There’s so much music going on! Knowing what to do when you don’t know what to do could help you this weekend.
New York-adopted band The Secret Machines is coming to Shanghai’s Mao Livehouse this Saturday, thanks to Icon Promotions, within the framework of their first China Tour. Flares of thick, hypnotic music will act as a welcome party to spring. You don’t want to miss it…and you don’t want to miss this interview of their drummer Josh Garza, including a song for you to download free until next Sunday.
Most people have already commented on the Maybe Mars Showcase at MAO Livehouse last Saturday night and moved on, but I was busy this weekend and didn’t have time to collect my thoughts and put fingertips to keyboard until now.
If live music is your drug, the last week of February is going to be pretty epic, but it is only a prelude to a very, very busy March coming up. Who has time for rumination? Rehab is for quitters. Let’s keep the musical high going and get to the Picks. **Now with Self-Improvement Links!**
“Music is a form whose meaning depends upon its violation.” Scientists say music must be surprising to be liked by your brain. In that case, you’ve come to the right place.
The Maybe Mars Showcase is the big one this week, so go to that. There’s also French dance rock, and the powerful people of our own scene DJing and experimenting.
It’s a double-edged Editor’s Picks this week as we look ahead to the weekend, and back at some of Zack’s most memorable music moments of 2009.
Modern, live music to inhale this weekend, for people who like inhaling modern, live music. And traditional Guinean rhythms.