Leighfield goes it alone for Xmas

If there is one thing you can say about the British it’s that they love their sporting analogies. Listen to a conversation between two or more for a while and you’ll hear endless mentions of ‘fair play’, ‘playing with a straight bat’ or ‘knocking one out of the park’.
The one that came to my mind after seeing Luke Leighfield at Yuyintang on Christmas Day was undoubtedly ‘it’s a game of two halves’.
With his show split by a 20-minute break, those who stayed for the second half were [...]

Psychedelic Purple Jam

Last Wednesday Anar began their Jam Sessions featuring John Nguidjol and Magnetic, the resident band. Anar has been a place of intermittent success and continuous change until it became Anar (before was Pirates, and before that Shuffle); now, with these Jam Sessions and Magnetic as the house band, maybe Anar will become more prominent in [...]

This Co. rock from down earth

The line-up of This Co. began to coalesce in Santiago in 2006 when guitar player and singer Jorge Christie began to write the start of what was to eventually become the band’s debut album The band has an English-influenced dark rock sound, somewhere between Joy Division and The Cure. Read more about “What you have to do to survive as a Chilean indie rock band”, as Carlos Vergara, bass player of the band, said when talking with Layabozi. Hear their early tunes, their new album, and more…

The Rogue Transmission Mystery

The winners are…
Alicia H. with the correct answer and Jason L. with the most funny one.
Please get your ‘rewards’ tonight in YYT during The Rogue Transmission’s concert.
Thanks for participating!!!
Layabozi Team

On this Saturday, October 25th, The Rogue Transmission will be playing at YuYinTang for the release of their first EP called “Illicit Intercepts”.
There’s been some [...]

Hedgehog Pie

It is with some reluctance that I write this post, because I had decided to try to minimize my writing about “rock” music (please excuse my ignorance of genres). While there are a good few rock bands that I absolutely love, I just can’t get that excited about a rock band that does everything well except have its own strong identity. For many people, going to a good, solid, rocking show is like pizza. Even if it doesn’t change the way they understand their role in the universe, it’s something that they need to have once in a while–or more often in some cases. In my case, if the pizza is not really really good, I’d just as soon not eat pizza. Hamburgers—ie jazz, stick with me people!—I’m not so picky about. If the band is really swinging and the soloist plays with conviction and energy, I can listen to clichés all night. Sure I’d rather be hearing someone’s totally realized unique self, but it’s a hamburger. Melrose Pizza I can definitely take or leave, emphasis on leave.

A Playlist from Nicholas Bouloukos, Discerning American Gentleman

In addition to being a gentleman, Nicholas Bouloukos is a discerning American badass of the piano. He has performed all over Europe and Asia and has played with many great jazz artists including Stefon Harris, Nick Brignola, and Roy Hargrove. Currently his badassery is most frequently on display JZ Club’s much-maligned piano, with the Big [...]

How To Do All This And Survive?

Have you ever had so many events to check out in one weekend that you lose your power of omnipresence? Well, this looks to be one of those weekends. The only problem is that recently the Computer Gods got a bit dizzy (or it could have been also a solar storm. Who knows what it [...]

Free Your Ears: A Sunday Night in Shanghai

Sunday in Shanghai has a special mood, especially if the previous days have been intense, full of important gigs around town. When Sunday comes after all the revolution, the music feels a bit tired, a bit lazy–and then something unexpected happens. I guess that’s why Sundays are good for Jam Sessions: lazy musicians, hang-overs, and strangely creative sounds.