February 18th, 2010 |
Posted in Editor's Picks by mike
Well that was a nice little rest, wasn’t it? I did almost nothing for the past few days except eat, sleep, and look at fireworks. I also did some drinking. Anyway, vacation is over now and the party must continue! It will be a gradual acceleration for the next week or so though, as YYT remains closed and other happenings are mostly subdued.
Thursday:
Alec Haavik Friction 5-7
It’s been a long time since we’ve mentioned our first Featured Artist here at the Editor’s Picks, but he’s still there at JZ almost every Thursday, refining his special blend of music (largest two components: jazz + rock) and pushing it forward. They are still one of a handful of jazz bands this town with a strong band identity, and are something anyone with an open mind will enjoy. The Illusion Trio, with Chris Trczinski, Oleg Roschin, and me open.
JZ Club, 46 Fuxing Xi Lu near Yongfu Lu
9:00-10:00 Illusion Trio, 10:30-1:30 Friction 5
No cover
Friday:
Shelter Online
The Shelter has a website now. Or will tomorrow. Anyway, it will have a blog, schedule, giveaways, etc. Here’s hoping they do better with that than I do. Everybody knows you must have a party when you put a website up, and the Shelter’s will feature regulars V-Nutz, Drunk Monk, and Deville as well as near-regulars from Void, Sweatshop, Bananas and Antidote. There’s apparently an addition to the soundsystem as well.
The Shelter, 5 Yongfu Lu near Fuxing Xi Lu
10:00-late
30 RMB cover
Saturday:
Shimon
The high-profile event of the weekend is the return to Shanghai of an all-time great, Shimon, drum ‘n bassanator. Our own resident drum ‘n bassanators, Sweatshop, will welcome him. He’s been in it since the beginning and put out some of the most famous tracks the genre has seen. Heavy. With support from Apex, Siesta, Viceroy, Abbruzi Spur and JJ MC.
The Shelter, 5 Yongfu Lu near Fuxing Xi Lu
10:00-late
50 RMB cover
Zaogao
Well, it’s not Baijiu Robot, but the flyer style is eerily familiar, and the show has Mau Mau and Heatwolves, so…you know what it is. Here’s their own description, just because it’s tasty: “The messiest party this side of the Huangpu returns to Logo Saturday night to make congee out of your senses. Cover yourself while Heatwolves, fresh off the plane from the home of house, spills giant buckets of deep Chicago beats. Hold on to your pants as The Uhhhhh! splashes dangerous sexy electro recklessly. Watch yourself while Adept and Mau Mau wreck the place with jacking techno and fidget. VJ Maculate takes your eyes for a ride. No cover. Dress messy.”
LOgO, 13 Xingfu Lu near Fahuazhen Lu
11:00-late
No cover
Sunday:
Greg Luttrell Band Jam Session
An old favorite of the Sunday pick, because it’s always fun and because there’s not a whole lot of competition on Sundays: the House of Blues and Jazz jam session! Watch the awesome Greg Luttrell band, watch other dudes who come to the jam session, play some yourself, get a discount on drinks because you played, it’s all good! Plus it’s a warm vibe in there.
House of Blues and Jazz, 60 Fuzhou Lu near Sichuan Lu and the Bund
9:30-12:30
No Cover
Monday:
Willow Neilson’s Lightbulb Lives
You might think that this is a live performance of a concept album sequel and goes like this: at the end of the first concept album you thought the evil monster called lightbulb had been killed and the world could rest easy…But no! Lightbulb LIVES!
In fact, the last word is the plural of life, not the third-person singular present tense of the verb to live, and it refers to many lives that are organized around lightbulbs at night in the city of Shanghai, not to one individual lightbulb monster that you thought was dead. Willow is one of the best saxophone players in Shanghai and has broad musical interests (listed in the promotional email are: “Beats from Peru, Cuba, Brazil, Puerto Rico and modern electronic music are combined with modern jazz compositions, Yunnan folk melodies and sampled sounds of the city of Shanghai”) but hasn’t had a lot of his own shows here, so it should be cool. It will also feature the return to SH of awesome drummer and sometime roommate Alex Ritz, as well as Coco Zhao, Tibetan singer La Mu, Peter Scherr up from Hong Kong to play bass, and Steinar Nickelsen on keys. They’re also playing on Wednesday at YYT, but there’s a cover there and fewer musicians, so catch this one instead.
