9, 2013 // 1 Comment

How to Dress Well — the stage name for Chicago based musician Tom Krell — performed at 390 Panyu lu last night. I was actually surprised how much I liked what Krell did. He sounds a lot [...]

DJ Example is “sick”

December 11, 2012 // 0 Comments

DJ Example has canceled his gig this Friday at Club G+, because he’s “sick.” Not that I don’t believe he’s “sick.” I’m sure that he really is. [...]

Upcoming Events: La Jiang You, Tiga at Arkham, YYs, Shelter’s anniversary!

November 29, 2012 // 0 Comments

Holy shit, there’s a lot going on on Saturday. There’s a new Shanghai La Jiang You party on over at Dada and I love these parties–the music is usually like deep techno (is that a [...]

Skrillex in Shanghai

October 21, 2012 // 0 Comments

It’s been confirmed finally that Skrillex will indeed be playing in Shanghai, at Club G+ on Nov 10th. And tickets are…680 rmb. Yeah. 680 rmb. That’s, uh…more than $100. To [...]

Review: James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem

September 9, 2012 // 0 Comments

James Murphy (producer, musician, DJ, record exec, man about town) of LCD Soundsystem is touring China and Japan and played at O’Malley’s Friday night. Super weird venue for James Murphy [...]