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This weekend is all about hero worship. Miserable Faith are the kind of metal band that causes diehard fans to get their name and logo tatooed across their bodies; Joyside's Bian Yuan sexy swagger is enough to make you weak at the knees; while Shanghai's own folk heroes Dan Shapiro of The Rogue Transmission and Pu Pu of The Mushrooms will also be in action building their own cult followings. Last weekend may have been a quiet one, but the next few days are anything but.
Friday
It's not often you make your way out to Live Bar to be slapped with a 100 kuai door charge. But that's what you'll find if you head there tonight. The hefty ticket price gives you some idea as to the devotion that Miserable Faith inspire and we wouldn't be surprised if plenty of people stump up a pink note to see the metal legends.
¥100, 8pm, 721 Kunming Lu, near Tongbei Lu, 昆明路721号近通北路
If you've been paying attention this week, you'll have noticed that Beijing-based RandomK(e) gave us a "take-away quote" to describe their music. What kind of a shameless writer would use such a quote you ask? We would. So we can tell you that RandomK(e) sound like "Radiohead meets Mogwai at a party thrown by Joy Division, and then everyone heads out at an after-hours jazz joint, passes around a bong and records the jam session." Intrigued? Head to LOgO tonight to hear exactly what that sounds like or win one of their CDs in our CD giveaway contest. Just send an email to contest.giveaway (at) shanghaiist (dot) com with the words "Shanghaiist Random K(e) CD Giveaway" in the subject line and your name in the body and be one of four people to get a free CD.
Duck Fight Goose, the side project of Lava|Ox|Sea's lead singer will be providing support.
¥30, 10pm, 13 Xingfu Lu, near Fahuazhen Lu. 幸福路13号, 近法华镇路
Soma might be fluttering their eyelids and casting flirtatious glances in the direction of MAO, but for the moment they're still putting on gigs at the Dream Factory and tonight sees them host German singer-songwriter Kira. In support will be The Honeys and Zhong Chi (we assume backed by Triple Smash) whose debut album has recently been posted in its entirety on her Douban page.
¥80, 8pm. 4/F, Building B, No. 28 Yuyao Lu, near Xikang Lu. 余姚路28号B4楼, 近西康路
Saturday
Beijingers Joyside haven't played in Shanghai since... erm, we forget, but it's been a long time. They've taken their The Clash-influenced sound all over the world since the last time they were here and they have quite a cult following. Given the scarcity of their visits and the idol-worship associated with them you could expect Yuyintang to be busy on Saturday if it wasn't for the other band on the bill. With The Rogue Transmission opening up, YYT won't be busy, it'll be absolutely rammed.
¥40, 9pm, 1731 Yan'an Xi Lu (entrance on Kaixuan Lu), 延安西路1731号 (入口在凯旋路)
The Summer People's Rock night up at Live Bar (not to be confused with YYT's People's Summer Festival on Sunday, which will feature pretty much the same line up) will throw together Japan's Higuchi Makiki, Koreans Guckkasten and Half Year and Shanghai's own Wildcat for a night of, well, rock.
¥30, 9pm, 721 Kunming Lu, near Tongbei Lu, 昆明路721号近通北路
Unsurprisingly, stripped-down folk will be the name of the game down at 0093 where artists from the Su Xie*Chuan Yue collective (including Zhao Zhao, Cao Qin, Xiao Meng, Xiao Fang and friends) will be gently strumming the night away as they promote their new compilation record.
¥50, 7:30pm, 93 Lingling Lu, near Damuqiao Lu, 零陵路93号, 近大木桥路
Sunday
We've been boring people to tears telling them just how amazing that Mushrooms show at YYT the other week was so it's probably a good idea for you to check them out yourself in a bid to shut us up. They'll be heading up YYT's People's Summer Festival which also features Higuchi Makiki, Guckkasten and Wildcat if you missed them the night before at Live Bar.
¥40, 9pm, 1731 Yan'an Xi Lu (entrance on Kaixuan Lu), 延安西路1731号 (入口在凯旋路)
Monroe Stahr and Black Luna will be among the highlights as Music Matters hold their Longest Day party over at WTF in the Red Town space. They're just two acts that will be performing during the day which offers a marathon 12 hours (at least) of entertainment spanning from rock to jazz to DJs to African drum music to hip hop to...
¥150 (includes all you can drink), 2pm, WTF Club, Red Town, 570 Huaihai Xi Lu, near Dingxi Lu. 淮海西路570号，近定西路
East District Power, the folk-rock collective who draw their boundaries as "west from Hongkou, east to Zhongyuan, no further south than Huangxing Park and no further north than Jiangwan", will be making a rare visit to a central venue when they hit LOgO - a great opportunity to catch this elusive collection of singer songwriters.
Free, 9pm, 13 Xingfu Lu, near Fahuazhen Lu. 幸福路13号, 近法华镇路
L'Ocelle Mare (actually solo guitarist Thomas Bonvalet) will be over at 021 meanwhile. If we tell you that he recently supported Glorious Pharmacy's Xiao He when he toured Europe, you'll know to expect avant-garde acoustica.
¥30, 9pm, 2925 Yangshupu Lu, near Dinghai Lu, 杨树浦路2925号, 近定海路
Video: Joyside's Dong Dong Dong at D22 gives you an idea of the crush to expect at YYT
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