GigShanghai: Robots, poems and bagpipes

Now, we’re not the ones to say “We told you so” -- in fact, immature shit like that went out with wedgies (still funny, actually) and pulling girls' hair (ahem), but let’s look at the facts:

• We predicted that Alec and The All-Stars (see video above) would be playing Tanghui soon
• We told you last weekend’s “5 Dollar Shake” show at YYT would be brilliant
• We told you we were the greatest live music podcast in Shanghai

…and they’re all as true as our name is GigShanghai -- which it is, so there you go.

We told you so.

An angry (and not surprisingly, northern-influenced) show, with everything from death metal to black metal and oh yeah…poetry, both sung and read. Also, a pairing of two of Shanghai’s biggest electro players and something about robots…geez.

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0:40 – “All I can think about is poo…”
1:01 – “This week, it’s a lot of metal.”
1:51 – “It’s happening -- and there are bands making it happen…”
2:30 – “Speaking of videos…if you’re a “YouTuber”, throw it up there…”
3:05 – “They (Scottish Development International) need a bagpiper.”
4:09 – “Originally black metal, but now it’s death metal…”
4:48 – Dispel Kill music clip
5:43 – “I’m going to read a poem sent to me…”
6:22 – “The music was so hot it made the club burn down.”
7:20 – Toote6 music clip
8:31 – “You headline Midi -- that must say something about you…”
8:56 – Yaska music clip
10:08 – “It’s (YYT) about a 15-minute cab ride…”
10:50 – “No marketing of that CD and they sold over 100,000 copies…”
11:02 – Twist Machine music clip
11:58 – “How does folk sit with you?”
12:30 – Zuo Min Liang music clip
14:02 – Lawrence has brought his multi-media kit (to Tang Hui)…”
14:24 – “Let’s support the Shuffle because we like the Shuffle…”
14:30 – Shanghaiist Pick of the Week: Xiao Min is a Robot music clip
15:29 – “Let’s give you a very, very quick rundown…”

We sure do love a lot of you, and wish we'd see you at as many gigs as you tell friends back home you go to.

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