Birthdays aplenty, mutliple conflict-of-interest picks, Lions of Puxi CD release, and Imperialism and all Reactionaries are just Paper Tigers. And more.
The weekend is a fickle mistress, but what a hot broad.
Hoping I can make it through this Friday the 13th intact.
A weekend of folk, fun, the end of summer, Detroit techno, Beijing dance rock, and a Brazilian takeover of the JZ Big Band.
Void are Nat Alexander and Cammy Wilson, aka Shanghai Ultra, both from the UK, who have been living in Shanghai for a long time. Learn about their experiences as promoters and DJs in Shanghai, as well as their least favorite place in the Shelter, after the jump.
A kind of quiet weekend, band-wise, but there’s the Void second birthday, a new hand-drum thing at Anar, Crazy Mushroom Brigade, and more.
Every album has its very own time and place. For Monroe Stahr’s debut album, it really shouldn’t be very hard to deduce the right time. The first track is, “Summer Starts Here,” and that’s about right. The acoustic guitar paints a picture pretty early on of a veranda, or a nice bar/café patio in the hot summer sun, a comfortable, but somewhat [...]
Last week our editor’s picks were in tune with my mood for music, and I followed the instructions provided by Mike “Big Duck” Brownell almost to the letter.