Midweek Music Preview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: The guitarist from Jefferson Airplane plays solo at Yuyintang, Sweedish post-rockers Immanu El promote their new album, and local metal heads play a Lamb of God pre-party show! Read on for all the details, or head over to our calendar for everything else. more ›

Midweek Music Preview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: Yuyintang pays you to check out some music, Simple Plan finally makes its Shanghai debut, more Scandinavian metal at Mao, and some free rock at Bee Dees. Read on for all the details, or head over to our calendar for more. more ›

Midweek Music Mreview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: Gender confusion and Assuie rock with East Brunswick All Girls Choir at Logo, Max Tundra brings UK pop electronic to Logo, and a full length rock opera by local performance crew The Illumin8tors. There is plenty going on this week, so read on for details, or check out 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 ›

Wowee it's looking sparse this week! Shanghai summers straight up kill the music. Anyway, there are at least a few things going on, including Mongolian band Ajinai at Mao, some Chinese Brit pop in the form of Convenience Store, and a metal night at Yuyintang. Read on for highlights, or check out our calendar for everything else! more ›

With the tagline "Does for rock and roll what The Sound of Music did for hills", we wonder if you can possibly refuse this week´s SubCinema screening. The film in question is This Is Spinal Tap, a mockumentary about the fictional heavy metal band Spinal Tap. That is, a fake documentary about a fake band - that became real in the process. Well, kind of real anyway. more ›

Yes, we know the big piece of music news this week is that Linkin Park is coming to town. The super popular Nu-metal alt-rock-rap band is playing Shanghai Stadium on Saturday, and though (according to mypiao) all the cheapie tickets have sold out, you can probably still get a nose bleed seat for 1000RMB or 1600RMB. Since that's an embarrassing portion of our salary, we'll probably be skipping out on the actual concert and hoping Chester Bennington and friends bring the after party to one of our regular late night haunts. more ›