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Ding Ding! Duel of the Decade

December 16th, 2009 by zack

It’s time to settle the debates over the top music of the decade and supremacy on these fair Internets. We need your help! Your reward is learning about the best music of the decade and the satisfaction in knowing you have saved the world.

Viva la Republica!!! – 60 Chinese Albums to Show Off

November 7th, 2009 by mache

October was the happy anniversary of the Party. To commemorate this unforgettable date and help it be a bit more unforgettable, we created a little anthology of China’s music. Check it out

The Baijiu Robots End

November 3rd, 2009 by mache

Word on the street is that people saw DJs Mau Mau and Heatwolves! hiding at a certain place we can’t reveal. We know that the third robot, DJ Adept, was missing at the close of this article.

See a Man About a YACHT

October 28th, 2009 by zack

There is a great show coming up this Friday at YuYinTang, brought to you by S.T.D. If you are hip and smart enough to attend, you will be transported back to the 80s by the Violent Phlegms, a Violent Femmes project featuring Adam and Fabien from the Rogue Transmission. Resist Resist and Youth and the Destroyer will also enchant you with their musical stylings. However, the centerpiece of the evening, this all-important All Hallow’s Eve, is the stylish American electro duo, YACHT.

Live and Undead

October 28th, 2009 by zack

Get ready for an undead man’s party this Friday night (October 30) at YuYinTang!
S.T.D. and Layabozi are promoting this event (and it will be an EVENT), which features the Violent Phlegms (a Violent Femmes cover project featuring Adam and Fabi from the Rogue Transmission), Resist Resist (an electro band including Morgan from Boys Climbing Ropes), [...]

Layabozi Presents: Culture Clash!!!

October 21st, 2009 by zack

Hiding in plain sight, that’s what we’ve been doing. But no more! Remember that time when Layabozi dominated YuYinTang? Oh, just wait, my uninitiated young pup.

Goodbye, Mercedes Sosa, the Songmistress of Latin America

October 21st, 2009 by mache

This is a break on the rush hour of music in Shanghai, to pay our respects to one of the greatest spirits of music from Latin America. The Argentinean singer Mercedes Sosa died on October 4th. We are late with the news, but I had to write as soon as I heard about it.

JZ Festival Line-up and Links Oct. 16 and 17 (Oct. 18 coming soon)

October 16th, 2009 by mike

I know it’s been tons of JZ Music Fest related coverage all over the place here, but I just thought it would be a good idea to share the line-up with some links.