JZ Club, 46 Fuxing Lu near Yongfu Lu
9:00-12:30
No cover
tags: Abbruzi Spur - Alec Haavik Friction Five - Alex Ritz - Antidote - Apex - Baijiu Robot - Bananas - Coco Zhao - Deville - DJ Adept - Drunk Monk - Greg Luttrell Band - Heatwolves! - House of Blues and Jazz - Illusion Trio - Jane Siesta - JJ MC - JZ - La Mu - LOgO - Mau Mau - Peter Scherr - Shimon - Steinar Nickelsen - Sweatshop - The Shelter - The Uhhh - V-Nutz - Viceroy - VJ Maculate - Willow Neilson - Zaogao
November 5th, 2009 |
Posted in Editor's Picks by mike
Thursday:
Karma Koma feat. DJ Muja
DJ Muja is at the Shelter every Thursday this month, so check it out, with the usual suspects Yen, Lon, Chacha, and Drunk Monk.
The Shelter, 5 Yongfu Lu, near Fuxing Xi Lu
10:00 start
10 RMB cover
Friday:
Fink
Some intriguing singer-songwriter with acoustic guitar shit from a dude on Ninja Tune and Micro Mu. Morgan has a bunch more info and some tracks on his mp3 Monday over at SmartShanghai.
YuYinTang, 1731 Yan’an Xi Lu, enter from Kaixuan Lu
9:00 start
Tickets 50RMB in advance or 60 at the door
The Toxic Avenger
The next French super DJ? This masked man of electro-thrash has been mentioned in the same breath as Justice and Daft Punk, and is on the road with his new single. Go see what all the fuss is about and rock your ass off.
Not Me, 21 Dongping Lu near Wulumuqi Lu
10:00 start
60 RMB cover
Eliot Lipp:
Big time US electro comes to the Shelter in Free the Wax’s final Shanghai show for now. Check out Saucy’s review of the album for more.
The Shelter, 5 Yongfu Lu near Fuxing Xi Lu
10:00 start
50 RMB cover
Pet Conspiracy
Okay, okay, one more 60 kuai show tonight that is definitely worth checking out. It’s Pet Conspiracy with Duck Fight Goose, Boys Climbing Ropes, B6, and Baijiu Robots on their death tour, all brought to you by the friendly folks at Antidote. That’s a bunch of friends of Layabozi and sweet musicians all in one show, as well as a big Beijing band I need to check out, a BBJBINTCO if you will, a tough night to choose.
Mao Livehouse, 570 Huaihai Xi Lu, near Hongqiao Lu
9:00 start
60 RMB cover
Saturday:
Baijiu Robot Explosion
It all comes to an end at LOgO tonight, so go get baijiu’d and dance until you explode. With Ben Thriller, The Uhhh, Mista Gregz, and VJ Maculate.
LOgO, 13 Xingfu Lu near Fahuazhen Lu
Get there around 10:00, though earlier or later is cool if that’s your thing.
20 RMB cover
Antidote with Matt B and Tagtraumer
This, apparently the final Antidote party of the year, will feature live electronic sets from the dudes mentioned above with support from B6, Blaise, Ozone, and Drunk Monk.
The Shelter, 5 Yongfu Lu near Fuxing Xi Lu
10:00 start
40 RMB cover
Hanggai
I’ve been hearing a lot recently about Hanggai and how awesome they are. They’ve taken their Mongolian/rock/blues thing and pretty much crossed over and blown up as much as any band from China has. Presented by style-masters Splitworks.
