Saturday, March 5, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
shinsei kamattechan - sekai no owari - amanzarashi - plenty - any - galileo galilei - androp - love love love - Dirty Old Men - S.R.S
Is it just me or are these bands suddenly becoming damn big suddenly, like out of nowhere???
SERIOUSLY.
I'm lumping them all together because I basically checked out all the bands around the same time in Winter 2009 when I came to Japan for a holiday.
I think Shinsei Kamattechan is like the biggest shock of all... From not being able to even check out anything online one month (I think this was March 2010) to suddenly every tom dick and harry knowing them in October 2010 is just a frigging WTF???
Second up is Sekai no Owari... second only coz they're still not as famous (YET!) as Shinsei Kamatttechan but really, also another shocker!!!! Back in just APRIL 2010, it was almost impossible to get their stuff online... and then SUDDENLY, when I got here in Japan in October 2010, blooooody hell! They're EVERYWHERE!!! Like MAINSTREAM kind of EVERYWHERE... what the hell happened????
And let's not forget to mention Galilieo Galilei, Plenty and Any.... While not commercially as well known as Shinsei Kamattechan and Sekai no Owari... they still suddenly, SERIOUSLY, like popped up from NOWHERE... and gained a sudden mass following within the J-indie-rock scene.
And then there's of course, Dirty Old Men.... Actually I don't know Dirty Old Men much because they NEVER EVEN hit my radar BUT DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNN!! SUDDENLY, like OUT OF NOWHERE, they are now like TOTALLY propelled into the limelight! There's TONS of coverage of them from mainstream-indie music media. Seriously. Like wth?! Where did they come from?!
And of course... from what I predict, Love Love Love and ANDROP too!!
You should see the over-the-top promotion of androp's album in Tower Records.. it's ridiculous! Shameless even!! Seriously androp... from nothing, to a SUDDEN release of THREE elaborately designed CDs???
it also seems like the scene is skipping the whole middle part of "becoming big"... Jumping from ZERO to signed to frigging ONE MAN LIVE all within the span of months.
I guess it worked for Shinsei Kamattechan, and you're seeing more bands like androp and OvertheDogs following suit too...
Seriously... from NOTHING to ONEMANLIVE within months..
what the hell happened to the whole HARD WORK building up a fanbase?!?!?!?!
Seems like all you need is pump the market with LOADSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS of your albums, TONS of concentrated publicity, with a One Man Live show lined up already, so all your new found fans can just hop in the bandwagon and check out the One Man Live...
yeap that's definitely what the music companies are doing these days.
Except one wonders, seriously, doesn't that fuck up your music quality? If you release 1 EP in three years and then suddenly within the span of 6 months of the release of your debut EP, you release 3 albums.
Seriously.
And what does that make of the industry? What happened to the whole tradition of actually having to work hard and prove yourself to true fans for years at small clubs like those in Shimokita... ?
Instead you frigging jump right into the deep end of all glory at Shibuya O-West.
Seriously.
makes it so sad.
So sad because there are so many other "older" bands (hehe... TSUBAKI)... that WORKED VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY hard and have songs a hundred folds better than these music business generated bands and YET, they're stuck nowhere... with their 1000 faithful fans that follow their coat tail as if touching it would bring them closer to heaven.
Yes, where's all that?!
SERIOUSLY.
I'm lumping them all together because I basically checked out all the bands around the same time in Winter 2009 when I came to Japan for a holiday.
I think Shinsei Kamattechan is like the biggest shock of all... From not being able to even check out anything online one month (I think this was March 2010) to suddenly every tom dick and harry knowing them in October 2010 is just a frigging WTF???
Second up is Sekai no Owari... second only coz they're still not as famous (YET!) as Shinsei Kamatttechan but really, also another shocker!!!! Back in just APRIL 2010, it was almost impossible to get their stuff online... and then SUDDENLY, when I got here in Japan in October 2010, blooooody hell! They're EVERYWHERE!!! Like MAINSTREAM kind of EVERYWHERE... what the hell happened????
