June 02, 2017
5 of the Best Local Shanghai Bands You Must See Live
If you want to get to know what’s happening in the live music scene in Shanghai then you need to get to know the local bands. Being an international city, Shanghai often has big acts passing through, but to get to the pulse of the underground scene you must get out to see the local bands who play the indie clubs every week. To get you started I present five bands who are setting the beat of the indie music scene in ...
May 28, 2017
Making It in Shanghai: Interview with Redic
“Making It in Shanghai” focuses on people who have found success and made a significant cultural impact in Shanghai. "Steps of courage lead to places of confidence." - Redic When people talk of “making it” they are usually referring to becoming successful in their chosen discipline. In the world of music and performing success can be relative, so for some it’s just being on stage doing what they love, and for ...
April 05, 2017
Post-Punk Artists Old Aunties
Once in a while, you’re in a club waiting to see a band play when you’re blown away by the support act. Then you hear the band you came to see originally and it feels like a letdown. This is how I was introduced to Lao Ayi (老阿姨), or Old Aunties to use their English name. A three-piece all-girl post-punk band is something of a rarity in music, let alone in China, but Old Aunties are becoming a mainstay of the ...
September 14, 2016
A Conversation Between Science and Art – NYU Shanghai x Lu Yang
On July 24, 2016, NYU Shanghai Art Gallery and the Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience (CCN) Summer School co-organized A Conversation Between Science and Art. New media artist Lu Yang shared her work with students from around the world and world-class neuroscientists from institutions such as NYU, Stanford, Yale, MIT and Google DeepMind. The presentation focused on Delusional Mandela, a video narrative ...
August 31, 2016
Eating the City: An Unusual Installation by Artist Song Dong
On Sunday, August 28th Song Dong and students from NYU Shanghai welcomed guests to the opening of the Beijing artist’s Eating The City exhibition in Shanghai, an event that was co-organised by NYU Shanghai Art Gallery. Eating the City is an installation that resembles a scale model of a city, but instead of being constructed with balsa wood and foam board, it’s made with crackers, cookies, candies and ...
April 15, 2015
Pyroglyphix Remedy Tour 2015
Pyroglyphix are a rock rap band whose music combines elements of electronic and hip hop. In March 2014 the band were named 'Suzhou's Best Band' at the City Weekend Suzhou Reader's Choice Awards. The band released its first EP, Remedy, last year. This spring has seen them take in a number of dates around eastern China including Changzhou, Wuhan and Shanghai. This weekend they will play in Nanjing. Hailing from ...
