We hope that everyone had a crazy-but-safe time celebrating the arrival of 2009, and are giving your bodies (especially your livers!) a much-deserved break from the action. The music scene, however, just doesn't stop. Keep your eyes on this space for this month's hottest live music events.


THURS, JAN 1


Sepsis Infection: Death metal
13 Club, 8pm, 40 RMB


Escape Plan, Linga, Temple, Orange Factory, The Unsafe: Hardcore punk, with metal-infused punks The Unsafe labeled by that’s Beijing magazine as one of 2009’s most promising bands.
MAO Live House, 9pm, 60/40 RMB (pre-sale)


SUPER VC CD RELEASE PARTY: Kick off 2009 with a Britpop flair with the country’s senior purveyors of the genre.
Yugong Yishan, 9pm, 60 RMB