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Where: Yugong Yis­han
When: Sat 3 Dec, 21:00
How Much: 50RMB; 30RMB pre-sale
Who: Boys Climb­ing Ropes, X is Y, Res­i­dence A (More Info)
Why: This time, I swear I’m not pick­ing this gig because of Res­i­dence A. Boys Climb­ing Ropes is a legit­i­mately awe­some Shang­hai band who were once what you might call an “expat band”, but now the two Cana­di­ans have teamed up with Xiao Punk, and what a big dif­fer­ence that lit­tle punk has made. Unlike the other Shang­hai groups in the recent inva­sion of Bei­jing, they’re not releas­ing a CD, but that doesn’t mean they’re not going to rock out. It’s going to be a sweet show, and not just because of them. X is Y is a great math rock group who I saw last win­ter, and of course, my dar­lings, my loves, Res­i­dence A, I can­not miss a show with them.

If you can’t make it to Yugong Yis­han on Sat­ur­day, con­sider head­ing up to Wudaokou on Fri­day night, where BCR will be joined by Streets Kill Strange Ani­mals and Me Too, 10PM, 50/40RMB. Oth­er­wise, we’ve got Hedge­hog at Yugong Yis­han on Fri­day, 8:30PM, 80/60RMB; or indie pop-rock group DISH with their album launch at Mao Live­house, also Fri­day, 8PM, 50/40RMB; for some post-BCR action on Sat­ur­day, take your YGYS ticket for a free show at Old What? Bar with Chui Wan, Alpine Decline and more (with­out the stub it’s 20RMB), 10:30PM; and for some­thing dif­fer­ent on Sun­day, check out Japan­ese artist Megrim with infre­quent per­form­ers Me:Mo at Yugong Yis­han at 8PM, 100/70RMB.

And I’mma give you a heads up for next Wednes­day: my good friends over at Split Works are turn­ing five years old this month, and while most of the action is going on down in their local Shang­hai, Bei­jing gets a taste of it with US artist Chad Val­ley, play­ing at Tem­ple next Weds Dec 7 at 9PM. The show’s 50RMB and should be a ton of fun, so put that one in your diaries.

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