And let's not forget to mention Galilieo Galilei, Plenty and Any.... While not commercially as well known as Shinsei Kamattechan and Sekai no Owari... they still suddenly, SERIOUSLY, like popped up from NOWHERE... and gained a sudden mass following within the J-indie-rock scene.
And then there's of course, Dirty Old Men.... Actually I don't know Dirty Old Men much because they NEVER EVEN hit my radar BUT DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNN!! SUDDENLY, like OUT OF NOWHERE, they are now like TOTALLY propelled into the limelight! There's TONS of coverage of them from mainstream-indie music media. Seriously. Like wth?! Where did they come from?!
And of course... from what I predict, Love Love Love and ANDROP too!!
You should see the over-the-top promotion of androp's album in Tower Records.. it's ridiculous! Shameless even!! Seriously androp... from nothing, to a SUDDEN release of THREE elaborately designed CDs???
it also seems like the scene is skipping the whole middle part of "becoming big"... Jumping from ZERO to signed to frigging ONE MAN LIVE all within the span of months.
I guess it worked for Shinsei Kamattechan, and you're seeing more bands like androp and OvertheDogs following suit too...
Seriously... from NOTHING to ONEMANLIVE within months..
what the hell happened to the whole HARD WORK building up a fanbase?!?!?!?!
Seems like all you need is pump the market with LOADSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS of your albums, TONS of concentrated publicity, with a One Man Live show lined up already, so all your new found fans can just hop in the bandwagon and check out the One Man Live...
yeap that's definitely what the music companies are doing these days.
Except one wonders, seriously, doesn't that fuck up your music quality? If you release 1 EP in three years and then suddenly within the span of 6 months of the release of your debut EP, you release 3 albums.
Seriously.
And what does that make of the industry? What happened to the whole tradition of actually having to work hard and prove yourself to true fans for years at small clubs like those in Shimokita... ?
Instead you frigging jump right into the deep end of all glory at Shibuya O-West.
Seriously.
makes it so sad.
So sad because there are so many other "older" bands (hehe... TSUBAKI)... that WORKED VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY hard and have songs a hundred folds better than these music business generated bands and YET, they're stuck nowhere... with their 1000 faithful fans that follow their coat tail as if touching it would bring them closer to heaven.
Yes, where's all that?!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Album Reviews: Good Morning America - GOOD ON THE REELS - Mondaysick - Butterfly inthe Stomach
So today I had a longggggggggggg break and was feeling rather depressed... But for some reason Good Morning America's 空ばかり見ていた was playing in my head and somehow... I just felt so motivated to get their album, uncharacteristically of me...! CDs in this country is WAYYYYYYYYYY to expensive, and to buy CDs as a means of checking out a band is WAYYYYY tooooooo expensive and can be rather dissapointing. I rather pay the 2500 yen for a show and check out 3 - 4 bands at the same time.
Anyway, so I dragged my fat ass to Shibuya's Tower Records to get the album and check out some music meantime...
I should, actually, go to Tower Records more often... They actually have quite good recommendations most of the time :)
Bands that Didn't make the 2000/1800yen cut:
Actually there were quite a number of them.....
1) Fleet
2) Yuey (I'm so sorry! I actually liked these guys!)
Bands that ALMOST/MIGHT make the 2000/1800 yen cut:
1) GOOD ON THE REELS
Actually... this band was NOT BAD.
They had those typical Japanese-indie-rock band kind of sound that I quiet like EXCEPT for that one fact: their sounds were too typical.
Where have I heard those same tunes before? In the countless other J-indie-rock bands of recent times.
So, really unfortunately, the album, while good, offered nothing of a fresh breath nor a fresh take of the scene, and thus, I don't think I'd pay 1500yen for their 7-track EP. Actually, the CD purchase came with a 500 yen voucher but even then, I don't think it's worth 1500 yen.
Bottom line: 800円 is okay...
2) Mondaysick - School
This is a 6 track EP.
Apprently, this band is also from Hokkaido, like Galileo Galilei.
They actually had really good sounds. NOT typical, like GOOD ON THE REELS.
