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  Here They Are Now, Entertainers: Grunge Festival, Inferno Anniversary, Protest the Hero

  2016-05-03 - By Sacco

  Don't sleep, don't sleep, Shanghai, there's more live music goodness coming your way this week. The trains run on time and so do I. Presenting, like clockwork, Sacco's sure-fire, can't-lose concert recommendations for all you kids out there in radioland. These are all stone cold LOCKS. Read more...

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  I Waited In Line For 75 Minutes For This Ice Cream Cone

  2016-04-21 - By Sacco

  ...And all I got was this article and a damn ice cream cone. Read more...

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  [Offbeat]: Minxin Roller Rink

  2016-04-20 - By Sacco

  A skate down memory lane at the site of many a Roller Revival. Yes, Minxin is still there and still groovy as heck. Read more...

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  Weekly Live Music Guide: The Return of Harley’s Rock, Japanese Surf, and the Underground

  2016-04-18 - By Sacco

  Prett-ay, prett-ay, prett-ay good week for live music in Shanghai this week. We've got some veteran Japanese surf rockers coming in, the return of a live music venue to the mix, and a big collaborative show down at Basement6. Lace 'em up, punk rocker, and read on for your next little while in Shanghai music. Tons of solid rock out on the streets of Shanghai. Let’s nail it together. Read more...

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  Streaming Updates: Meat & Bone and Boiler Room China

  2016-04-12 - By Sacco

  Meat & Bone videocast have released their third installment featuring Groove Bunny Records label head Endy Chen. Playing a mix of obscure Japanese soul and funky love jams, it’s widely accepted Endy has one of the best record collections in China. A little bird told me Boiler Room plans to have... Read more...

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  Live Music Guide: Record Store Day Gigs and Finnish Metal

  2016-04-11 - By Sacco

  Welcome, welcome, live music aficionados, to the weekly listings article on what's good for bands and stuff on Shanghai stages this week. Looks like we're in for some legacy symphonic Finish metal, some Beijing-based constructionist electronica (Did I just make that up?), and some good ole fashion vinyl appreciation. The best kind of appreciation. Besides maybe... stock... Read more...

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  Weekly Live Music Guide: Punk, Experimental, Surf-Rock, and More

  2016-04-05 - By Sacco

  Greetings Shanghai, we're back again with the live music preview for shows on city stages this week. A fair amount of diversity this week -- a bit of punk, a bit of surf, and a bit of... "miscellaneous". Let's get into it. Read more...

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  Sacco's Steaming Hot Alternative Date Spots in Shanghai

  2016-04-01 - By Sacco

  The doctor is IN. SmSh's love and romance expert elucidates five alternative dating destination for couples to rekindle the spark in Shanghai. Read more...

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  First Sip: Full Love Live House, AKA 1829

  2016-03-31 - By Sacco

  Nestled in a business center a stone’s throw from Jing’an Temple is a new-ish club that goes by the name of Full Love Live House. Their name card proudly proclaims, “We Play Music, You Get Love”. You promise? Read more...

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  Weekly Live Music Guide: Aging Pop Punk and Symphonic Black Metal

  2016-03-28 - By Sacco

  Before we get into all that rocks in Shanghai this week, let’s start with a reminder that Iron Maiden is less than a month away. Don’t sleep on getting pre-sale tickets kids, those 380rmb bad boys won’t last much longer. Now, let’s see how you will be spending that hard earned RMB this week... Read more...

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  Meat & Bone Episode #2 Featuring Nat Alexander Is Out

  2016-03-24 - By Sacco

  The second installment of Shanghai's own music video-cast series Meat & Bone is out today. Pictures and tunes after the jump. Read more...

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  Weekly Live Music Guide: Metal to Soul and Back Again

  2016-03-21 - By Sacco

  A few interesting gigs around Shanghai this week to check out. From metal too neo-soul too shoegaze goth we have a little something for everyone... Read more...

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  [Music Monday]: So Long and Thanks for All the Em Pea Sans

  2016-03-14 - By Sacco

  This is the final installment of SmSh's long running Music Monday column, making way for new horizons with songs from Mr. Clit And The Pink Cigarettes, Future Gaze, Jun Mei Zu, Gabriella Quevedo, and more. Read more...

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  Sorry Boiler Room, Shanghai Already Has Her Own Videocast, “Meat & Bone”

  2016-03-10 - By Sacco

  This week it was leaked that the popular videocast website Boiler Room is coming to Shanghai in May. That project is a collaboration between Le TV , who will host the episodes so they can be viewed without a VPN, and the promotion company ARP Creative who will handle on-site... Read more...

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  [Music Monday]: New Tunes From Shanghai Labels

  2016-03-07 - By Sacco

  Ladyfest recap and new tunes from Shanghai record labels Rankadank, Mansion Records, and Life is Absurd, plus Downstate's new album. Read more...

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  [Music Monday]: Ladyfest Mixtape

  2016-02-29 - By Sacco

  The performers and organizers from this week's 3rd annual Shanghai Ladyfest share their favorite songs of empowerment. Read more...

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  [Music Monday]: Dance Like An Egyptian

  2016-02-22 - By Sacco

  SHFT. Alt. Delete. Tracks from Canadian producer Ekali along with Egyptian trance and Egyptian Lover just for fun... Read more...

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  [Music Monday]: Monkey Noise

  2016-02-15 - By Sacco

  Music Monday gets back into action showcasing a new experimental venue called Space-631 whom are hosting Ryosuke Kiyasu on Thursday... Read more...

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  [Music Monday]: Extreme Guide To Chinese Cosplay Bands

  2016-02-01 - By Sacco

  A Dungeons & Dragons style guide to the vampires, vikings, goths, Mongols, and zombies keeping the spirit of GWAR alive. Read more...

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  [Music Monday]: I'll House You

  2016-01-25 - By Sacco

  Music Monday shares tunes from Shanghai beat maker Damacha’s new album along with incoming house producers Catz n Dogs and Soichi Terada. Read more...