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Where: Yugong Yis­han
When: Sat 30 Jan, 9.00PM
How Much: 180RMB; 150RMB pre-sale
Who: Andrew Bird (More Info)
Why: While the con­cept of this newslet­ter is gen­er­ally to bring you ideas for the best place to go for a cheap, good gig with Chi­nese music, I couldn’t really pass this one up. There are some great for­eign bands that come through Bei­jing, but they’re usu­ally either too small to have heard about (see: Great Lake Swim­mers), or too big to afford (see: The Killers). But Andrew Bird is sub­limely between the two. While Y150 is still expen­sive for most, it’s well worth it — I would eas­ily pay more than that to see him in my home coun­try (and nearly did a cou­ple of years back). If you don’t know who Andrew Bird is, check out his MySpace for some stream­ing music. What this man can do with a vio­lin and the Eng­lish lan­guage… well, there’s a rea­son I’m dish­ing out Y150 to see him.

For some­thing a lit­tle more Chi­nese (and with a more Chi­nese price), I’d sug­gest D-22 on Fri­day night, with an 80s ret­ro­spec­tive gig with great bands like Candy Mon­ster & Steely Heart (40RMB).

Gig Review: Read it here