Live Music This Weekend: Grace Before Meals, Monroe Stahr and RESO 6

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Ugh. Summertime in Shanghai and livin' ain't all that easy. It's too darn hot one minute, sun showers the next. Luckily, Yuyintang have just installed a new air-con unit in the main room making it just that little bit less hot 'n' sticky. Live Bar? Well, they've got dirt cheap beers. And Soma Live? They seem to have melted away altogether for now. So here's where to get sweaty this weekend:

Friday
Slip on your Fei Yues or Warriors and head on up to Live Bar tonight for their retro party. Monroe Stahr are the band to see with Knock in support. The good people at Live Bar have the following advice on dress code: "Retro party requires striped shirt, Jazz hat, old photo, or even retro make-up. Everything is alright if only it's retro." You have been warned.
¥30 (ladies free), 9:30pm, 721 Kunming Lu, near Tongbei Lu, 昆明路721号近通北路

If you prefer the shock of the new to the comfort of the old, then Yuyintang is your place as they bring their regular New Faces Underground showcase to a Friday night. Having paid their dues playing to less than packed crowds on Wednesday nights, Baby Number 13, who go for a more plugged in sound live, will be heading the pack of new bands. Emo kids Forget and Forgive will also be there as will two bands chosen from last Wednesday's showcase.
¥30, 9pm, 1731 Yan'an Xi Lu (entrance on Kaixuan Lu), 延安西路1731号 (入口在凯旋路)

Australian duo Grace Before Meals are certainly making the most of their time in Shanghai. They only got into town yesterday afternoon, but they'll be at BeeDees tonight, YYT tomorrow and Live Bar on Sunday. There's really no excuse to miss them.
Free, 9pm, 433 Dagu Lu, near Shimen Yi Lu. 大沽路433号，近石门一路

Saturday
Last week, we boldly stuck our neck out and predicted that having Hans (Miniless head honcho plus frontman of Lava|Ox|Sea and Duck Fight Goose) working at Yuyintang might just mean more Miniless bands playing there. It was a brave, some would say inspired, forecast.

But here we are, one week on and we can tell you that tonight at YYT you'll not only be able to catch the brilliant Duck Fight Goose (kind of a Miniless super group), but will also find Boojii and Self Party in action. And they're not even the headliners.

Completing the mammoth line up will be Beijing post-rock outfit Pentatonic, indie-poppers Torte Bus, occasional Zhong Chi backing band Triple Smash (but doing their own stuff for once) and come around two of three to catch Grace Before Meals.
¥50, 8pm, 1731 Yan'an Xi Lu (entrance on Kaixuan Lu), 延安西路1731号 (入口在凯旋路)

Xiaoba Lezi will be hosting a second (now monthly?) meeting up at Live Bar with Ten’s, Sure, Larc Square, Gap and Blue Fantasy the bands getting folked up.
¥30, 9pm, 721 Kunming Lu, near Tongbei Lu, 昆明路721号近通北路

Sunday
Experimental music collective RESO will be throwing their sixth shindig at Yuyintang. Zhang Lin, something of an old hand with experimental and improvisational music, will be leading the way together with Porn Moon Twins, OK=NO and MTDM.
¥30, 9pm, 1731 Yan'an Xi Lu (entrance on Kaixuan Lu), 延安西路1731号 (入口在凯旋路)

Meanwhile, if you were passed out somewhere in the vicinity of the Boxing Cat Brewery come Saturday evening and missed them Friday night too, Live Bar offer you a final chance to see Grace Before Meals this weekend.
¥30, 9pm, 721 Kunming Lu, near Tongbei Lu, 昆明路721号近通北路

Video: Monroe Stahr