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Tsukiji Fish Market by appow on Flickr.
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The mountain peaks near Reed Flute Cave, located near Guilin China.
The National perform “Don’t Swallow the Cap” on Late Night with David Letterman
The British beat-makers shed their electronics in pursuit of a sound designed to translate live. For their second album, Mount Kimbie’s Dominic Maker and Kai Campos even trot out languid vocal performances and a real live drum kit, while still sounding like themselves in the process.
Ishmael Butler may talk about making music in the quasi-mystical manner of many artists, but his projects have been so neatly conceived that they might have been calculated by a critic.
First he was one third of Digable Planets, the hip-hop group whose jazz loops and soft-spoken boho cool still sum up a particular corner of style; you get the feeling that if they hadn’t existed, 1993 would have had to invent them. (Their hit single, “Rebirth of Slick,” means Butler will probably always be best remembered for the line “we be to rap what key be to lock,” delivered with schoolteacherly precision.) Some years later, there was Cherrywine, a curious mix of hip-hop, funk band, and futuristic R&B. And now Butler’s back in his hometown of Seattle, working under the name Palaceer Lazaro, and heading Shabazz Palaces, one of the most sonically fascinating left-field hip-hop acts going. He’s tried not to say much about the group’s history, its agenda, even its precise membership it all remains a bit enigmatic and, dare I say, mystical but the music they’re putting out is conceptually tight, focused, and full of purpose. You’d have a tough time dreaming up a collision of sounds that gels quite so well as this stuff.
One of our favourite music critics, Nitsuh Abebe from New York Magazine, reviews Shabazz Palaces’ debut album Black Up. Read the rest of the review here.
Shabazz Palaces x THEESatisfaction x Malitia Malimob, spring 2013
SAVE THE DATE // SHABAZZ PALACES IN BEIJING + SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI // June 28, 2013 // Yuyintang
BEIJING // June 29, 2013 // The Bar at Migas
more photos from the tour here
Meric Long (Guitarist, The Dodos).
In 2012, The Dodos scored an honorable mention in Baeble Blog’s list of Top 5 Bird Bands. The five favorites were Niki & the Dove, Andrew Bird, Phoenix, Department of Eagles and Yellow Ostrich. Recently, the beijinger magazine interviewed Meric Long of The Dodos and asked who would win in a fight, a dodo or a phoenix. His answer is above.
So, immortality FTW, we guess.
The Dodos play 2 shows in Shanghai and 1 more in Beijing this weekend! Dates below:
Shanghai (Early Show): May 25, 2013 @ 2:30PM, Yuyintang. Tickets: 40 RMB (Student) / 60 RMB (Door)
Shanghai (Late Show): May 25, 2013 @ 9:30PM, Live Bar. Tickets: 30 RMB (Door)
Beijing: May 26, 2013 @ 8:30PM, Yugong Yishan. Tickets: 40 RMB (Student) / 60 RMB (Door)
Josh Feola may run pangbianr, be one half of Damage Blanket (the other being his ace girlfriend, Lulu) and may write real long articles for Smart Beijing. But to me and countless others, he will also be the boy who witnessed hundreds of people getting soaked by a high powered water…
Interview with Josh Feola of SmartBeijing, pangbianr and most recently, Sinotronics, a new electronic/experimental music label he started with Markus Schneider of Metrowaves.
“Saturday, start with The Dodos at Yuytintang, brought to you courtesy of the Split Works crew. Just straightforward indie folk pop that will melt the heart of anyone in its path. They’re from San Francisco, the greatest city on earth, which has also pumped out indie rockers such as Thee Oh Sees and Sic Alps. Alright, here’s the plan: jump on SmartShanghai dating, send out a couple of feeler emails; “Hey I’m just looking for someone to go The Dodos show with this Saturday.” After the show take a stroll around the Yuyintang park and BAM! Make-out freaking city.”
SmartShanghai MP3 Monday always knows just how to write up our gigs. Thanks for the love, as always, guys. And don’t forget the late show with The Dodos at Live Bar! That one kicks off at 9:30PM in scenic Yangpu.
The Needle Drop aka Anthony Fantano aka “the Internet’s hardest working music nerd” reviews Japandroids’ sophomore album Celebration Rock.
Split Works is bringing Japandroids in August! Save the date:
Beijing // August 23 // Mao Livehouse
Shanghai // August 24 // Yuyintang
Are You… Can You… Were You? (Felt)
Split Works will be bringing Shabazz Palaces to Beijing + Shanghai in June! Dates below:
Shanghai: Friday June 28 @ Yuyintang
Beijing: Saturday June 29 @ The Bar at Migas
The Needle Drop aka Anthony Fantano aka “the Internet’s hardest working music nerd” review Shabazz Palaces’ Black Up.
Split Works will be bringing Shabazz Palaces to Beijing + Shanghai in June! Dates below:
Shanghai: Friday June 28 @ Yuyintang
Beijing: Saturday June 29 @ The Bar at Migas
You’ll never know what it means, but you’ll know how it feels. It’s gonna be over before you know it’s begun. It’s all we really got, stop you’re cryin’, hold on, before you know it, it’s gone. Tonight is what it means to be young. Tonight is what it means to be Japandroids.
mbira action with li daiguo
