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“Secret” Daft Punk Show a Hoax

February 9th, 2009 by

Daft Punk, winner of two Grammys yesterday, has no intention to come this weekend to Shanghai. Today Pitchfork published this news. We consider Pitchfork a serious media outlet, and believe what they say. Pitchfork spoke to Daft Punk’s PR who denied the duo would be performing this weekend in Shanghai. It was also confirmed that [...]

Curumin Brings Brazilian Sun to Our Winter

February 7th, 2009 by

Curumin‘s first album Achados E Perdidos was released in 2005. His last album Japan Pop Show is fast becoming a world success. It has received very good reviews here, here, and here. Japan Pop Show is a musical trip through funk, bossa nova, electronic, jazz, samba, hip hop, trip hop, rock, mantras, and reggae. What [...]

Peter Bjorn and John new video “Nothing to worry about”

February 7th, 2009 by

This Swedish band has just released the video of the second single “Nothing to worry about” from their new album Living Things coming out next March 31st. If you have seen Jim Jarmush’s film Mystery Train then maybe this video will remind you a little of the main characters. The video feature a Japanese rockabilly [...]

Van Morrison Astral Weeks Live Ready for Release

February 4th, 2009 by

Van Morrison has been rocking with his unique style for almost fifty years, and his style is sweet. Among all his compositions the greatest are “Gloria” and “Moondance”, both covered hundreds of times by many awesome and not so awesome musicians. Next February 10th will see the release of his latest album, a live recording [...]

Chick Corea & Hiromi “Duet” One Day Freebie

February 4th, 2009 by

Yesterday saw the global release of an album by amazing piano players Chick Corea and Hiromi Uehara, their first recording together. Originally released in Japan back in 2007, it became the top selling record of that year. Today only you can hear the first half of the double album. It includes originals from both Corea [...]

The Buzzcocks Playing Live Online

February 3rd, 2009 by

The Buzzcocks–besides having a unforgettable name–are one of the few, if not the only, Manchester bands still alive and together from the time when punk was beginning and the indie concept was sprouting. They were those who Joy Division looked at and said “we can be better,” which means they are not as magnificent as [...]

Battles and Young Knives Coming to Shanghai

February 3rd, 2009 by

Young Knives are a British rock band that is somewhat hot right now, but not so hot that I have heard of them. Myspace analysis revealed a slight blandness, but they seem pretty energetic and the internet indicates that they are somewhat mighty in live performance, so they’re probably worth a gander. They’ll be at [...]

Pause: Music, the new record label for Shanghai

February 2nd, 2009 by

Gaz Williams (The Shelter), MIchael Ozone (Antidote) and B6 (NeoCha) are joining powers for great project, a new record label for Shanghai. Sounds good, huh?! They are starting to produce mix cds, releasing them monthly and distributing them for free (aha!) at selected parties, shops, and galleries around Shanghai. The first mix is from the [...]