However.... They had those mellow and depressing kind of tunes.
Actually I like those kind of sounds a lot... low, slow, depressing, mellow, with strings and rock blended together, like intermittent strays of light gliding through the thick fog... Yes, those.
HOWEVER....... SIX, SIX, SIX tracks of those kind of sounds just drives you to suicide.
It's good, my dears, if you had TWO or at most THREE, of such kind of tracks in an album of perhaps, 12 songs... But seriously, SIX BACK TO BACK is REALLY a downer.
Please be careful when you choose your tracklist!
Bottom line: hmmm... mayyyybe 600 - 800 yen
3) Butterfly inthe Stomach - deadstock
Actually, this band is mostly a BUY had it not been 2500 yen for the album. What's this damn you Japan. Just coz a band is signed doesn't mean you should jack their damn CDs up past 2000 yen. SORRY. Cheap ass like me just won't buy your CD even though your band is damn good.
Actually, I see the lead singer of this band perform a lot, when I go for The Challenge's live. He plays in the band as a side project and I really like The Challenge.
I quite liked Butterfly inthe Stomach a lot because after checking all the other bands (especially after GOOD ON THE REELS and Mondaysick), this guys offered a very, very fresh new sounds and their album and the band had an edge in their music that doesn't mimic anyone buy their themselves. I think this is what differentiates REAL BANDS from crappy ones. Srsly.
Unfortunately, as I have mentioned... 2500 yen is just a definitely NO WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY for me.
Unless you're Tsubaki.
heh.
Bottom Line: hmmmm maybe 1800 yen! heh
Anyway, so I dragged my fat ass to Shibuya's Tower Records to get the album and check out some music meantime...
I should, actually, go to Tower Records more often... They actually have quite good recommendations most of the time :)
Bands that Didn't make the 2000/1800yen cut:
Actually there were quite a number of them.....
1) Fleet
2) Yuey (I'm so sorry! I actually liked these guys!)
Bands that ALMOST/MIGHT make the 2000/1800 yen cut:
1) GOOD ON THE REELS
Actually... this band was NOT BAD.
They had those typical Japanese-indie-rock band kind of sound that I quiet like EXCEPT for that one fact: their sounds were too typical.
Where have I heard those same tunes before? In the countless other J-indie-rock bands of recent times.
So, really unfortunately, the album, while good, offered nothing of a fresh breath nor a fresh take of the scene, and thus, I don't think I'd pay 1500yen for their 7-track EP. Actually, the CD purchase came with a 500 yen voucher but even then, I don't think it's worth 1500 yen.
Bottom line: 800円 is okay...
2) Mondaysick - School
This is a 6 track EP.
Apprently, this band is also from Hokkaido, like Galileo Galilei.
They actually had really good sounds. NOT typical, like GOOD ON THE REELS.
However.... They had those mellow and depressing kind of tunes.
Actually I like those kind of sounds a lot... low, slow, depressing, mellow, with strings and rock blended together, like intermittent strays of light gliding through the thick fog... Yes, those.
HOWEVER....... SIX, SIX, SIX tracks of those kind of sounds just drives you to suicide.
It's good, my dears, if you had TWO or at most THREE, of such kind of tracks in an album of perhaps, 12 songs... But seriously, SIX BACK TO BACK is REALLY a downer.
Please be careful when you choose your tracklist!
Bottom line: hmmm... mayyyybe 600 - 800 yen
3) Butterfly inthe Stomach - deadstock
Actually, this band is mostly a BUY had it not been 2500 yen for the album. What's this damn you Japan. Just coz a band is signed doesn't mean you should jack their damn CDs up past 2000 yen. SORRY. Cheap ass like me just won't buy your CD even though your band is damn good.
Actually, I see the lead singer of this band perform a lot, when I go for The Challenge's live. He plays in the band as a side project and I really like The Challenge.
I quite liked Butterfly inthe Stomach a lot because after checking all the other bands (especially after GOOD ON THE REELS and Mondaysick), this guys offered a very, very fresh new sounds and their album and the band had an edge in their music that doesn't mimic anyone buy their themselves. I think this is what differentiates REAL BANDS from crappy ones. Srsly.
