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Where: Mako Live­house
When: Sat 9 June, 20:30
How Much: 60RMB, 50RMB pre-sale
Who: Spar­row, Glow Curve, pen­ta­tonic, La’Bridge, Chi­nese Clivia (More Info)
Why: Post-rock is a par­tic­u­lar weak­ness of mine, if you hadn’t noticed, and this week­end is a great one for it. If you’re not going to see Dalian super­stars Wang Wen on Fri­day (or even if you are), this is the sec­ond of the Indie China-organized Post-Rock Fes­ti­vals. The other one was held ear­lier this year at Mao Live, and went spec­tac­u­larly well. This time, they’ve kept the golden trio of Bei­jing post-rock with Spar­row, Glow Curve and pen­ta­tonic, but brought in new blood La’Bridge and Chi­nese Clivia, also from Dalian. For post-rock lovers, this will be a great night, and also a good rea­son to get out of the city for a while. Mako starts early and ends early, but that’s part of their charm, so grab some Chi­nese food around the cor­ner from Mako and get back in time for sec­ond din­ner of chuan’r.

As men­tioned, Wang Wen is play­ing this Fri­day at Mao Live, 9PM, 80/60RMB, which will make for a good lead-up to the fes­ti­val. And if that’s not enough post-rock for you, UK group Maybeshewill takes the stage at Mao Live, 8:30PM, 120/80RMB. Out­side of the post-rock world, there’s Yung­giema per­form­ing her new age world music at Mako Live­house, 9PM, 80RMB. On Sat­ur­day, there’s a spe­cial album launch for Jing Wen Records’ Spark Project, with great folk acts like Bloody Woods, kur­tyqc and more, 8PM, 50RMB, at Yugong Yishan.