A bit of a quieter one this weekend on Shanghai stages, but it looks like local musicians and producers have been using the time off wisely. Lots of new music out there available on the internets from Shanghai-based artists. Hooray? Tune in and drop out, kids. We'll send a few new releases your way and then run-down a few live music suggestions for the weekend.

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New Music: Blippy Bloops

New Music: Rockin'

New Music: Satan's Choice

Celebrated at a well-attended release show at new club Faded Ghost (AKA ChaCha) brought into this plane of existence her latest, an ambient piece of work, steeped in field recordings and macabre drone work -- some cult-damaged stuff fit for all y'all daughters of darkness. Here's a trailer video. VPNS ENGAGE.You can purchase the full album right here This is the first music viddy from Shanghai-based UK tranplant Downstate, shot and edited himself using VHS camcorders apparently. Looks like he was out there, in Shanghai and "beyond", chasing down some UFOs or something. Getting some real '90s X-Files sorts of vibes from this one. Pretty neat effects. The truth is out there, Downstate. I want to believe. The glitchy, spectal stuttering track "Beyond '99" is available on his bandcamp right here Also celebrating their release last weekend, Shanghai-based math rock / post-rock act Foster Parents kicked out their latest record. Swirling and meandering indie rock guitar, broken up with tight changes, crisp, rolling snare work, and tempo switcheroos. A really measured sort of release and really well-done sound quality wise. And taste-wise. Not without its culminations and moments of payoff.The CDs and cassettes are available wherever good Taobao CDs and tapes are sold. (On Taobao right here .)Here's the hit:This one's nice too. I like the vocal sample. Respect.Check the rest out on Foster Parents' bandcamp One of Shanghai's most promising new heavy acts to emerge in the city in recent years, Alpaca has finally put it on wax with a four-song demo out now on their bandcamp page . Showcasing their bedrock influences in doom and NWOBHM filtered into various '90s-ish heavy sounds, the record is a fat and greasy four tracks of classic-leaning metal. Inferno-core metal at its most distilled. It's all there on. Dick swinging riffage. Sludgey breakdowns. A title track that has the word "motherfucker" in the chorus, right out of the gates. These are all good things.Bite it, you scum.Title track.Shanghai's premier revenge rock group Scorpion Prisoner 69 is back again from their hole in the desert with a fiery single "Sasori I", which finally answers the age-old question: What happens when you make a blast beat punk song almost 6 minutes long? A: NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS. This one speaks for itself. It's just one song but really is a meal unto itself. Sort of like if GG Allen was in Thin Lizzy or something. You can download it for name your price. Can't go wrong.Nice 4-hour sustained outro. Great cover art by Tony Cheung too.Scroll through their other singles at their bandcamp page . That's your next 5 hours sorted!******