“What We Learned From…” will be a new feature promoting bands who have come to Shanghai in association with the Expo. Now that all of our great venues are intact and countries are bringing their musical talent here to share, we thought it appropriate to document that process, week by week, country by country. This week we were invaded by Finland.
One cool thing about the Expo so far is that different countries have been taking turns taking over the city, one week at a time. This week it’s Finland, but that’s not to say there isn’t local flavor going on at the same time.
There’s so much music going on! Knowing what to do when you don’t know what to do could help you this weekend.
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!**
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.
The weekend is a fickle mistress, but what a hot broad.
Mache waxes poetic on the eventful past couple of weeks in the Shanghai music scene.
It’s already a big music weekend, but this is hip. On Saturday, October 17th, Layabozi is putting on its first show, bringing electronic and jazz together in a blender called Anar. Lasie Cane introduces our musicians for the night in her debut post for Layabozi. UPDATE: Now with Chinese translation.