Jake Newby

So if last weekend was all about local bands for local people, this weekend is dominated by wai di ren. Whether it's "ghost punks" from some little hamlet in the US of A, northern monkeys from the capital or a band from the harmonious region of Xinjiang, there's a... continue reading on Shanghaiist

A couple of months back we headed down to Zhujiajiao for the day and had a blast at the Antidote Festival. Walking down the narrow lanes of the water town we kept expecting the street to widen into a field or something that we would recognize as a festival... continue reading on Shanghaiist

The Channel One complex on Changshou Lu is teaming up with Soma for a summer concert series. Despite our natural misgivings about rock bands playing in shopping malls, the line-up is a good one. Things start this weekend with Pinkberry and The Mushrooms on Saturday and Da Fresh and Momo... continue reading on Shanghaiist

This is an exclusive sneak preview of Live Bar's new Weihai Lu branch, opening this Friday. Yep, while Soma's head honchos are over in Japan trying to persuade the people behind MAO to part with their cash for a Shanghai livehouse and while Yuyintang continues to pull in regular... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Dragon Pizza will be headlining the second of two nights as part of the Shanghai Night Fever event at YYT. For more details see this week's live music preview. Where: Yuyintang 1731 Yan'an Xi Lu (entrance on Kaixuan Lu), 延安西路1731号 Starts:Saturday July 11, 8:30pm Cover: 40RMB For more local... continue reading on Shanghaiist