The weekend as we see it.
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.
In which the Stegosaurus? hype finally eases. For a time. ENCORE!
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.
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.
Thursday has already become the precursor to the weekend and musicians in the city have been taking that prelude and running with it.
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 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.