Echoes of the Earth · Shanghai Indie Music Festival
LG-37, IM Shanghai, 1388 Kaixuan Lu, near Hongqiao Lu, Changning District
凯旋路1388号IM Shanghai长宁国际LG-37, 近虹桥路
Rock and roll safe haven Cave celebrates one year of their live house Cave Art Venue as well as the opening of their neighboring little wisecracking sibling Coven by Cave with a two-day indoor music festival - complete with 20 ass-kicking bands from the scene taking over the two spaces for a hard-hitting sunken square block party. Pogo from one venue and genre to another - from psychedelic rapture to dizzying post punk; from transporting post rock to face-melting stoner metal - it’s truly one of the more splendid roundups of local (and neighboring) talent - an assembly line of some of the most exciting and dangerously alluring bands - and it’s all for the taking! Night one offers cup acts like psychedelic nirvana seekers Khunathi and WeatherKing, as well as newly formed duos like Witgenstan (featuring noise artist Shu Ride) and DaShu x Aming, plus plenty more. Day two goes even bigger (and longer) with a full spread of instrumental rockers taking over Cave Art Venue while punk rock’s more nefarious and offbeat characters take shelter at Coven. Highlights include Ningbo post-rock and math rockers Crymeans and Sweet Tie, crust-punk legends Loudspeaker, post-punk outfit Fiery Medusa, Britpop faves Burley Quay, and stoner metal mainstays Conch. But really - it’s a stacked lineup, however you want to come at it. Hat tip to CAVE for going all out - support local music!

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