I’ve long been of the sentiment that Dalian’s biggest shortfall when it comes to night life is live music. There’s just no place to reliably find, well, anything. We’ve a dearth of both bands and venues for them to perform in. One of the city’s few local bands, Spiral Cow, gave its final performance the weekend before I got back into town.

Fortunately, my good friends in the also-recently-defunct Harry Wang Band had a brief reunion last week, and this little gem found its way onto YouTube. Because everyone needs more Radiohead:

That’s Derek (who originally posted this video on his own blog) on kazoo and Jason behind him on guitar. Derek’s just arrived in Chengdu, where he’s starting a new phase of the China life. I spent more nights than I can count in the Tin Whistle listening to these guys play Oasis covers and Irish folk songs. Just for kicks, here’s something a bit more traditional:

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