Shanghai 5
Shanghai 5 evokes the cinematic, the vaudevillian, the soulful, the ridiculous, and the decadent. Listeners may detect echoes of everyone from Kurt Weill to Roxy Music, Ennio Morricone to Marvin Gaye, Blondie to David Bowie, but the band's territory is uniquely carved out as its own.
Variety, curiosity, and a sense of adventure rule the group, landing them in the some bizarre situations; playing divebars one night, and the Flamingo Hotel the next.
Shanghai 5 made it to 39 on the CMJ college charts last year, and was recently featured on PBS Roadtrip Nation as they interviewed people on the fringe of music, writing, art, and activism.
