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

The sun shone on Midi and all was good. And at the end of the first day, Lao Cui said unto the gathered masses, "people say that Western rock music is like a rolling stone. I've always thought of Chinese rock music as like a rolling egg. The stone may be solid, but the egg has the chance of life." more ›

Friday marks off the start of a festival bonanza! The biggest music event going on is the Zhenjiang MIDI Festival, which will feature dozens of Chinese bands - both established and up-and-comers rocking out for three days in Zhenjiang. Sadly, Zhenjiang is a good two-and-a-half hours away and some of us are just way too busy (or way too lazy) to make it out that far. Luckily, Split-Works has brought us some great music worth staying in Shanghai for. more ›