Zhijiang Dream Factory, 66 Yuyao Lu near Xikang Lu, inside New Factories, Building B, 4F
9:00 start
50 RMB cover
Sunday:
Coco Zhao and the Possicobilities
An informal poll of my friends recently gave Coco Zhao the award of Best Singer in Shanghai. Congratulations Coco! Anyway, he’s been sort of out of town or otherwise indisposed lately, so go check him and his awesome band out. They really have one of the most original and well-done concepts of any band in Shanghai, as well as the Best Singer.
JZ Club, 46 Fuxing Xi Lu, near Yongfu Lu
10:30 start
No cover
tags: Antidote - B6 - Baijiu Robot - Ben Thriller - Boys Climbing Ropes - ChaCha - Coco Zhao - Dj Muja - Drunk Monk - Duck Fight Goose - Eliot Lipp - Fink - Free the Wax - Hanggai - JZ - LOgO - Lon - Maculate - Mao Livehouse - Micro Mu - MistaGregz - Ninjatune - Not Me - Pet Conspiracy - Split Works - The Possicobilities - The Shelter - The Toxic Avenger - The Uhhh - Uprooted Sunshine Crew - Yen - Zhijiang Dream Factory
November 3rd, 2009 |
Posted in Articles by mache
The story goes that there’s an undercover agent from a government
searching for them with orders to block their ears, tie their hands, and confiscate all the baijiu stored in the Robot’s inner cabinets.
The Baijiu Robots are feeling a little dizzy and confused, and the full moon is not helping them at all. So they have done a press release (this one) to explain their situation and inform everyone that this will be their last week performing on Baijiu.
We are full of melancholy as we relate the news: the Baijiu Robots are having their last week as we know them–metallic and on baijiu. Sam Maurey and Ian Louisell just decided that it is time for them to go their own ways.
We want to say thank you to them for all the beautiful crazy fun music they have given us in their short lives, and for the long lasting nights of great dancing under the aura of the great music they brought. We enjoyed very much dancing with them and seeing them grow.
They will go on playing around Shanghai and China, but they are leaving behind this chapter of their lives in Shanghai, and as part of their audience so are we.
We hope they will never stop drinking baijiu–baijiu and layabozi are a sacred mix when it comes to classic Chinese snacks–and that it will never leave their lives.
So we advise you, all you dancers and electro funky groupies of The Robots: this will be an intense week for them so you should catch them at any, or better yet all, of their gigs.
As a way to present your respects to the respected androids, we call on you to bring offerings of baijiu for them so they will never forget their last official week as The Baijiu Robots, but not remember it too clearly either.
You will find them on:
Tuesday, Nov. 3rd
Venue: LOgO
Address: 13 Xingfu Lu, near Fahuazhen Lu
Entrance: Free
Featuring DJs: Mau Mau, and Adept
Wednesday, Nov 4th
Venue: The Shelter
Address: 5 Yongfu rd., near Fuxing rd.
Entrance: 1o Rmb
Featuring DJs Mau Mau, Heatwolves!, and Slakerton
Friday, Nov. 6th
The Antidote
Venue: Mao Live House
Adress: Huaihai Zhong rd.
Entrance: 60 Rmb
Featuring: DJs Heatwolves! and Mau Mau + all the bands brought to you by The Antidote Live
Saturday, Nov. 7th
The Baijiu Robots Explosion!
Venue: LOgO
Address: 13 Xingfu Lu, near Fahuazhen Lu
Entrance: 20rmb
Featuring DJs: Mau Mau, Adept, The Uhhh (aka Mr. David Lin), Ben Thriller, and MistaGregz aka Avium
DO NOT FORGET Baijiu Robots fans, let’s get The Robots baijiued!!!
tags: Antidote - Ben Thriller - DJ Adept - DJ Mau Mau - Heatwolves! - LOgO - Mao Livehouse - MistaGregz - Slakerton - The Baijiu Robots - The Shelter - The Uhhh
Shimon
