Editor’s Picks Nov. 20-22

The Grand Opening of Mao Livehouse (FREE), the last Free the Wax Show for now, and more…

Editor’s Picks Nov. 5-8

A packed packed PACKED weekend, especially Friday. Get busy and get to these shows!

Surviving October

Mache waxes poetic on the eventful past couple of weeks in the Shanghai music scene.

Editor’s Picks Oct. 22-25 + Win Tickets To Our Show at YYT

Babyface, OUR SHOW, Yu Guo, Starch, OUR SHOW, Adoquin, a Piano Competition, a tribute to Richard Rogers, and OUR SHOW. Also, you can WIN TICKETS TO OUR SHOW!!! That’s right, the conflict-of-interest pick is back and better than ever.

Layabozi Presents: Culture Clash!!!

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.

Expendable, a New Shanghai Band

Andy Best, the reporter of indie Chinese rock in Shanghai, went back to the studio with a new project, Expendable.

Get in the Van gets filmed

Jay Caplan made a short film about last April’s Get in The Van for Spin Earth TV. The video includes some shots of The Rogue Transmission,  Boys Climbing Ropes, 24 Hours, and The Dropkicks. This is the first time we have embedded a video from Spin Earth, so in case it’s not working go to [...]

Re-tros Preview + Contest: Win 2 Tickets

Win tickets to Saturday’s YYT show! Click through to find out how.

Here’s my review of what they did with Cut Off!:

Dark.

Very Dark.

I think its safe to put this in the Gothic Rock section.