Shamus Sillar

All you reggae fans who missed the legendary Byron Lee on his Shanghai tour last year must be kicking yourselves. (Actually, everyone missed the legendary Byron Lee on his Shanghai tour last year, because his band showed up on stage at the Shanghai Centre but he didn’t). But now you... continue reading on Shanghaiist

The last time Shanghaiist saw Sonic Youth live was 10 or so years ago on a blistering hot day on Australia’s Gold Coast, as they played the most self-indulgent set of music since Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music. Twenty-five minutes into one noisy (noisome, even) free-form jam of whiny guitars,... continue reading on Shanghaiist

It's funny all the flap that was made here about the lyrical content of certain Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton songs, not to mention visa/vulgarity issues for Jay-Z and others, yet Roger Waters slips under the radar and delivers a long, loud set full of blatant references to just about... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Shanghaiist has learnt that if you synchronize the seminal Pink Floyd record The Dark Side of the Moon with the evening footage displayed on the Aurora building in Lujiazui, certain previously hidden messages are unearthed. For instance, one of the lines from the song “Money” -- “I'm in the high-fidelity... continue reading on Shanghaiist

British-born business consultant and writer Paul French has lived in Shanghai for a good chunk of time -- though not nearly as long as Carl Crow, who spent a quarter of a century in the city during the tumultuous early decades of the 20th century. And it's this long stint... continue reading on Shanghaiist