Unfortunately, as I have mentioned... 2500 yen is just a definitely NO WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY for me.
Unless you're Tsubaki.
heh.
Bottom Line: hmmmm maybe 1800 yen! heh
Monday, February 28, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Quip roundup6 @ koenji clubliner (02/22/11)
I FINALLY got Quip magazine the other day and checked out their sampler. In their sampler they had a band, noom, which I really liked and wanted to check out more but there wasn't anything online.
So I thought I'd check the magazine to see if I could find a website or something and LO AND BEHOLD!! To my luck!! I saw that Quip was having a show at Clubliner for all the of FOUR bands that were featured in their sampler, including noom, and it was on Tuesday which I so happened to to have work!! (coz the studio was full and I couldn't even put in hours for any classes!).. And the live was actually TWO DAYS AFTER I found out about the band! WHAT LUCK!!!
So I decided to check the bands out!! (how unlike me!)
1) Wow.. I'll pay 800yen for their trying. They were the opener. I was thinking during their set that out of pity, I'd probably buy their CD (if it were 800 or less!!!) because I was thinking of already buying the CD of the band I came to see (the third band, noom).
The band was quite good, but a little funkish!! The lead doesn't talk much and the "leader" of the band seems to be the lead guitarist who is very, very expressive on stage with his moves. His antics were really hillarious. However, I think he lacks the strength of an orator in fronting the band during the MCs... I think he was nervous or something but he was very jumpy with his MC, so quite weak in engaging the crowd (speech wise) in that sense and did not really properly introduce the band (considering that this was a show where people weren't familliar with the bands, it would be good to introduce yourselves properly, no???!).
So while he is a good performer and I think overall the band's songs are pretty cool, I thought he lacked the presence of a frontman in his MCs. Masuzawa-san was there!! He should go get some tips from Masuzawa-san!!! haha!
2) Hmm.. This band started with an instrumental song, then lauched into a second song that was semi instrumental. The frontman was cute, so they had that going for them. He was really good in fronting the band too. He went through all the formalities of annoucements during the MCs. Introduced the band's name CLEARLY, said all the customary lines annocing thier CDs and next lives, very proper, very "major" and "professional"
they also had a good style which I think would appeal to a larger audience, combining instrumental, with math rock, with funk and all that jazz... I think they definitely have potential to make it...
Although, unfortunately, they're not my cup of tea.
So, sorry, no 2000yen from me... SORRY! I should have checked to see their album was like 500 yen... I might go with the 500 yen EP or something! lol
But actually, I think they have solid music, VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY different from the garden variety sound of the newer rock bands that are out there these days (and there are loads of them). So I think they can potentially work out.
But as i have mentioned, unfortunately, their sound isn't just the kind I like, so that's why they didn't particularly appeal to me.
3) noom
I actually came to see this band because they had one kick ass track off Quip's sampler.
I was very impressed with that song and I had hoped the rest of their songs would be in the same vein, of the same mood, with the same power chords and riffs.
I was a little dissapointed.
They fluctuated between a great riff emerging, waiting to rear it's rock-out head, but unfortunately never does... to tunes that were just.. well... "meh". So-so. まま。Cool, easy listening, make you bob your head and tap your feet, but that's about it.. doesn't move you to swing your body and move and jump to the beat.
I was dissapointed.
You guys were good, in that one song.
I was willing to fork out 2000 if all the tunes they played, or even 2 more tunes they played, were of the same feel of the one in the sampler.
Unfortunetely not.
sigh.
4)
I'm sorry to say, maybe I am old fashioned but seriously, I don't think slurrrrrrring words and mumbling is a form of singing.. Kurt Cobain may have been incomprehensible, but at least he fucking had energy (or high on something)
This guy, the frontman, was just frtting mumbling his lines. WTH.
I;m so dissapointed.
They had good tunes too!!
But coupled with that slurrrrrrrrrrred vocals and mumbling baratone, that just killed it for me.
