This was my first live at Basement Bar...
Kinda... terrible, no? Basement Bar is such a prolific Shimokita livehouse and yet this was the first time I had been there... Terrible.
Anyway, Basement Bar is next to Shimokita Three.. They're run by the same owners... It's one of those usual Shimokita live houses but I think it's a little bigger than Shelter but of course, smaller than Que. The stage seems quite high, compared with Que.. Kinda like Shelter's...
Anyway, tickets don't seem to have numbers in Basement Bar, so it's first come first served basis. Which is good... and bad, I suppose!
Anyway! Of course, I went to this show because of OverTheDogs, my Tsubaki-love replacement band. Hmmm...
Tokyo Karankoron (東京カランコロン)
Actually I had been wanting to check their songs out. By chance they were playing with OverTheDogs so that was cool! ^_^
An eccentric band that plays very quirky songs.
Actually, I think their vocalist, guitarist and drummer seem normal enough but their bassist is whacked and their female keyboardist is cute but weird.
Their songs translates into very quirky tunes but which utilizes a dual, female/male vocals very well.. The keyboardist also brings in other instruments like triangles, xylaphones, etc, that adds to the eccentricity of the songs.
They're not the experimental indie type, but more of like those indie female vocalist kind of groups.
Verdict:
I'll pay the 105 yen for a song or two on iTunes, but overall not my cup of tea.
Probably won't go to see them for a show, specifically, but don't mind seeing them with another band I really like.
Mitsu (蜜)
They're an Osaka duo, female vocalist and male backups and on guitar.
The girl is really cute, a wonderful singer with a very husky voice (sometimes the guy seems to sing in a higher pitch), and a natural performer. She dances around stage and completely puts on a role and does a really entertaining performance.
Their songs are, of course, acoustic based, so if you ever need a cool acoustic band to listen to, this is definitely a go.
I would pay for a CD, but... I forgot to buy :( Sorry.
OverTheDogs!
Wooo! It's the first time I've stood so close to the stage for an OverTheDogs show.. Although I got a good ticket for the previous show at ShibuyaWWW, I chose to stand further away to get a better view and not be killed by the speakers.
Anyway, this one I got killed by the speakers, but was okay. Seems like I think Basement Bar has better sound system than both Que and Fever, coz at least even though you're standing near the stage away from the speakers, the guitar amps on stage don't drown out the vocals.
Anyway, as again, they did NOT play any songs off Starlight in my Life (why did they bother to release those songs then anyway?!)... I think they have a whole throve of live-only songs, so they went through those. They're all really awesome... Sorry I don't know the track titles, but they're all very danceable and rocking at the same time. I think that's why I like OverTheDogs so much... They manage to skim the thin line between indie/pop and yet be rocking enough.
Great job!
Oh Tsune-san did not wear a hat today, but his shirt had an incredibly biggggg collar and I'm sure if girls could have boners, one or two must have been turned on by the look of his naked shoulder blades and... whatever muscle he has on his arm (surprisingly, for a thin dude like him, his arm looked quite well toned lol!)
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