Editor’s Picks Sept. 17-20

A weekend of folk, fun, the end of summer, Detroit techno, Beijing dance rock, and a Brazilian takeover of the JZ Big Band.

Editor’s Picks, September 11-13

Hip hop high art, Japanese reggae, Chinese Metal-core, and Gypsy Jazz!

Mushroom Stupor

Aggression, thy name is Mushroom.

Editor’s Picks Aug. 21-23

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.

Editor’s Picks Aug. 13-16

Peter Scherr is back! DJs battle to reign supreme in China! All this and more…

Jeff Lang in Shanghai

Before the show, I planned to write a review / reaction, but the review part is almost impossible now. This was, by a pretty big margin, the best gig I’ve ever seen at the venerable YYT, and I’ve seen a lot of my favs there (Hedgehog, Carsick, The Gar, etc.) But Jeff blew them away…

Prepare Well for Jeff Lang

Genre-bending is a term that gets thrown around a lot these days, and it seems to even more commonly apply to artists’ live shows. It’s hard t avoid it though, as Jeff Lang is truly a genre-bending man. A brief look through his catalog will tell you that this is a man who, simply, has [...]

Editor’s Picks July 30-Aug 2

Read on for your chance to win two fly honeys!*

*Contest open only to giant pink space creatures