This week is practically dead compared to last week, but our local scene more than makes up for it with two exciting concerts happening this weekend. On Friday local favorite space rock band Duck Fight Goose release their LP at Yuyintang, promising to draw in the local music scene in its entirety. On Sunday, ditch your brunch spot and instead head over to Yuyintang at 2pm to catch local trash rock duo Pairs bring some fresh student talent to the stage. Read on for all the details, or head over to our calendar for more! more ›

How about this weather? Perfect excuse to get out of the house and hear some tunes. Live Bar is turning six years old this week and to celebrate they are inviting us all to a free concert! And if you want even more local rock, Trash A GoGo is at it again with Duck Fight Goose playing at Yuyintang Saturday. Then there's some psychadelic rock from Macau, and MAO gets its metal on with To Die For from Finland. Read on for all the details, or check out our calendar for more! more ›

We have got quite a week ahead of us here. The big name this week is Macy Gray, of course, who plays M1NT on Thursday. But we're more excited about the giant Maybe Mars contingent that seems to be descending upon the city this weekend. You can find all the details below, or check out our calendar for more! more ›

This has been a bad news week for fellow fans of the music scene here in Shanghai. But our favorite digs, Yuyintang, isn't closed up yet. So enough with the pity party, head on down to these events to get a party goin'! more ›

They were one of the four bands who were sweet enough to play at our Rocksgiving charity rock show bash, and they're well worth a listen if you didn't get to hear them there. Luckily, Duck Fight Goose has put some of their newest tracks up on NeochaEDGE. From their upcoming first EP Flow, these songs epitomize some of the awesome weirdness capable of coming out of the Shanghai scene. Take that Beijing! more ›

Shanghaiist lists all the live music performances you might want to check out from now to Sunday this week. For fun things that aren't live music, take a peek at our Pencil This In (out every Monday!) more ›

Jake Newby is Associate Editor of the new Time Out Shanghai (which features more on the acts Duck Fight Goose and Boys Climbing Ropes in their January launch issue). He also runs his own music blog at Kungfuology.com, where this article is also posted. more ›

In Shanghaiist's Philanthropist feature, we highlight individuals and groups doing interesting things to make the world a little bit of a better place. This week we talk to one of the organizers of the third annual Rock for Roots & Shoots concert. more ›

Photos by Jeremy Breningstall. more ›

The word this weekend is "Covers." First on Friday, The Rovers will be doing covers of seminal rock legends Led Zeppelin and then on Saturday, Live Bar will be hosting a couple hours of J-Rock reinterpretations. We're not sure why there's so much mimicry going on - but we guess it's a way to make sure you'll like exactly what you're listening to. more ›

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 distinct outsider flavour to the next couple of days. more ›

Ugh. Summertime in Shanghai and livin' ain't all that easy. It's too darn hot one minute, sun showers the next. Luckily, Yuyintang have just installed a new air-con unit in the main room making it just that little bit less hot 'n' sticky. Live Bar? Well, they've got dirt cheap beers. And Soma Live? They seem to have melted away altogether for now. So here's where to get sweaty this weekend: more ›

It seems wrong to put out a music-related post today without mentioning The King of Pop. When we received a text from a friend this morning asking if we'd heard about Michael Jackson, the initial thought was 'what's he done now?' It's a shame that for some generations, he will only be 'Wacko Jacko', a bizarre public freak show. more ›

With his closer involvement at the livehouse, we can also expect more Miniless artists performing there in the coming months adding another dimension to Shanghai's live music scene. We spoke to Hans about the label and his hopes for its future. more ›

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. more ›