Weekend Update

Though I’ll be in Hong Kong for the weekend to get down on some brotherly love and perhaps celebrate the ten percent of Irish in me – the music keeps coming, so don’t let my absence deter you away this weekend, a weekend chock-full of gigs and green beer to quench your needs, whatever they may be.

Let Black Cat Bone will help you get to this state

FRIDAY

The JUE Festival continues to reign and tonight they are bringing free jazz saxophonist Steve Mackay to the Hot Cat Club with some help from Sikhara. Quirky piano rock trio Tizzy Bac from Taiwan will showcase their indie sound at Yugong Yishan. Take the opportunity to check out the post-rock scene at Mao Livehouse as it hosts Glow Curve, Sparrow, Pentatonic, and The Grinding Ear. The ever-delightful We Are Not Invited are invited to Temple tonight to put a smile on some faces with their fun electro (check out their song Rubix Cube here). Dos Kolegas is getting is down and dirty tonight with The Devils at the Crossroads, Flaming Heat, End of the World – it gets better though, Black Cat Bone will finally be playing their farewell show into the wee hours of the mornings (which also happens to be St. Paddy’s Day – go figure). The Dong Chorus from Guizhou is still in town and will be making their way to Mako Livehouse with support from Wu HongFei & Happy Aveneue. New electronic rock group 72 takes the stage at Jianghu Bar. And those silly Beijing Beatles (who I’m dying to check out) will be nearby at the VA Bar while the bluegrass group The Randy Abel Stable will be at the Blue Stream Bar. You youngings over in Haidian, worry not, day one of the Whacken Open Air Metal Battle begins with Ready to Die, The Lifeless, and others battling it out at 13 Club. But if you wanna take it easy, then the staple Wudaoku hangout Lush might satisfy your needs as the Red Pirates play.

 
Feel the post-rock love with Glow Curve

SATURDAY

Get your Irish fix at the Hot Cat Club with Rory Byrne or at Temple with the Beijing Beatles (were any of them Irish?). Though it’s sold out already, acclaimed pop songstress Qu Wanting will be serenading all who are lucky enough to be at Yugong Yishan, courtesy of JUE. And if you haven’t heard already…Buyi is all kinds of awesome – check them out at Gulou 121 tonight. Experimentalists look no further than the Old What? Bar where Little Red and Tiny Red play alongside Sikhara and Yan Yulong. The Blue Stream Bar will host ska/reggae band Longjin. and over at VA Bar, the Ashtray Lifeguards, Pacalolo, and 16 mins will go strong throughout the night. Metalheads continue to battle it out over at 13 Club – tonight with The Falling, Deathpact, and more. And finally, if you’re feeling verbose, then head over to Dos Kolegas for the Poetry SLAM! with Tim Clare and Luka Lesson. 

SUNDAY

The JUE festival brings over multi-talented Canadian musician Courtney Wing to Jianghu Bar. Close by Mao Livehouse is mixing it up with bands of all styles taking over including s-industry, Collision Dreamer, and more. For some light-hearted fare head to the Blue Stream Bar to catch Undistinguished Youth and Pirate Pistol. Finally, day three commences at 13 Club of the Whacken Open Air Battle of the Bands – tonight with Nightingale, Raging Mob, among others. 

Little Red and Tiny Red will keep you guessing