The sign on the gate that leads to Tang Hui on Huating Lu reads "停止营业" (ting zhi ying ye or "No longer open for business"). Yep, it's true — the new Tang Hui failed to last a year. The bar and supposed music venue closed last week, Tang Hui general manager Morry Morgan confirmed via SMS: more ›

We received an email yesterday from Fabrique telling us about a "re-opening" party on Saturday, and we wondered, How many re-openings can one club handle? But this most recent incarnation looks a little more interesting than previous ones. Zooma, formerly of the old Tang Hui and formerly of the new Tang Hui, is now the GM at Fabrique, which will now be known as 4 Live (same name as the party held at the club not too long ago). Here's the musical line-up for the re-re-re-opening party: Blue Garden, Honeys, Crystal Butterfly and Zooma himself. No invitation is needed for the party and there in no cover charge. Doors open at 8 pm and there's an open bar from 8 to 10 pm. The email we received said going forward 4 Live plans to have live bands before 1 am and "underground electro music" afterward. We tend not to get too excited about such things because the live music scene in Shanghai changes so frequently, but this at least sounds promising. It's a good venue in a non-residential area that is used to music and crowds. And with his connections, Zooma could potentially bring in some solid live acts. Let's keep our fingers crossed -- and hope they start adding their events to our Public Calendar. more ›

Last night, we separately witnessed two of the best gigs we’ve seen in a long, long time -- and the good news is that they’re both playing again. more ›

“Great day, great bands, great venue…but we wished more people would have turned out”. -- Unnamed Fuxing Park Jazz Fest promoter more ›

GigShanghai: Jazz, Korean-Africani and The Dirty Three more ›

GigShanghai: Pinkertones, goth an the NFL? more ›

What was this about relaxing on the last weekend of a holiday? Nonsense, that’s what it was. We’ve been busy -- actually Brad’s been busy and we tried to help him (more on that in a few), but we still managed to get the show out … albeit, a few days late. Sorry. more ›

GigShanghai: Trannies, 5 dollars and moon cake more ›

GigShanghai: Moshing, MoJo and more of 'The Man' more ›

Shanghaiist was thinking about how to characterize a movie like this: We mulled over “worst movie we’ve ever seen,” and thought this too harsh, as there are probably loads of worse movies that we’ve seen but have repressed the memory of. And we hope the same happens with this movie. more ›

GigShanghai: Swedes, condoms and the Ministry of Culture more ›

GigShanghai: Falling over, GigLive and noodles more ›

Win tickets to GigLive! more ›

GigShanghai: Sockhop, soy and naked woman x 2 more ›

GigShanghai: Robots, poems and bagpipes more ›

We weren't expecting much -- just maybe to hear these guys play their dueling guitars, spy on some hipster chicks and down a few Xinjiang Black Beers. What we got was one of the worst cover bands we have seen in China (that is saying a lot) and a crowd that looked like we had perhaps happened upon the 25-year reunion of the Shanghai International School. (There actually was a party there, we think. We saw a sign that said "Belgium, Second Floor.") more ›

GigShanghai: Sonnet (yay!) , film noir and Swiss goth more ›

GigShanghai: Booty, 'touching guitars' and Supergirl?!? more ›

GigShanghai: I-GO, Jewish rock and the F-word more ›

GigShanghai: Hawaiian death metal, cAntipop and Black heads back more ›

Shanghaiist asked its contributors (and a few "music people" in town) to list their five favorite albums released (or yet-to-be released) somewhere in the world in 2006. Got a list of your own? Submit your favorite 2006 music as a comment to this post. Enjoy! more ›

GigShanghai: Northern grunge, Tanghui strikes back and Akufen more ›

Meanwhile, at Shuffle Bar, a supposed “stolen” mobile phone led the lead singer of the Cuban band to shout a few obscenities from the stage and storm off. Also, a bachelorette party showed up totally expecting “Shanghai Latin Power” to be a different kind of show. more ›

GigShanghai: Noisy Sundays, females unite, and free BEP tickets! more ›

Blame it on the World Cup, but it’s a testament to the steady improvement of the Shanghai music scene that we now consider a weekend with four live shows “slow.” We unfortunately missed the Beijing rockers, Camel, at Live Bar on Friday night, but heard from reliable sources that they put on a fun, up-beat, pop-punk set. On Saturday, Hackbuteer played a wild show worthy of a crowd of 400 people at Yuyintang, except that there were only 40 people there. The highly underrated six-man band from Xi'an experimented with everything from straight-up rock-and-roll to an Incubus-esque combination of guitars and turntables. Best secret of the weekend, they were. And what’s better than drinking warm beer from a can in a dirty warehouse in the middle of nowhere? more ›

GigShanghai: A blues messianic, Recycled music, nose fetishes more ›

Watch for yourself in the premiere edition of Danwei Music, brought to you by our prolific neighbors to the north. more ›

GigShanghai: West Virginia house, German metal and ass beer more ›

Shanghaiist headed out to Shuffle last night -- and not just to loiter in front of convenience stores drinking beers with random Finnish girls. We caught The Living Thin's last show (ever!) -- the band is breaking up after a short but successful (by Shanghai standards) stint. You can check out some of our pictures of last night's show here. more ›

GigShanghai: Dance rock, a smashed bass, a Tang Hui challenge more ›