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Where the Elite Go to Play: Exposing Shanghai's Exclusive Venues

Where the Elite Go to Play: Exposing Shangha...

26 April 2012

The Beat   Tucked away in north Jing’an is the latest addition to Shanghai’s already overcrowded bar scene. This one has every amenity to make it the latest “it” spot—expensi...

Live, Loud and Losing Money: A Look at Shanghai's Music Festivals

Live, Loud and Losing Money: A Look at Shang...

28 December 2011

The Beat   As news of 2012's JUE Festival begins to surface, constant concert goer and music aficionado Rabshakeh breaks down the Shanghai festival scene: “If you plant the ...

Shanhai Livehouse Keeps the Music Scene Alive

Shanhai Livehouse Keeps the Music Scene Alive

21 November 2011

The Beat   Music master Rabshakeh gives us the lowdown on Shanhai Livehouse and why we should all be going: Underground music lovers unite in a squeal of glee. Shanghai has ...

Sonically Transmitted Disease Infects Shanghai

Sonically Transmitted Disease Infects Shanghai

31 August 2011

The Beat   S.T.D.'s Reggie Laxatives gets loose with CW writer, Rabshakeh, and tells us what the future has in store. Have you experienced an S.T.D. in Shanghai? Lots of us ...

Trash A Go-Go’s Toshi K Talks About Pulling In Acts

Trash A Go-Go’s Toshi K Talks About Pulling ...

8 July 2011

The Beat   “A Go Go” is a French expression meaning “in abundance” or “galore.” So Trash A-Go-Go means a whole lot of garbage–filthy, stinky garbage–but in Shanghai, it means...

Post LOgO: What is Shanghai's Next Best Dive Bar?

Post LOgO: What is Shanghai's Next Best Dive...

7 December 2010

The Beat   Shanghai’s nightlife scene is constantly evolving, but there’s been some tumbling changes over the past month. Expo is over, which means foreign artists won’t visi...

Should Female DJs Cash In On Their Looks?

Should Female DJs Cash In On Their Looks?

17 November 2010

The Beat   The DJ industry is divided into two different worlds: the commercial world and the world of music enthusiasts. This becomes even clearer when talking about girl DJ...

Folk Guitarist Jeff Lang Returns to Shanghai

Folk Guitarist Jeff Lang Returns to Shanghai

2 September 2010

The Beat   Australian “disturbed folk” guitarist Jeff Lang returns to Shanghai after last year’s sold-out tour. Check him out at Yuyingtang this weekend. How did you enjoy p...

THE BEAT: This Is a Call

12 October 2008

The Beat   Who among us will make the next move? By the time this column goes to print, Avril will have already dazzled us all and Linkin Park’s highly-anticipated return wi...

THE BEAT: A Touch Too Much

THE BEAT: A Touch Too Much

6 October 2008

The Beat   Sensory overload with a packed party scene There's this great scene in the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, where big fatty Augustus Gloop, after f...

THE BEAT: Guns n' Posers

THE BEAT: Guns n' Posers

15 September 2008

The Beat   Can cover bands fill the live music void? It's been a long, hot, slow summer and my usual release, moshing around local venues to the thrashing sounds of Chinese ...

THE BEAT: They Call Me the Seeker

THE BEAT: They Call Me the Seeker

29 August 2008

The Beat   Eradicating complacency and trying new things And thus began the summer of my discontent, my fanciful daydream crushed and shattered to pieces ... I thought I ha...

THE BEAT: See Ya

THE BEAT: See Ya

22 August 2008

The Beat   Aric throws in the towel I'm leaving town for a bit, but I'll go ahead and skip the numerous metaphors that usually begin a columnist's final entry. Shanghai got t...

The Gypsies are Coming

The Gypsies are Coming

22 July 2008

The Beat   A new quartet spreads gypsy jazz rhythms Shanghai has made great strides toward expanding its musical palette in recent years with jazz, funk and even bluegrass a...

THE BEAT: Shanghai Summer Singles

THE BEAT: Shanghai Summer Singles

22 July 2008

The Beat   Five tracks to help you deal with riding Line 1 With visa issues being on everyone's lips, it's no shock that spirits seem to be a bit down this summer–mine includ...

THE BEAT: Lens-bians

THE BEAT: Lens-bians

3 July 2008

The Beat   Why girls totally act gay in pictures Yesterday while I was Face-book-stalking my ex-girlfriend's newest pictures, making sure that I was sleeping with more people...

THE BEAT: Club-Bin

THE BEAT: Club-Bin

20 June 2008

The Beat   Why they open, why they close and what goes wrong I've recently had people ask me why I never cover the dance music and club scene. Let me explain: Dance music is ...

THE BEAT: Jazz Hands

THE BEAT: Jazz Hands

5 June 2008

The Beat   My favorite acts' favorite acts to catch Last week I had the traumatic experience of hearing what I thought was a great blues song in Tesco, writing down a few lyr...

THE BEAT: One Hot Mess

THE BEAT: One Hot Mess

24 May 2008

The Beat   Where to waste even more of your life this summer In the words of my prom date ("Already?"), it's that time of year when the ESL teachers start kneeling down to ta...

THE BEAT: My [Missing] Adidas

THE BEAT: My [Missing] Adidas

6 May 2008

The Beat   YSP! WSD!'s Devon Clifford recalls his shoe-snatching nightmare We somehow get a good international band over to Shanghai and how do we show our appreciation? Appa...