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[2017]: Best Shows

Scene kids sound off on the scene that was in 2017.

[2017]: Best [Blank]-est Chinese Music Releases of the Year

Sometime SmartShanghai music writer Josh Feola comes around with a bunch of great albums to live...

Heartbeats Like a Machinedrum and More Live Music This Week

A couple big shows this weekend, heading into the Christmas holidays, during which time sweeeet...

You Want to Know What Love Is: Air Supply Is Tomorrow Night and That’s All You Need

Well.. not really. But Air Supply is the MAIN THING. This week in Shanghai, Air Supply is...

[Mixtape]: Popasuda's Skinny Brown with Some Hot Fire

Shanghai's dedicated reggae, dancehall, world sounds -- talking about that global underground --...

Cool Stuff Happening in the Future: A Place to Bury Strangers, Machinedrum Incoming

Slow news day so here's a couple shows to look forward to in the distance in December. Some real...

Split Works' Contemporale Series: Bombino, Nils Frahm, Devandra Banhart Incoming

Fresh off a successful Concrete & Grass festival, it's no rest for the wiiicked siiick. Local...

Hear This: 'We Are Shanghai Vol. 5' Is Now Online

A yearly highlight in local music, the Shanghai bands comp We Are Shanghai Volume 5 is now online...

JZ Fest Tickets Update: Saturday Is Sold Out; Sunday Available Till 4pm

Jazz hands! Skiddle-be-bap! Okay. So. Here's the latest on the JZ Festival tickets for people who...

This Week's Tickets: We're Down to Our Laaaast Concrete and Grass Tickets

First things first: The status with Concrete and Grass tickets. For the Saturday show of the...

Fall Festival Primer: Upcoming Music Fests

The big list of music festivals happening in Shanghai over the next month or two. For those about...

JZ Festival's 2017 Lineup Confirmed

The bands, quartets, and quintets for the 13th annual JZ Festival have been released. It’s the...

This Week's Tickets: While She Sleeps, Malaa, SOL Dance Company, Showtek, and Rodney Marsalis

We got some electro, we got some metal, we got some soul and jazz, we got some dance. This is...

[Mixtape]: Yeti Out's Allan Marshall and Tom Yeti with Some Tunes

One of Shanghai's most beloved (and prolific) music and culture platforms turns three. Yeti Out...

Ariana Grande's 'Dangerous Woman' Tour Is Coming to Shanghai

It took a few weeks to confirm, but we can now report that pop star Ariana Grande will be making...

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