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Where: Tem­ple
When: Sat 7 July, 22:00
How Much: Sug­gested dona­tion of 50RMB
Who: Mohanik, Banana Mon­key, Scary Magic, DJ BO (More Info)
Why: If you’ll think back to ear­lier this year, the name Mohanik will be famil­iar — they played the last night ever at D-22. And they rocked it. They drank nearly a whole bot­tle of some sort of Mon­go­lian moon­shine and banged out an amaz­ing rock set. They’ll make the floor shake at Tem­ple, no doubt about it. As for the other two bands, I don’t know them from Adam since they’re from Shang­hai, but that’s almost rea­son enough. It’s great to get out and see some new bands, and what’s the worst that could hap­pen? You fall in love with them and have to travel to Shang­hai just to see them? … Okay, well that sucks. But at least you saw some great bands. Make a date for this one, it’ll be awesome.

It’s a busy week­end, like I said, so here’s what we’ve got: on Fri­day, there are four shows worth going to, of com­pletely dif­fer­ent styles. Mamer + IZ con­tinue their takeover of Beijing’s hearts at Zajia Lab, 8:30PM, 60MRB; Omnipo­tent Youth Soci­ety take the stage with Tai­wanese pop group Sugar Plum Ferry at Yugong Yis­han, 9PM, 150RMB; Res­i­dence A and new group Dirty Lit­tle Secret rock the hutongs at Hot Cat Club, 9:30RMB, Free!; and finally, the last show of the cur­rent lineup of DH & Chi­nese Hell­cats is going down at 2 Kole­gas, 10PM, 80/60RMB. And if you’re not into amaz­ing Mon­go­lian rock, there’s other stuff on Sat­ur­day, too. All the local metal acts are out at the Beibang 3rd Anniver­sary at Mao Live, 8:30PM, 150/100RMB, or if you’re look­ing for a more low-key show, catch rock acts Dwaas and The Incisors at Hot Cat Club, 9:30PM, Free. Finally, Sun­day brings out the shoegaz­ers with an after­noon of Chi­nese bands at XP, includ­ing The Sound and the Fury, Deer and Islet, 3PM, 50/40RMB.