Weekend shows pump up the volume
By Brian Offenther |
May 24, 2012, Thursday
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PEOPLE in Shanghai moved with a certain synchronicity this week, reaching down from their shelves and grabbing their table fans. In other words, things are heating up around town as summer approaches.
And while most are excited for this development, if you were to stumble in to a gaggle of Shanghai rock 'n' roll shows this weekend, you'd think the Shanghai music scene was upset by these developments.
This weekend will be loud as can be. And angry, very, very angry. Three shows will be expressing their upset in distinct ways.
Over at Logo (107 Sinan Road, near Taikang Road) on Saturday will be T3ETH (pronounced "teeth"), a dance-punk/electro-clash band from the UK. I know terms like electro-clash can be somewhat confusing, but just know the band typically mixes angry hard-rock punk music with the synthetic sounds you'll find at a discotheque. You can dance, but probably with a scowl.
The band has been getting a lot of buzz from international publications, including the ever-influential Pitchfork, a popular music website based in the US. As Xiao Zhong of local band Pairs, who will be doing a DJ set in support of T3ETH, said, "Maybe if you're from New York you're going to like it."
Tickets are 50 yuan (US$7.90), and things kick off at 9pm.
If you head north from Logo the same night you can find yourself at Live Bar (800 Guoshun Road E., near Shuangyang Road) for a night of local young hardcore bands Whitebread, Fistfightin11steps and Dinner Party For Ten. Tickets are 40 yuan, and the show starts at 9pm.
Again, expect loud and angry sounds, but in a way that is very different from T3ETH.
Hardcore music is punk rock's angst-ridden younger brother. It's typically simple guitar rock music played with such intensity and speed that it reaches a level difficult to perform, and for many, appreciate.
Punk rock shares a similar aesthetic to hardcore, but hardcore's intensity doesn't leave room for the sloppiness typical of a lot of punk. The personal resolve needed to make the music is paralleled by hardcore's lyrical themes, which can be very self-analytical.
As opposed to T3ETH, these young hardcore bands won't be utilizing synth sounds, or playing music influenced by discos.
That's similar to the final loud show of the weekend: Friday night's metalcore night at 696 (118 Dongjiangwan Road, near Huayuan Road) with Why Lazy, Hidden Agenda, and "Before the Daybreak." Tickets are 40 yuan, with the gig starting at 8:30pm.
Metalcore is a sub-genre of metal, finding common-ground between the grandiosity of metal music with the melodrama typical to hardcore.
For all three of these shows, angry music is the thing. Even if it may seem dark, it's just an alternative path to the same thing we all want: a good time.
And while most are excited for this development, if you were to stumble in to a gaggle of Shanghai rock 'n' roll shows this weekend, you'd think the Shanghai music scene was upset by these developments.
This weekend will be loud as can be. And angry, very, very angry. Three shows will be expressing their upset in distinct ways.
Over at Logo (107 Sinan Road, near Taikang Road) on Saturday will be T3ETH (pronounced "teeth"), a dance-punk/electro-clash band from the UK. I know terms like electro-clash can be somewhat confusing, but just know the band typically mixes angry hard-rock punk music with the synthetic sounds you'll find at a discotheque. You can dance, but probably with a scowl.
The band has been getting a lot of buzz from international publications, including the ever-influential Pitchfork, a popular music website based in the US. As Xiao Zhong of local band Pairs, who will be doing a DJ set in support of T3ETH, said, "Maybe if you're from New York you're going to like it."
Tickets are 50 yuan (US$7.90), and things kick off at 9pm.
If you head north from Logo the same night you can find yourself at Live Bar (800 Guoshun Road E., near Shuangyang Road) for a night of local young hardcore bands Whitebread, Fistfightin11steps and Dinner Party For Ten. Tickets are 40 yuan, and the show starts at 9pm.
Again, expect loud and angry sounds, but in a way that is very different from T3ETH.
Hardcore music is punk rock's angst-ridden younger brother. It's typically simple guitar rock music played with such intensity and speed that it reaches a level difficult to perform, and for many, appreciate.
Punk rock shares a similar aesthetic to hardcore, but hardcore's intensity doesn't leave room for the sloppiness typical of a lot of punk. The personal resolve needed to make the music is paralleled by hardcore's lyrical themes, which can be very self-analytical.
As opposed to T3ETH, these young hardcore bands won't be utilizing synth sounds, or playing music influenced by discos.
That's similar to the final loud show of the weekend: Friday night's metalcore night at 696 (118 Dongjiangwan Road, near Huayuan Road) with Why Lazy, Hidden Agenda, and "Before the Daybreak." Tickets are 40 yuan, with the gig starting at 8:30pm.
Metalcore is a sub-genre of metal, finding common-ground between the grandiosity of metal music with the melodrama typical to hardcore.
For all three of these shows, angry music is the thing. Even if it may seem dark, it's just an alternative path to the same thing we all want: a good time.
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