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Concert Tuesday: Nouvelle Vague and . . .Eels (not really)

Posted on June 10, 2011 by terence

A rare Tuesday night concert in Shanghai. Openers were French new wave cover band Nouvelle Vague. The Shanghaiist discription was that they played New Wave and punk covers – but in more of a bossa nove fashion. And I thought: … Continue reading →

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Queen Sea Big Shark @ Mao Livehouse

Posted on April 17, 2011 by terence

Queen Sea Big Shark is one of Beijing’s most well-known indie bands. I would say they’re like if Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs fronted Franz Ferdinand with a lot more Korg keyboards and a spacey sound. People around … Continue reading →

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Caught Up

Posted on March 14, 2011 by terence

On Saturday March 12, Usher Raymond IV performed at Shanghai’s Mercedes Benz Arena. Best known for his R&B hits such as You Make Me Wanna, Caught Up, Confessions Part II, DJ Got Us Falling Love and the title of his … Continue reading →

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Yo Yo Ma in Shanghai

Posted on December 7, 2010 by terence

Since I’m way behind on everything, here’s some catching up. A couple of weeks ago, the greatest current living cellist Yo Yo Ma was here in Shanghai. Tickets were pretty expensive but I figured how many opportunities do you really … Continue reading →

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emo in shanghai

Posted on September 13, 2010 by terence

Everyone Most people have guilty music pleasures. Whether its Culture Club or Neil Diamond or Journey. Sure, there’s that cheesy sort of guilty pleasure, and I have a whole iTunes library full of that sort of music. But then, there’s … Continue reading →

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expo post #3, ozomatli rocks the expo, but not without some issues

Posted on May 28, 2010 by terence

los angeles band ozomatli played in shanghai’s zhongshan park 3 years ago at the yue festival and their latin funk, hip-hop, reggae, rock party tunes were a lot of fun and they reminded me of home (los angeles). according to … Continue reading →

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expo post #2 herbie hancock rocks shanghai

Posted on May 19, 2010 by terence

one of the really cool things about living overseas – well, our cultural opportunities are not as frequent as they would be in san francisco, la, or even houston, but when they are, we get a much more up close … Continue reading →

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unixx/boys climbing ropes/jan and yan

Posted on April 7, 2010 by terence

last friday night hong kong band unixx was in town for the opening of their china concert tour. opening band was jan and yan – a three piece with two guitarists, a tall stunning woman keyboardist, and some sort of … Continue reading →

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big music weekend

Posted on March 15, 2010 by terence

friday night: pinkberry, candy shop, sonnet, boys climbing ropes @ MAO Shanghai Saturday night: boys climbing ropes, st. vincent @ YYT Shanghai friday night reviewed here my thoughts: xiao yoi (lead singer of pinkberry) was ill, and the crowd was … Continue reading →

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candy shop and forget and forgive at yuyintang

Posted on February 28, 2010 by terence

hard working shanghai bloggers andy and jake put together this show to support 81fur.com. personally, i’d have to question the efficacy of using underground bands to promote an anti-fur movement, when your target audience should be people who are actually … Continue reading →

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