Posts Tagged ‘Shanghai’
Cold Fairyland and the Three Musical Genres
The album works well as a whole with each song blending seamlessly into the next. While listening to it, it’s actually difficult to tell when one song ends and the next begins. For me, that’s a sign of a great album. The cavorting satyrs that the music conjures in your head are another matter entirely.
Cold Fairyland “Shadow Play”
There’s been too much punk rock lately… to refresh our ears here’s a great instrumental track by Cold Fairyland “Shadow Play” from their album Seeds on the Ground of 2007. Progressive rock straight from Shanghai to your speakers.
Cold Fairyland “Shadow Play”
Here you can see the video for this song.
Monday: Theo Croker Sextet + House of Blues and Jazz
The Theo Croker Sextet is made up of Charles Foldesh on Drums, Sean Higgins on Piano, Curtis Ostle on Bass, Willow Nielson on Tenor Sax, Jonathan Parker on Alto Sax, and Theo on Trumpet. They will be performing original compositions.
If you like Jazz (even if you don’t like it) you should not miss this night, [...]
Andy Best: A Journey in Rock
Coming from Liverpool, UK. He tells he grew up influenced by musicians, socialists, good books and arty types and spent most of his time playing guitar in bands and acting in the theatre. After getting a degree in Theatre, focusing on writing, he decided to blow it all off in favour of traveling. Ten years later he still hasn’t gone home. He can mainly be found in Shanghai at rock gigs (usually YuYinTang).
Dorian Concept: When Music Moves Forward
Today Dorian Concept guided a master class to show the technique he uses to create his music. The meeting was interesting and he certainly created expectations for the gig organized by Free the Wax tonight at The Shelter. One thing that I admire about electronic musicians is the freedom they feel from the technique of instrumental music
DJ Matt Kitshon Mixes to Rock the Hell Out of You
DJ Matt Kitshon is one of the greatest DJs in the history of house music in Shanghai. The first time I ever heard him I could not stop dancing to his infamous music; after that I followed him closely so as not to miss one of his gigs. Kitshon left Shanghai in 2007 to go [...]
When Pop And Punk Collide
Recycle, composed of vocalist/bassist Wang Yan, vocalist/guitarist Guo Feng, drummer Liu Zhong and vocalist/guitarist Zhao Lijie, is an example of what can happen when you mix musical genres. First of all, they are a punk band that advocates peace, love, equality, animal rights and, as their name suggests, environmental awareness. These values are somewhat inconsistent with the early years of punk that were developed in the 1960s when the pioneers of the genre—The Fugs and The Stooges—set the punk precedent of anti-social, anti-establishment behavior that has come to define punk.
Donald Jackson Trio featuring Richard Jackson at the WFC
Last week I made the trip out to the Park Hyatt in the World Financial Center to drown the sorrow of the Daft Punk hoax, which is not to say that I bought a ticket but that I, like Bill Clinton, feel your pain. I went to check out a band that I had been hearing a lot about and my sorrows were well drowned.
