Beach Boys + bird flu (related??)
Hahaaa, nooo, The Beach Boys didn’t bring the bird flu to China. OR DID THEY??! No, they didn’t. Really. Though it is quite the coincidence that the Beach Boys played in Shanghai on March [...]
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Review: How to Dress Well – Tom Krell
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 [...]
Is Frank Ocean moving to Shanghai?
The New York Times currently has a great interview/profile of Frank Ocean. Ocean, I think, is a really interesting artist right now–not because of all the hoopla surrounding his [...]
Blood Pours Out
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 [...]
“Anyone Can Learn to Count in Chinese” Death to Giants
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 [...]
The Backstreet Boys
Why yes, hell hath frozen over and I am writing about the Backstreet Boys. That’s because the Backstreet Boys are totally playing in Shanghai on December 28th and I’m totally going to see [...]
Friend or Foe and What Have You Done With My Claw
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 [...]
Review: The Airplane Boys, Kikuyu
Figured Lune would be a good place last night, because I kinda wanted to see the Airplane Boys from Toronto. Because when I think hip hop, I think Toronto. Ah, that’s kind of mean to Canada. [...]
Smack Madness 