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Where: D-22
When: Fri 14 May, 10.00PM
How Much: 40RMB; 30RMB stu­dents
Who: Booji, Duck Fight Goose, Soviet Pop, The Off­set: Spec­ta­cles (More Info)
Why: Since my last expe­ri­ence see­ing Shang­hai bands in Bei­jing was such a pos­i­tive one, I’m going to rec­om­mend this gig once again because of what I’ve read over at kung­fuol­ogy. I caught part of Booji’s last year at the Mod­ern Sky Fes­ti­val (the one nobody went to because all the for­eign acts got banned), and while they were a lit­tle on the exper­i­men­tal side, I can see them work­ing on a smaller stage. Duck Fight Goose promise to be an inter­est­ing act as well, on the psy­che­delic side of exper­i­men­tal elec­tronic music. They should def­i­nitely be a good live show. They’re teamed up with Soviet Pop and The Off­set: Spec­ta­cles, both of which are the exper­i­men­tal off­shoots of cel­e­brated bands Car­sick Cars (Soviet Pop) and My Lit­tle Air­port (The Off­set: Spec­ta­cles). They’ve both been named as acts to watch out for, so catch them now.

Run­ner up gigs abound this week! Candy Mon­ster, Steely Heart +more @ Dos Kole­gas, Sat 10PM, 40RMB; Zhou Yun­peng @ Jianghu, Thu 9PM, 60/50RMB; and if Mao opens up this week, Lonely China Day @ Mao, Sun @ 9.30PM, 79.90RMB.