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Apr 1 students). 8pm. Mako Live House (5205 1112) usicSelf Sound Orchestra, Empire of the Golden Egg Apr 6 for gloomy Liu Yue, Xia Jia, Bei Bei Thursday. RMB 30, RMB 20 A with some of China’s M (students). 9pm. D-22 (6265 3177) finest musicians. RMB 50, Apr 2 RMB 40 (advance). 9pm. Jiang Hu Liveshow Bar (6401 4611) Mamer, Wu Junde, Song Yuzhe, Zhou Laoer Apr 7 Uygur musician Mamer joins up M’beewan with fellow folkies. RMB 50, Reggae, Rock, Dub, Rap and Soul RMB 40 (advance, students). 9pm. – bit much for a Wednesday night? Mako Live House (5205 1112) Free. 9pm. Salud, Nanluogu Xiang Apr 3 (6402 5086) Arrows Made of Desire, Apr 9 Kodiak Island, jrg_one, Richard Todd Acid Live Tag Team Records launch a new Electro jazz group joined by guest cassette, with a classic rock and musicians to celebrate the band’s experimental session. RMB 45. anniversary. RMB 80, RMB 60 10pm. 2 Kolegas (6436 8998) (advance). 9pm. Yugong Yishan Bai Shui (6404 2711) He pays the capital a rare visit with Bigger Bang!, The Reason, original folk songs from Sichuan. The Double Harvestman Apr 3 & 4: Bai Shui See photo, this page. RMB 50, RMB Electro punk vs. emo rock. See 40 (advance, students). 9pm. Mako Killing me softly with a folk song. See listings, this page. who’s tough enough to win the Live House (5205 1112) stage. RMB 40, RMB 30 (students). Kaiser Kuo, Yang Meng, 10pm. D-22 (6265 3177) n an ideal world, we were supposed to meet Jimmy Page, Lady Kou Zhengyu, Xia Tian Kodiak Island Members of metal band Spring Electronic rockers live in concert. Gaga and the Black Eyed Peas at the Show of Peace concert Autumn go acoustic in the court- RMB 30. 9.30pm. Obiwan at the Birds’ Nest this month. But surprisingly, they decided to yard. RMB 50, RMB 40 (advance). (8322 1231) 9pm. Jiang Hu Liveshow Bar I Apr 10 move it to October 10 (great – remember Modern Sky last year?). (6401 4611)

We also heard that Bob Dylan would sing for us in April, and felt No Name Trio Buyi, Nucleus, Wu & The Side Effects MUSIC Django Reinhardt covers and all. The “Made In Ningxia” series con- even more shocked to learn that his show has been postponed RMB 30. 9.30pm. VA Cafe & Bar tinues with grunge, indie rock and (5844 3638) . RMB 40, RMB 30 (students). (indefinitely) as well. 10pm. 2 Kolegas (6436 8998) This won’t affect the mood for metal though, as Lamb of God Olafur Arnalds Neo-classical musician from Iceland Reflector (the metal band) is scheduled to hit The Star Live twice, on April defines his sound on keyboards China’s ska punk forefathers return and strings. RMB 100, RMB 70 to the stage. RMB 60. 9pm. 11 and 13, and according to Kerrang!, they are still “a band firmly on (advance), RMB 50 (students), RMB The Star Live (6425 5677) top of their game.” Another musician who’s playing two shows in 150 (VIP). 9pm. The Star Live Unsafe, Flyx, Cold Case, Hell City a row is less famous but highly recommended: Sichuan folk singer (6425 5677) Punk rock never takes a break in Sulumi, Brain Failures, Bigger Bang!, Wudaokou – just look at all the Bai Shui (see photo, above) brings his traditional instruments and Re-TROS, DH&Chinses Hellcats, New graffiti. RMB 40, RMB 30 soulful melodies to our gloomy capital. Catch him at Mako Live Pants, DJ Shen Yue, Ozi (students). 10pm. D-22 (6265 3177) Electronica, punk rock, disco punk, Wang Wen, Maze House (Apr 3) and Peking University Hall (Apr 4). swing dance, post punk, and DJ Post-rockers Wang Wen drop sets … just as much as you can take their new album. RMB 60, RMB 50 Remember Mojave 3? I have this strange admiration for anyone on a Saturday night. RMB 120, RMB (advance, students). 9pm. MAO from 4AD, probably because Chinese music magazines juxtaposed 80 (advance). 9pm. Yugong Yishan Livehouse (6402 5080) (6404 2711) them against all major labels, back when I first got into Western Apr 11 Four Five music. To be fair, though, Neil Halstead does have a voice that Industrial metal soldiers release Lamb of God their studio debut. RMB 40, Heavy metal legends arrive at makes radio presenters speak with a creepy intonation after playing RMB 30 (students). 10pm. 13 Club Yonghegong. RMB 350-550, RMB (8261 9267) 790 (VIP). 