The latest Hiphop Hijack party (featuring DJ Mystykal Kut) is on at Zeal, as well as a few Valentine's-themed parties, the Battle of Wonky Kong vs Sweatshop at Shelter, and free-flow at Kaiba. If that's not your taste, there's also M50 gallery closings, a stroll through Shanghai, and a Deke Ehr's book launch. And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more.
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Weekendist: DJ Mystykal Kut, V-Day parties, and the battle of Sweatshop vs Wonky Kong!
Weekendist: Shelter's 4 year anniversary, Bean's Bike Crawl, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and a Masquerade Ball
The Shelter turns four this week and they're celebrating with two nights of sweaty dancing and some excellent international DJs. Speaking of international DJs, DJ Jazzy Jeff is in town this weekend for Hip Hop Hijack at Zeal! If DJs aren't your thing, you can also check out the TGIF party with ECNU students at Node, BEAN's bike crawl for charity, M50's music and art festival, an intro to Peking Opera, plenty of music, and parties galore! And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more!
Watch: Graffiti in Shanghai (plus WALL LORDS Asia graffiti contest is coming!)
Malaysian Graffiti artists THEY and Bibichun came to Shanghai to paint streets and... apparently pavilions. The whole story is at Shanghai Expo Insights, but here are two things I want to note:
Midweek Music Preview: Fatman Scoop, Teengirl Fantasy, Shonen Knife
Yuyintang is insanely busy this week, with an act almost every night! And what acts too - hip hop, dream pop, math rock and folk all make appearances. Besides that, you can also get into Fatman Scoop, Teengirl Fantasy and Shonen Knife - top acts from around the world that are all making an appearance here this week.
Pencil This In: February 22-26
Looking for something to do this week? Shanghaiist has got you covered, from poker and arm wrestling tournaments to a night dedicated to The Dude. Of course, we hope to see you show off your Scrabble skills at the Shanghaiist Happy Hour on Tuesday!
Pencil This In: February 15-19
That was some weekend, wasn't it? For some ideas on how to take it easy the next few days (besides vegging out and watching the Olympics), check out this week's events, from pool to indie music to back-to-back kung fu movies.
Photos of the Year: Gimmee Shelter
This week, Shanghaiist takes a look back at their favorite shots from various Shanghaiist contributors through 2009. If you want to contribute your photos to us, it's a super easy process - just tag your favorite Shanghai shots with "Shanghaiist" on Flickr or send it to us by email (photos@shanghaiist.com) and it'll show up in our Flickr pool.
Midweek Music Preview: Neil Young, Escape Route and Triassic Park
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 (out every Monday!)
That's Shanghai Food & Drink Award winners: Our comments
The That's Shanghai Food & Drink Award winners were released over the weekend, for all you foodies that are curious about what Shanghai likes. And what Shanghai likes, for the most part, is established chains - whether or not they are actually the "best" in their categories. Hey, don't get huffy with us. The guys at That's Shanghai thought the same thing.
Tonight: IDM Music by Length will rock and shock Shanghai
18-year-old Length, from Changsha, has promised to play something completely different from what you usually hear.
Live Trip into Sherwood Dub Forest Tonight
The merry men of Uprooted Sunshine bring long-standing dub pioneer Adrian Sherwood for a live trip deep into Dub forest tonight at Shelter.
Catch the ticket bird for the Antidote Electronic Music Festival
Yes, we know we just went through one festival, but we can't help getting a little psyched for the next one already.
The Lab's mad scientists ready to rock Shelter for 3rd birthday
The Lab, a non-profit, non-cost DJ Hip-Hop workshop studio, is throwing its Third Anniversary Party tonight at the Shelter. Debuting two new talents, DJ Freeze and DJ Sense, the lineup features ten total DJs including founding member DJ V-Nutz (a.k.a: Gary Wang).
Pencil This In: Did we not get the memo that this weekend was CHARITY WEEKEND?
It's crazy right? Not to say that Shanghai isn't in a charitable mood most of the time, but this is the first instance we've seen of an entire three day stretch dedicated to not one... not two... but four FIVE different charitable events. It's as if the charity heavens opened up and decided this weekend was the day to rain torrents of giving.
