Weekend Live Music Roundup: New Pants, Indie Rock, World Music and Twee Pop

This weekend starts with the quirky disco rockers New Pants, who will drop their sixth album Go East at The Star Live on December 18 (Friday), alongside a documentary about relationships between expats and Chinese women - there are like a million of these couples, maybe?

The album release will be supported by friends from the post-punk, indie pop and electronica spheres, including Hua Dong (of Re-TROS), Life Journey, Sulumi, Dead J, Me:Mo. RMB 100, RMB 80 (advance), RMB 160 (VIP, two for RMB 300). 9pm. The Star Live (6425 5677)

Other shows:

Friday

Hummingbird
Xinjiang band plays salsa. Free. 9.30pm. Jiangjinjiu Bar (8405 0124)

Left Right, Surprise, Up Down, Wang Linjun, Magic Mama, Chinatown
13 Club turns five years old, makes some noise, and makes them deaf. RMB 40. 9pm. 13 Club (8261 9267)

Misandao, The Unsafe, Demerit, Hell City, The Discord, Shochu Legion, Gum Bleed, Early Bus
See what happens when the city’s dirtiest punks perform on the same stage. RMB 50. 8pm. MAO Livehouse (6402 5080)

My Little Airport
Indie pop darlings pay a visit from Hong Kong. RMB 180. 8pm. Yugong Yishan (6404 2711)

Wu & The Side Effects, The Nucleus, Buyi
The Ningxia brothers remain drunk on funky blues and grunge. Free. 10pm. 2 Kolegas (6436 8998)

Saturday

Ajinai
Beijing’s latest Mongolian addition. Free. 9.30pm. Jiangjinjiu Bar (8405 0124)

Perdel
The pop rockers return from tour. RMB 60, RMB 50 (students). 8.30pm. MAO Livehouse (6402 5080)

Immaculate Machine
Canadian indie pop band visits Dongcheng on their China tour. RMB 50. 9pm. Yugong Yishan (6404 2711)

Fat City, The Secret Lovers Project, Wanderlust, Ice Seller
Experimental rockers congregate. RMB 40, RMB 30 (students). 10pm. D-22 (6265 3177)