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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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
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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...