Cutting edge music comes to Shanghai this Saturday night when the "King of UK bass music", Neil Landstrumm, performs live with local undergound techno crew, VOID. Shanghaiist caught up with the Edinburgh native on the eve of his second visit to the city, to hear his thoughts on the current electronic music scene, the differences between Shanghai and New York, noodles, faceless techno bollocks, adrenalin-pumping live electronics, and jelly botties. more ›

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. more ›

It's Monday and it's a time for a brand new edition of Pencil This In, where we sum up some of stuff going on in Shanghai during the weekdays. This week there's frat boy Olympics, jazz tunes, movie showings and even classical opera! more ›

Two tidbits of nightlife news from SmartShanghai: Sin Lounge, which City Weekend readers named to be one of their favorite places (go figure!), is in a dispute with their landlord and will be closed indefinitely. On the other hand, Shelter had their first week back from the weekday ban. For the last month or so, they've only been allowed to open up on the weekends - now, they get to usher people in on Wednesday and Thursdays as well. So go to Swap Meet next week and celebrate. more ›

This week, get acquainted with one of Asia's biggest pop stars, or with local musicians making a name for themselves on the Shanghai scene. There's a little something for everyone with dubstep blended house music, a reggae-jazz fusion, East Coast hip hop and 3D-assisted electro. more ›

Electrolist, by Shanghai Ultra of the VOID crew, gives a regular lowdown on the Shanghai electronic music scene, with picks, tips, news, and other rumors. more ›

For their monthly series at The Shelter, Sub-Culture will be teaming up with Idlebeats (Nini Sum) to hand print the works of German freelance illustrator Gregor Koerting. And now we've got a sneak peek at what it takes to make this screen printed goodness to begin with. more ›

Every Friday, Weekendist brings you our picks of the best of what's coming in the next three days. more ›

Every Friday, Weekendist brings you our picks of the best of what's coming in the next three days. Be sure to check our Shanghaiist Calendar for more info. more ›

So, here we go again with a question that we didn't think would have more plot twists than Lost: Is Shanghai nightlife going to suck during the Expo? Current answer: Maybe. Maybe not. more ›

Every Friday, Weekendist brings you our picks of the best of what's coming in the next three days. more ›

Yep, our worst fears have come true. Shanghai's nightlife is looking set to suck during the Expo period as officials get strict on clubs and bars across the city. more ›

Underground Resistance make a welcome return to Shanghai tomorrow night as guests of the VOID crew at Shelter. For around two decades now their reputation as a militantly anti-mainstream Detroit techno collective has proceeded them from club to club as they drop their spellbinding music. more ›

While we contain our excitement for the soft opening of Obama Club this coming Monday, this weekend has a few treats in store to keep us occupied. Be sure to check our Calendar for more listings. more ›

Electrolist, by Shanghai Ultra of the VOID crew, gives a regular lowdown on the Shanghai electronic music scene, with picks, tips, news, and other rumors. more ›

Every Friday, Weekendist brings you our picks of the best of what's coming in the next three days. more ›

FREE the WAX is back in town for a gig. This time they are bringing DJ Vadim and MC Yarah Bravo (Ninja Tune/BBE) to China for the second time running. If you had missed their explosive show last year, you know what to do this time. more ›

Tonight, take it back to the old-school with British DJ Andy Smith at The Shelter. Since 1998 Andy Smith has been releasing multi-genre mix albums, segueing vintage funk, R&B, and soul with doses of contemporary hip-hop . When his mix-CD The Document hit the streets back in 1998, it became the soundtrack for a generation who had heard Coldcut's Journeys By DJs but needed to hear more - The Document filled the void. He was also the touring DJ for Portishead some time ago and worked on their first two albums with them. more ›

Electrolist, by Shanghai Ultra of the VOID crew, gives the lowdown on the Shanghai electronic music scene each week, with picks, tips, news, and other rumors. more ›

Electrolist, by Shanghai Ultra of the VOID crew, gives the lowdown on the Shanghai electronic music scene each week, with picks, tips, news, and other rumors. more ›

Electrolist, by Shanghai Ultra of the VOID crew, gives the lowdown on the Shanghai electronic music scene each week, with picks, tips, news, and other rumors. more ›

From time to time, Electrolist does stray a bit from what is considered electronic music, just to keep things interesting. But we are doing nothing of the sort today, as tonight a man who is something of an innovator in minimal techno - Richie Hawtin - will be playing at Mao Livehouse. more ›

Electrolist doesn't normally want to get into the underground/overground debate, but its just too hard to ignore this weekend. On one side, you've got two huge international names from the so-called Top-100 DJ list in town. Meanwhile, Electrolist's own crew VOID, will continue their spirited rebellion against hype and fakery with their "Spectrum" party on Saturday night at Shelter. more ›

Tucker is a DJ/musician well known for his use of a wide range of instruments, including an electone. more ›

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Rich Medina, a veteran of the New York music scene, is tearing up the Shelter on Friday night - a party you definitely don't want to miss. more ›

Electrolist, hosted by Shanghai Ultra of the infamous VOID crew, gives the lowdown on the Shanghai Electronic music scene each week, with picks, tips, news, and other rumors. more ›

With everything that's going on tonight, FREE the WAX has got one more gig vying for your attention featuring American electro-cinematic producer maestro Eliot Lipp who is best known for his seamless weaving of 80s electro, 70s jazz-fusion and Bay Area hip hop. more ›

Internationally-renown Eric San, who records under the name Kid Koala, is well known for his inventive style of turntablism, which uses an unusual collection of samples from sources like Charlie Brown television specials, old comedy sketch routines, people sneezing, and people reading a menu in Cantonese. more ›

CNNGo went around Shanghai's bars and clubs recently in a confusing article about air quality. Confusing namely because they said they're testing for the best and worst, but only six bars/clubs make the story and, really, the only one that got lambasted was The Shelter, which had a ppm ([thousand] parts per million of criteria pollutants) of 350. Regular air quality in Shanghai is 230 and the U.S. FDA says 150 is in the high end of the safe zone. Because we needed an air quality meter to tell us that it hurts to breathe in The Shelter. Anyway, apparently one of the best places to go for a breath of fresh air is Sin. But while your lungs will feel clean, can all the ventilation there stop your soul from feeling dirty? more ›