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Where: Mao Live­house
When: Fri 17 June, 20:30PM
How Much: 80RMB; 70RMB pre-sale
Who: Muma & Third Party and.….? (More Info)
Why: This week brings us the city’s own bat­tle of the bands at Mao Live­house, where there will be three rounds of com­pe­ti­tion before a final decid­ing bat­tle. The deci­sion to be made? What lucky Bei­jing bands will be head­ing to Sum­mer Sonic music fes­ti­val in Japan this year. This is the first time Chi­nese bands have made it to the epic Japan­ese music fes­ti­val, and will be play­ing this year along­side pow­er­houses like The Strokes, Red Hot Chilli Pep­pers and X Japan. The bat­tles started this week on Tues­day (check out the week’s line­ups here), and on Fri­day night, the six win­ners from the week will bat­tle it out on the Mao stage for the glory. Spe­cial guest Muma & Third Party is always a rock­ing show to see, so it should be an amaz­ing show. Don’t miss it!

Run­ners up for this week are: Pangbianr.com’s Pairs Night, fea­tur­ing some amaz­ing duos includ­ing Shanghai’s own Pairs. This was a seri­ous con­tender for gig of the week, but I really can’t resist a bat­tle of the bands. Fri­day @ Old What? Bar, 9:30PM, 30RMB. On Sat­ur­day at D-22, there is some exper­i­men­tal & instru­men­tal artists includ­ing a favorite of mine, Spar­row. Check them out, 10PM, 50/40RMB.