8pm. The Star Live his songs. Starting from April 16 at Yugong Yishan, he’s on the (6425 5677) Apr 4 road for a China tour across six cities. Good luck with that. Li Daiguo Post-rockers Wang Wen pay a visit from their hometown Dalian Bai Shui East meets West with pipa, viola Sichuan folk concert in the campus. and mbira. RMB 40. 9.30pm. on April 10; they’ll be celebrating the release of their new album See photo, this page. RMB 40-50. Jiang Hu Liveshow Bar (6401 4611) 7pm. Peking University Hall at MAO Livehouse. And Tag Team Records releases its monthly (6275 1278) Apr 13 limited-edition cassette, Reverse<<

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that’smags www.thebeijinger.com Aprilwww. 20 thatsbj.com10 / the Beijinger Sept. 200577 REVIEWS throws a funky party. RMB 60, RMB Metal heats emo core. RMB 50. The Greed of Man 大时代 AV Okubo AV 大久保 50 (advance). 9pm. MAO Livehouse 9pm. 13 Club (8261 9267) (6402 5080) here are, like, a billion punk Apr 24 Latyr Sy, Ekber Turdi, DH & Chinese Hellcats, SUBS, bands in Wuhan – when it’s hot Hoochie Coochie Gentleman Steely Heart, 24 Hours and humid, you need a way to Senegalese percussionist jams with Sing that swing and rock that T Uygur singer/guitarist and Beijing’s garage. RMB 50, RMB 40 let off steam. The problem is that one blues gentlemen. RMB 50. 9pm. (students). 10pm. 2 Kolegas minute you stand up to The Man, and Tiny Salt Coffee Club (5900 0969) (6436 8998) then you get bored and begin to mock Lonely China Day ETC, Wu Fei, Yan Jun him with the music alone. AV Okubo’s Drop that coin for the Chinese Sub Jam experimental session at Radiohead. RMB 49.9. 10pm. 798 on a Saturday afternoon. RMB debut is just like that – intense yet 2 Kolegas (6436 8998) 50, RMB 25 (students). 4pm. UCCA quirky. The album opens with upbeat Neil Halstead (8459 9269) disco punk and bouncy basslines, then The Mojave 3 frontman sings his Peaches, Dr. Feelgood, folk to our city. RMB 100, RMB 80 Pet Conspiracy gets edgy in “Dazibao” when vocalist (advance). 8pm. Yugong Yishan Who doesn’t love Peaches? Just see Lu Yan reads from Chairman Mao’s (6404 2711) Clubhouse, p72. RMB 260, RMB 200 manifesto. This guitar-driven old-school punk eventually turns into The Redbucks (advance). 9pm. Yugong Yishan Bluegrass echoes in hutongs. RMB (6404 2711) an ’80s disco party. Lyrically, it only takes four songs to get from the 40. 9pm. Jiang Hu Liveshow Bar Apr 27 (6401 4611) power struggle of “They whisper in your ears, saying don’t forget to Birdstriking, White die for me” (“Old Game”) to “I want The Smurfs … feeling so high” Xiao He, Matthieu Ha April “Zoomin’ Night” ends post- (“I Want The Smurfs”). How cynical can you be? Wang Ge Folksy improviser jams with a punk and experimental rock. RMB Parisian kindred spirit. Price TBD. 30, RMB 20 (students). 9pm. D-22 10pm. D-22 (6265 3177) (6265 3177) Apr 17 7 Deadly Sins UNiXX Apr 28 Arrows Made of Desire, RandomK(e) Jess Meider ho would have thought Rockers unplug their guitars and Beijing-based New Yorker sings her go acoustic. RMB 40. 10pm. acoustic compositions. Free. 9pm. Wigan and Hong Kong Obiwan (8322 1231) could sound alike? Alter- Luce (8402 4417) W Birdstriking, The Molds, Apr 29 native rockers UNiXX pay decent B-Side Lovers, Wu & the Side Effects Post-punk, rockabilly and blues- The Inspector Cluzo, homage to The Verve’s northern soul rock. RMB 40, RMB 30 (students). Wu & the Side Effects of psychedelic rock shoegazing on 10pm. D-22 (6265 3177) French funky rockers meet Wu Kejia and his band of brothers. 7 Deadly Sins. Having started out as Hanggai RMB 30, RMB 20 (students). 9pm. a band addicted to noisy guitars and Beijing’s long-term Mongolian D-22 (6265 3177) band performs home tunes. RMB heavy basslines overlaid with a vocal 40, RMB 30 (students). 10pm. Apr 30 easily confused with Suede-era Brett 2 Kolegas (6436 8998) Jess Meider Anderson, UniXX have developed into Puressence, Perdel, The Tumbleweed Obiwan starts its birthday with Alternative rockers from New York songstress. RMB 40. a dark combination of lo-fi proto-punk Manchester, supported by local 9.30pm. Obiwan (8322 1231) and ’90s indie rock. They even tried a bit of Bristol Sound – luckily Brit-pop lovers. RMB 140, RMB 120 P.K.14, Ourself Beside Me, (advance). 