Archive for February, 2009

La Pelota de la MUERTE!!! Infectious Music

February 28th, 2009 by

Last week Mike threw at me a seriously dangerous Pelota. After that I’m not at peace anymore and I will not be for a while, maybe never again actually. The pass was Aaron Kwok’s “I am Aaron Kwok”. My response declares the first score in this evil game and the honest concern about the destiny of human kind. If you want to keep your hope for a better world and the kindness of human beings, I beg you, please, do not check the video Mike published on the last Pelota de la MUERTE!!! And please please, do not continue reading this article.

Korean Pop Stars go Discovery Channel

February 28th, 2009 by

Last touched upon in our column La Pelota de la Muerte, here is some more news concerning Asia’s pop stars. Let’s just try to not get invaded by this pop dudes, and hold your breath. Here we go. Hip Korea is the name of a two-part documentary by Discovery Channel about Seoul’s rising pop culture. [...]

When Music Is Entertaining: A Chat With Cold Fairyland

February 27th, 2009 by

M. E. Seeley ponders the purpose of an artist, Cold Fairyland’s Lin Di and Seppo M. Lehto tear the Shanghai scene a new one, and the answer to the eternal riddle: how do you get a guitarist to turn down? It’s all here…

The Pretenders get Plastic Chinese Boots

February 27th, 2009 by

The Pretenders released their ninth studio album Break up the Concrete last year . The first video for the album is “Boots of Chinese Plastic” directed by Chris Marrs Piliero. In January the band opened a contest along with The People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and YouTube, in which fans were asked [...]

Editor’s Picks Feb 27-Mar 1, 2009

February 27th, 2009 by

Don’t know what to do this weekend? DO NOT FRET! Uncle Mike has all the answers, the most obvious of which is that you should hang with the immortal Ronnie Williams.

Pause:Music Releases Second Mix CD–DJ Deville featuring ChaCha and Didje

February 26th, 2009 by

Pause:Music’s second CD just hit the streets! The mix is by DJ Deville and features ChaCha and Didje on the vocals. DJ Deville is a member of the Sub-Culture team, and together with ChaCha and Didje are an important part of Shanghai’s dub and D ‘n B scenes. You can get another mix by Dj [...]

Komodo, the Iridescent Dragon, on the Way to Dragon Lands

February 25th, 2009 by

Among the many things Komodo has done on his career, he worked with Cirque du Soleil for the world premiere of “Kà”, and also with Peter Murphy on his album from 2002 Dust, which was a very interesting album of this icon of goth rock. Komodo will be playing at The Shelter this Friday on the mini dub festival. We interview him about his music and this, his first trip to China. …While you read, listen to some tracks from his first album Subluna.

Noise Doesn’t Have To Be Annoying

February 25th, 2009 by

Since the first RESO (Reconstruct the Experimental Soundscapes of Ourselves) concert in April of last year, this collective has managed to bring in a number of experimental artists from around China and the globe to educate the relatively naive ears of Shanghai denizens on non-conventional music. The most recent gathering was at YuYinTang on Sunday night and it opened with Montreal-based Dirty Beaches, a lo-fi ‘call-it-pop’ project of Alex Zhang Hungtai.