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 peek at our Pencil This In (out every Monday!) or the all-inclusive calendar.
Midweek Music Preview: Dead Farmers, The Gar and The Raveonettes!
Pencil This In: Nov 8 - 11
Well it’s Monday again, which means it’s time for our weekly list of everything there is to do around Shanghai this Monday through Thursday. And this week it’s all about social networking...
The best music of 2006 ... so far
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!
Shanghaiist Happy Hour III: Featuring Mint and Ferris Wheel
One week from now you should be busy coating your stomachs with milk, getting ready for the 100-kuai-all-you-can-drink special at Shanghaiist Happy Hour III at Shuffle Bar. We have settled on the bands for the evening of Friday, April 21, as well. Kicking things off at around 10 will be local indie-pop outfit Ferris Wheel, followed by blues rockers Mint.
Shanghaiist presents The Best Albums of 2005
Since Shanghaiist kicked off in July this year, we've inflicted opinion after opinion on you, our faithful readership. Here comes a whole bunch more.

Tim Kao, musician
