Spring is in the air, and since we're suckers for seasonal tasting menus, we raided almost every establishment for any spring offerings we could get our jaws around, including the Geisha. We'll admit, being curmudgeons when it comes to fusion concepts, we were a bit skeptical of the Geisha's Japanese-Western theme. Past East-meets-West dining experiences had convinced us that fusion concepts' sole purpose is to suck out all elements that make either cuisine great and replace them with bland and/or discordant flavor pairings. Hopefully, Geisha's spring menu would prove itself that token outlier. more ›

Japan's embracement of reggae and dancehall has always been one of those things we've found delightfully peculiar. Luckily, their love for the island sound has actually produced quite a few listenable acts - one of which will be coming to the Shelter tonight. more ›

Sweet jeebus, what's up with Friday of this week? It's like all of Shanghai's promoters got together and decided "You know what? We're going to put up a bunch of things and force Shanghai's music loving public to choose between us." You've got world famous Kardinal Offishall, jazz jammers The Greg Luttrell Band and some of our favorite Shanghai bands doing MJ tributes and more... all in one night. more ›