The Honeys in Shanghai

Corbett | March 23, 2008 1:15 PM

I'm still scoping out the live music scene here in Shanghai. After 9 years of owning a music club I guess it's in my blood. Tonight Jimi SMSed me about a show in The New Factories (Tonglefang) which is on Yuyao Lu, way north of where anyone really likes to go. The group was called The Honeys.

I was ready to go because this gave me reason to have a blue plate special at The Moon River Diner, and check out a new live space, and it was free. Who could say no?

Finding the space was a bit like feeling around in the dark since there wasn't any real directional signage. You just followed the rumbling window panes up stairs until you figured it out.

The room was cool in the sense that it was just a square simple gray brick lined space with a stage at one end and a bar at the other. Perfect for a rock show. The sound was lacking for all the equipment they had. Bit like sticking your ear into a bowl of reverberated oatmeal. They tried to phase the vocals in a weird way and forgot that there was no real need for long reverb in a room which was essentially a big echo chamber already. And as always at a Chinese rock show, the main instrument was the kick drum. The sound got progressively better the further away from the stage you got.

I think I was the oldest geezer in the room, but I had the hottest date (one of my wife's staff) which meant this time I was getting the "Why is that young chick with that old fart?" looks from the other guys. If I had a black Trans Am I would've parked it out front.

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Category: Music

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