Interview: DJ Dexter kicks off Krumping at the Shelter
Tonight in Shanghai: Juan "Magic" Atkins
The man who invented one of the most influential forms of modern music plays Shanghai tonight. Juan Atkins, from Detroit, USA, first started tinkering with synthesizers and drum machines back in the early 80s, and played the leading role in creating a brand new genre of futuristic, forward-thinking and cutting-edge music which would later become known as "Techno".
Pencil this in: Midweek clubbing edition
For those who can't wait for the weekend, here are a couple of interesting club nights to break up a cold, wet week.
Samba in Shanghai: Chino Latino Tres
Shanghai's premier Latin music party (perhaps Shanghai's only Latin music party, though that doesn't make it any less premier) is back!
Interview: People Under the Stairs
Underground hip hop act People Under the Stairs have flown all the way from Los Angeles to play one night at The Shelter. Consisting of Thes One and Double K, the group has been putting on amazing live shows since the late 1990s. Just before their Shelter debut, PUTS gave Shanghaiist the low down on hip hop, being in China, and buying fake DVDs.
Live Music Preview: Jose Gonzalez, Dorian Concept, and P.U.T.S.
So last week we thought summer in the city had come early - temperatures were pushing mid-20s and the sun was shining. This week temperatures have rocketed back down to single figures. Ridiculous. Luckily, you can warm yourself with some quality live music this week - starting tonight.
Photo of the Day: Two find Shelter
More photos on the Shanghaiist Contribute page. To see your photos on our Contribute page, use Flickr and tag your photos “shanghaiist”. Or you can email your photos to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically appear on our site (and here).
Daft Punk Fallout: Bananas Still On!
Shanghai's beat-banging stalwarts were remarking earlier in the week that:
Pencil This In: Say your last goodbyes to the Spring Festival
697 Yongjia Lu, near near Hengshan Lu 永嘉路697号, 近衡山路
Gigs to watch out for in January
Christmas is over, and like many others, Shanghaiist is still nursing a hangover from all the holiday cheer received on our trip back home. Lucky for us, we came back at a perfect time, with many exciting gigs coming up in January. Here is a look at the shows we don't plan on missing out on......
Re: Weekender
Coming up this weekend - Shanghaiist's picks for winter party animals. And let's hear no more excuses about cold weather. Unless you insist on sitting in the beer garden, most pubs and clubs are pretty warm inside. So without further ado, find our recommendations after the jump...
Phreaktion Celebrates 3 Year Anniversary with Goldie, DJ Krust
Seems like it's that time of year. First, Void celebrated their one-year anniversary last month. Now Phreaktion, fronted by DJ Siesta, turns three. It's just more proof that drum and bass is not only here, but here to stay. So this weekend, they're giving you the presents by featuring Goldie and DJ Krust over two action-packed nights.
Uprooted Shine on for Third Birthday at Shelter tonight
The reggae-loving Rastafarians of Jamaica be lookin at all this world financial crisis and thinkin "Babylon be fallin' down". Shanghai may have avoided the worst of the world's money problems… but it can't escape the Reggae sound as the city's Uprooted Sunshine Sound System celebrate its third birthday at The Shelter tonight.
Tonight: Microshelter — The Final One
For those of you who remain undecided as to what to do tonight, here's our last minute pitch for DJ Tootekool aka Sebastian Scholz's one final party in Shanghai before moving back to Europe. Starting in mid 2006, Tootekool's micro parties saw collaborations between DJ's and live musicians, and visual and acoustic artists in a spectrum of venues across Shanghai that ranged from clubs to creative spaces. Seeing him off tonight at the Shelter are Dj's B6, Ben Huang and dji. Read about what other greater things in life Sebastian is moving on to in this SmartShanghai interview.
Daedelus @ The Shelter, Thursday 9/25
Yeah, that long holiday week is almost here, isn't it? Well if you want to tack on an extra two days, this might be your ticket. On Thursday night, Free the Wax is bringing Daedelus to The Shelter with his brand of hip-hop/synthpop/electronica. What's it sound like?
Traxx @ The Shelter, Saturday 9/20
It's getting later in the month, which means it must be time for another Void techno extravaganza at The Shelter. Continuing the "Techno Pioneer" theme from Robert Hood's slamming set in June, this month the boys are flying in Traxx for a nonstop four-hour set of house & techno insanity.
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