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Maybe Mars Indie Rock Band Mr. Graceless
Date: 7th July 2011, Thursday 8 PM
Venue: Yu Ying Tang
Address: 851 Kai Xuan Lu, near Yan’an (w) Lu
Tickets: 30 RMB
Support: Forsaken Autumn
Wooozy Sessions is a monthly event brought to you by the good people at Wooozy.cn and Yuyintang. Starting this July, we will be inviting a band based outside of Shanghai to play a show every second Thursday of the month. This project’s initiative is to provide a platform for young, emerging bands to develop their sounds and expand their musical horizons. It is specifically for those bands that can’t make it to Shanghai due to financial reasons or a lack of promotion.
We hope the Wooozy Sessions can provide a gateway to the music fans in Shanghai as to what the young and creative kids in other cities have to offer.
We will be donating part of the profits after every showcase to Shiyi Gongyi, a Beijing-based charity organization that works to provide healthcare to underprivileged children.
Relevant links:
Mr. Graceless: http://site.douban.com/mrgraceless/
Forsaken Autumn: http://site.douban.com/forsakenautumn/
Shi Yi Gong Yi Charity: http://blog.sina.com.cn/shiyigongyi
Wooozy: www.wooozy.cn
Mr. Graceless Bio:
The first half of the name “Mr. Graceless” refers to its ‘all-male’ lineup while the other half comes from a Rolling Stone’s song: ‘Wild Horses’. They love the word ‘graceless’ from “Graceless lady you know who I am”, part of the lyrics of that song.
Towards the end of summer 2009 the three good friends decided to have the first rehearsal for their show in ‘University Night’ at D-22. It’s how ‘Mr. Graceless’ got started. They had already written their songs when they started rehearsing weekly in a humid basement at Beijing’s University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. They wrote down the tracks for their respective musical instruments and used a basic laptop to record every part of their improvisations and rehearsals.
They try to keep a low profile, and although they have already signed to one of China’s best-respected music labels, they always stick to their principles, and are intent on maturing their sound through practice and intense study. They started out as a naive and unknown school band, but they have quickly progressed and these days perform on stage with some of the biggest indie bands in China: the likes of Carsick Cars, P.K.14 and The Gar. Not only are they the hottest new band in large music festivals, but they are also considered one of the core forces within Generation 6.
2010 is the year when the band really exploded. They joined The Gar and went on a national tour, and they also released their first demo. The three members of ‘Mr. Graceless’ hope to maintain their real voice when making music because compared with their complex daily lives, creating sounds is “their favourite luxury”.
Forsaken Autumn:
Forsaken Autumn was formed in early 2011. Wu Xueying, the vocalist quit his previous slowcore band “lululu” in the hopes to start a showgaze/dreampop band. The band is also composed of the drummer Playdead and bassist Brandon who hails from Taiwan.
Influenced by My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Chapterhouse etc; we hope that this new young band in the Shanghai scene is here to stay![:zh]
兵马司旗下独立摇滚Mr. Graceless上海专场
时间：7月7日 周四 晚8点
地点：育音堂
地址：长宁区凯旋路851号，近延安西路
票价：30元
嘉宾乐队：Forsaken Autumn
“无解现场”是由无解音乐网和育音堂共同推出的一个月度系列演出。从7月开始，每个月第二周的周四晚上，我们会邀请一个上海以外城市的乐队，来上海育音堂进行专场的表演。邀请到的乐队都是一些无解音乐网平时比较关注和看好，但一直没有机会来上海演出的国内乐队。
无解音乐网（www.wooozy.cn）是一个独立音乐资讯网站，关注国内外最新和最好的音乐。我们希望“无解现场”能作为一个平台，让上海的乐迷接触到更多新的声音和新的想法，同时也希望能在上海和其他城市音乐人之间擦出一些灵感的火花。
同时，该系列演出会和北京的公益组织拾壹公益合作，在演出盈利的情况下，捐献出部分票房，致力于贫困儿童医疗帮扶。
相关链接：
Forsaken Autumn音乐人：http://site.douban.com/forsakenautumn/
Mr. Graceless音乐人：http://site.douban.com/mrgraceless/
拾壹公益豆瓣: http://blog.china.com.cn/shiyigongyi
无解音乐网：http://www.wooozy.cn
Mr. Graceless简介：
Mr.Graceless这个名字，一半来自于他们全男生的乐队编制，一半来自于对Rolling Stone的《Wild Horse》里的一句歌词“Graceless lady you know who I am”的“Graceless”一词的偏爱。2008年的夏天就快到尾声的时候，当三个好朋友最后决定为D-22的“大学生之夜”演出开始第一次排练时，Mr.Graceless也同时宣告成立了。带着那些好早之前就写好的歌曲，他们开始每周都必做的功课：在北航潮湿的地下室里排练、在课余的压力下编写三个乐器的不同线条、用那个最普通的dell笔记本采集下乐队的每一个即兴、录制小demo……他们低调，不张扬，不鹤立鸡群却总是坚持自己的原则，也用自己真诚的音乐，顺理成章的一步步成长了起来。从一支默默无闻的青涩校园乐队，到与Carsick Cars、P.K.14和嘎调等乐队同台，并出现在大型音乐节舞台的最炙手可热的新生代乐队，亦是Generation 6中的一员中坚力量。
2010年是乐队真正成熟起来的一年，这一年，他们随嘎调进行了全国巡演，并且发行了自己的第一张demo。三位不优雅先生们希望一直保持最真实的声音，因为能和音乐在一起的话，相比日常复杂的生活。
今年初，乐队作为兵马司年轻乐队的代表，和P.K.14还有Carsick Cars共同参加了兵马司旗下三代乐队集合发声的专场演出。3月受邀作为The Whitest Boy Alive北京演出的特别嘉宾。目前乐队正在筹备自己的首张专辑。
嘉宾Forsaken Autumn 简介
组建于2011年年初，退出了之前乐队的抑lululu找到slowcore低调歌手吴雪颖希望组一支以shoegaze,dreampop为主的乐队，很快两人一拍即合决定尝试，起先加上鼓手Playdead只是一直在3个人的排练过程，在遇到台湾bass手brandon的加入以后，乐队阵容才得以基本的完善。现在乐队仍在磨合与创作尝试，希望能用好的作品表达自我的音乐美学。
拾壹公益简介
拾壹公益成立于2010年12月31日，是致力于贫困儿童医疗帮扶的网络平台。我们的工作是推广公益理念、整合公益力量，为贫困患病儿童及其家庭提供包括联系申请基金会帮助、网络募捐、心理帮扶等一系列的帮助。希望通过我们的努力，能使公益理念为更多人所熟悉，让民间的公益行动走向规范化，成为生活常态。
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