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 look at Pencil This In (posted every Monday) and check our calendar. more ›

2 days…3 stages…37 bands…20 DJs….What better than the hard facts to advertise an event as noteworthy as the upcoming JZ Shanghai Music Festival? From October 16th to the 18th, Pudong Century Park will play host to a constant stream of artists set to fill the city with music. Don’t be fooled by the festival’s name- one might be quick to assume that a jazz festival would be monopolized by the baritone sax and Louis Armstrong tribute performances, but each of the three stages actually specializes in a subset of music. more ›

While this week has quite a couple of good music picks, the ones we're most excited about is... of course... the Handsome Furs. We love Wolf Parade, and Dan Boeckner surprised us by showing that he and his wife could churn out equally decent music (because, come on, couples rocking? When had that been anything but a recipe for disaster?). more ›