Posts Tagged ‘Boys Climbing Ropes’
Editor’s Picks, June 17-20
The weekend as we see it.
Editor’s Picks June 10-13 (UPDATE: Now with Bajofondo
It’s a little thin this week, perhaps due to World Cuppage. However, let that not deter you from seeing awesome performers like the Subs and The Swedish Radio Symphony.
Stegosaurus? Album Release Extravaganza
In which the Stegosaurus? hype finally eases. For a time. ENCORE!
Editor’s Picks April 15-18
Update: Now with the Anar Two Year Birthday Party and the Taylor Ho Bynum show, both on Sunday, in the comments. In which I take a break from writing a mind-blowing arrangement of the Love Radio 103.7 theme, with the only goal being to hip you all to this weekend’s awesomeness.
Thank God for St. Vincent
The latest in a cavalcade of American artists dropping by our sleepy little backwater town, St. Vincent played a set on Saturday night at YuYinTang as part of the JUE Festival.
Four-Day Workweek (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
Thursday has already become the precursor to the weekend and musicians in the city have been taking that prelude and running with it.
Editor’s Picks March 11-13
This will be a rollicking weekend, though sadly I will be rollicking on another continent. Classic invader countries/people Finland and Mongolia send dudes, as do the 20th century experts who brought us a newer, subtler, but unmistakably invasive kind of invasion: the USA and USSR. Man the barricades!
Boys Climbing Ropes’ “Except for the Darkness”
Boys Climbing Ropes is an emblematic Shanghai band. They are a representative sample of the local bestiary, as is their sound. The characters behind the band have continued to grow in the wilderness of Shanghai’s indie music scene. You should not overlook this as a minor detail. It’s a great asset for these punk beasts.
