Archive for July, 2012
Fuji Rock 行くぞ！
Holy sh*t I got drunk last night. The photo above was actually taken by some guy named Yato Koishi and the pic has seemed to have gone semi-viral. And it should, the photos is f*cking LEGEND. My brother, his friend Shane and I hit up five different bars/izakayas last night. We had a blast but [...]
July/Aug trip Day 4&5 (きのこ帝国、group_inou & Chatmonchy)
July 24: きのこ帝国 (kinoko teikoku) played at Daikanyama UNIT and I met up with Mer-Charlotte, Mer-Ikuko and Yukako (チーナ) to go watch them. They’re definitely a shoegaze band borrowing some of the best sonic elements of Ride (circa Nowhere) and a touch of MBV. But while most shoegaze bands are content to wallow in a [...]
July/Aug trip day 3
Spent the day with Kubota planning how we’re going to salvage NMFT vol 4 in October. (note: Akai Koen and sgt won’t be able to participate anymore. And I’ve only seen Mariko Goto’s band play live once during their debut at O-east and still need reassurance her band’s right for the tour.) Afterwards we headed [...]
July/Aug trip day 2
I hibernated in my hotel room until… yikes.. 4pm. Then I spent some time writing the previous blog post. Before I knew it, it was 6pm and time for me to boot it to Minami Ikebukuro Music Org. The show started at 6:30 pm (goddamn that’s early!) Since it was my first time going to [...]
July/Aug trip day1
This week kicked off to a great start having watched And So I Watch You From Afar July 14 and Maps & Atlases July 17 back home in Toronto before flying to Japan on Friday. As per usual I worked a 24 hr shift on-call at the hospital prior to flying out. I managed to [...]
NMFT vol 5 update
Unfortunately, 赤い公園 can no longer come to Canada in October. Akai Koen was the main band I wanted to bring back for the next tour and their absence throws a huge monkey wrench into the program. I found out the news 2 weeks ago and have been looking for an adequate replacement. There are a [...]
F ! U ! ji Rock
The great news is I get to go to Japan for three weeks (July 21 – Aug 12). In the summer there is a major music festival going on every weekend in Japan: July 27-29 Fuji Rock Charan Po Rantan (performing twice!), group_inou Aug 3-5 Rock in Japan Akai Koen, ZAZEN [...]
Solid Afro, Liquid Beats
A while ago I dedicated a post to a band called 昆虫キッズ (Insect Kids). I also mentioned that their bassplayer Nomoto Natsuyo plays in another band called Solid Afro. Solid Afro play lo-fi underground pop mixed with dub filled with simple hooks and arpeggios. They don’t seem to take themselves or their music too seriously. [...]
