Francis finds Muma getting seriously trippy and a bit derivative on their 2007 album “Velvet Highway”.
Exit A are an up-and-coming Beijing band who participated in a chat with Hajar recently. Check it out.
Sara outdoes herself with an all-out word barrage to describe the most recent These New Puritans album, “Hidden”.
Holy Crap! Today is Brazil day at the Expo? In the same week as German day? I was hoping for a little more volume to Brazil day, but Carlinhos Brown and Mart’nália are not people to shake sticks at.
Give the drummer some!
“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.
The Fever Machine (Dan Shapiro on vocals and guitar, Fabien Barbet on bass and vocals, and Miguel Bustamante on drums) have been gigging hard since they burst onto the scene back in March. They are headlining a killer bill of local acts this Saturday at Yuyintang.
Last April 22nd ExitA played at Beijing’s YugongYishan and Betti Na was there shooting her first session for Layabozi. You can listen and download their music and find more about ExitA on their Douban Page.