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Maybe Mars Fifth Anniversary Gigs
Hidden Agenda, July 13-14
Electrifyingly high temperatures may have swamped many over the weekend, but fortunately for Hidden Agenda and the folks at Maybe Mars, there were still the bright-eyed and restless who were more than happy to trundle themselves along to Kwun Tong for two full on nights of China's edgiest sounds.
Everyone's favourite dilapidated KT warehouse (still fighting – hurrah!) ushered in a handful of the Mainland's most promising bands for Maybe Mars' five year anniversary alongside some top HK talent. Saturday's lineup included HK’s 31G and Beijing’s AV大久保, the latter sounding a little like raw grindhouse layered with slick pulp and pop.
Sunday's gig was a veritable lovefest between music hungry hipsters and headlining band Carsick Cars. Skinny one man show S. Haku, whose trembling vocals clashed in all the right ways against the heavy discordant drones of his guitar, kicked off the show. Next up were local heroes downer, a seven-year effort that has culminated in effortlessly shiny prog-rock sounds. Any band that works with a minimalist girl thrashing it out on the drums gets top marks from us. The vocals were almost lost in the dark and slow instrumentals, but that was perhaps the appeal of their set - like drowning in deep sea waves.
Baby-faced trio Mr. Graceless, on the other hand, showed us upbeat and new-wave pop done oh-so right. Running straight from the classroom to the stage (perhaps), they regaled us with throwaway musical references to Hanson, the Beach Boys, Chuck Berry and Bombay Bicycle Club. They sang, they whistled, they duetted. They couldn't have been more adorable if they tried.
And then, Carsick Cars tore up the room with their experimental indie rock tunes, including crowd favourite Zhongnanhai, presented to us in the rousing encore. They played a couple of songs off You Can Listen, You Can Talk with great aplomb, despite main man Zhang Shouwang being slightly hindered by his foot cast. He still managed to pull off a few experimental riffs using a single drumstick on his electric guitar to great effect.
All in all, a stellar roundup showing Maybe Mars' nose for talent over five successful years. Here's to another five.
Billie Chin
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