9pm. MAO Livehouse 24 Hours, The Molds the trip-hop experiment only exists in “7 Deadly Sins,” which almost (6402 5080) MUSIC Maybe Mars celebrates D-22’s four- sounds like early Massive Attack, but disjointedly composed and badly Apr 18 year-young birthday. Price TBD. 10pm. D-22 (6265 3177) recorded. Skip that one, seriously – letting the title track almost ruin Hell Savior, Noiz Mob, Blud Thirsty, the album even a little bit is the last thing you want. Wang Ge DengeL, G.O.U.M Every Thu Thrash metal supported by gothic Liu Yue Guitar Trio rock. RMB 40, RMB 30 (students). Jazz lines read by classic guitar. 8pm. 13 Club (8261 9267) Heligoland Massive Attack Free. 9.30pm. East Shore Live Jazz Xiao He, Shouwang, Cafe (8403 2131) The Offset: Spectacles Every Fri fter seven years of anticipation, Folkster and alt rockers support Massive Attack’s fifth studio the book launch of Matthew Xia Jia Piano Trio Niederhauser’s Sound Kapital, with Jazz pianist operates on his key- album has emerged. Despite photo projections on display. Free. boards. Free. 10pm. East Shore Live A Jazz Cafe (8403 2131) the breakups, make-ups, side projects 8.30pm. Three Shadows Photo- and debt that transpired before graphy Art Centre (6432 2663) Every Sat Heligoland saw the light of day, the album Apr 22 Liu Yuan Saxophone Quartet Jil Caplan China’s jazz forefather keeps the maintains the Bristol duo’s melancholic French singer-songwriter covers Houhai shores smooth. Free. 10pm. despair and ominous mischief. Favored the classics. Tickets available at East Shore Live Jazz Cafe (8403 2131) collaborator Horace Andy appears Alliance Française. Free. 8pm. CD Jazz Cafe (6506 8288) May 1-3 on two thoroughly promoted tracks Slap, Sound Fragment, Nanwu Modern Sky Strawberry (“Girl I Love You” and “Splitting the Folk rock encounters Brit-pop. Music Festival Atom”), but the album’s real highlights RMB 60, RMB 50 (advance). 9pm. Xiu Xiu, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, are the Martina Topley-Bird-featured “Psyche,” and “Pray for Rain” MAO Livehouse (6402 5080) Pet Conspiracy and Re-TROS ... Apr 23 Beijing’s eastern suburb welcomes with TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe. Lisa Liang its biggest event of the year. ETC, Wu Fei, Xiao He, RMB 80 (per day), RMB 180 (three Li Tieqiao, Yan Jun days, limited 3,000, register Musicians turn daily routine sound at www.mlive.me). 1-9.30pm. Soldier of Love Sade into music pieces. RSVP at Tongzhou Canal Park (8952 3044) [email protected]. RMB t was always the voice, that velvety 80, RMB 50 (students). 8pm. Star May 1-4 alto with the endless echo, at the Theater (6601 6549) Midi Festival Liquid Architecture “China’s Woodstock” keeps heart of the music. Unfortunately, French electro rock band launches rocking after a decade. This year I their China tour. RMB 120, RMB 100 it’s back to Beijing for outdoor on Soldier of Love, it’s the instrumentals (advance). 9.30pm. MAO Livehouse fun on four stages: British punk carrying the voice. Almost as if feeling (6402 5080) heroes Sham 69 returns to China, joins bands/artists from more a need to catch up with the times, Ourself Beside Me, than ten countries, as well as Sade’s first album in ten years contains The Offset: Spectacles, local acts including Free The Birds, more than one reference to war, but Wanderlust, Ice Seller X.T.X, Muma & Third Party, Garage trio takes the alt-under- Xiao He, Xie Tianxiao, Brain the intense drum line and screaming grounds, joined by alternative Failure, SUBS and many more. guitars of the album’s title track are rockers from Tianjin. RMB 40, Tickets at 6417 7845, 400 610 3721 RMB 30 (students). 10pm. or www.piao.com.cn. RMB 80 a few fields left of the usual Sade D-22 (6265 3177) (per day), RMB 240 (four days). sensuality. Only “Morning Bird” shows S.A.Ws, Unregenerate Blood, 1-10pm. Haidian Park (6285 0569) a brief glimmer of the Sade that used to be: lonesome, magnetic and The Falling, Last Chance Of Youth, www.midifestival.com beautifully despondent. Lisa Liang Final Message

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