experimental rock

Review: Post-rock is better than Jesus, at least when it comes to Godspeed

April 26, 2013 // 2 Comments

Though really, that’s kind of ambiguous. I guess my opinion of post-rock really depends on your opinion of Jesus. A couple of weeks back, Godspeed You! Black Emperor made its way through [...]

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 [...]

Blood Pours Out

March 5, 2013 // 1 Comment

The Horde wasn’t the only band working this weekend. Death to Giants also released their first full-length album at Yuyintang on Saturday. It’s called Blood Pours Out. Cause they’re [...]

You know how at the end of every year all those top ten lists come out about the best albums? I hate those, because they make me feel like I know nothing about music (I’m looking at you, Pitchfork. [...]

“Anyone Can Learn to Count in Chinese” Death to Giants

January 10, 2013 // 0 Comments

Death to Giants is a Shanghai-based experimental noise/death pop duo. Nichols on bass and Ivan on drums. I think that they sort of started just playing around here and there, probably more as a fun [...]

Duck Fight Goose, Boys Climbing Ropes, This is Not the End

December 10, 2012 // 3 Comments

The title to the post actually sounds like a really awesome day out at the park somewhere, like, “I saw a duck fight a goose! Then some boys climbing ropes! And a kid got eaten by a dog! This [...]

Psychic Ills, Chui Wan, Duck Fight Goose

November 22, 2012 // 0 Comments

Last night Psychic Ills from New York were playing at Yuyintang, so I figured it was worth going even though it was Wednesday, cold and pissing rain. Glad I did, though. I got there about 10, and [...]

Friend or Foe and What Have You Done With My Claw

November 17, 2012 // 0 Comments

390 Panyu Lu is a newish live house/gay bar in Shanghai. The performance area is quite small, but the sound is good and you can get up close and personal with everyone. I reckon some people [...]