Sorry.
No... MAYBEEEEEEEEEEEEE 500yen.. probably.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
In the end I ended up getting the CD of the first band!!!!!
geez...
I was willing to fork out 800 (MAX) for their songs..
But lo and behold, surprise!, it was only 500 yen for their EP!
so good job! Great bargain. Good buy good buy!
Lets hope the record's good.
Until then, no, i don't think I;d check these bands out again on their own.. Maybe if they're playing with another band I would, but just for their shows, no I don't think I'd go.
SORRY!.\\\
So I thought I'd check the magazine to see if I could find a website or something and LO AND BEHOLD!! To my luck!! I saw that Quip was having a show at Clubliner for all the of FOUR bands that were featured in their sampler, including noom, and it was on Tuesday which I so happened to to have work!! (coz the studio was full and I couldn't even put in hours for any classes!).. And the live was actually TWO DAYS AFTER I found out about the band! WHAT LUCK!!!
So I decided to check the bands out!! (how unlike me!)
1) Wow.. I'll pay 800yen for their trying. They were the opener. I was thinking during their set that out of pity, I'd probably buy their CD (if it were 800 or less!!!) because I was thinking of already buying the CD of the band I came to see (the third band, noom).
The band was quite good, but a little funkish!! The lead doesn't talk much and the "leader" of the band seems to be the lead guitarist who is very, very expressive on stage with his moves. His antics were really hillarious. However, I think he lacks the strength of an orator in fronting the band during the MCs... I think he was nervous or something but he was very jumpy with his MC, so quite weak in engaging the crowd (speech wise) in that sense and did not really properly introduce the band (considering that this was a show where people weren't familliar with the bands, it would be good to introduce yourselves properly, no???!).
So while he is a good performer and I think overall the band's songs are pretty cool, I thought he lacked the presence of a frontman in his MCs. Masuzawa-san was there!! He should go get some tips from Masuzawa-san!!! haha!
2) Hmm.. This band started with an instrumental song, then lauched into a second song that was semi instrumental. The frontman was cute, so they had that going for them. He was really good in fronting the band too. He went through all the formalities of annoucements during the MCs. Introduced the band's name CLEARLY, said all the customary lines annocing thier CDs and next lives, very proper, very "major" and "professional"
they also had a good style which I think would appeal to a larger audience, combining instrumental, with math rock, with funk and all that jazz... I think they definitely have potential to make it...
Although, unfortunately, they're not my cup of tea.
So, sorry, no 2000yen from me... SORRY! I should have checked to see their album was like 500 yen... I might go with the 500 yen EP or something! lol
But actually, I think they have solid music, VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY different from the garden variety sound of the newer rock bands that are out there these days (and there are loads of them). So I think they can potentially work out.
But as i have mentioned, unfortunately, their sound isn't just the kind I like, so that's why they didn't particularly appeal to me.
3) noom
I actually came to see this band because they had one kick ass track off Quip's sampler.
I was very impressed with that song and I had hoped the rest of their songs would be in the same vein, of the same mood, with the same power chords and riffs.
I was a little dissapointed.
They fluctuated between a great riff emerging, waiting to rear it's rock-out head, but unfortunately never does... to tunes that were just.. well... "meh". So-so. まま。Cool, easy listening, make you bob your head and tap your feet, but that's about it.. doesn't move you to swing your body and move and jump to the beat.
I was dissapointed.
You guys were good, in that one song.
I was willing to fork out 2000 if all the tunes they played, or even 2 more tunes they played, were of the same feel of the one in the sampler.
Unfortunetely not.
sigh.
4)
I'm sorry to say, maybe I am old fashioned but seriously, I don't think slurrrrrrring words and mumbling is a form of singing.. Kurt Cobain may have been incomprehensible, but at least he fucking had energy (or high on something)
This guy, the frontman, was just frtting mumbling his lines. WTH.
I;m so dissapointed.
They had good tunes too!!
But coupled with that slurrrrrrrrrrred vocals and mumbling baratone, that just killed it for me.
Sorry.
No... MAYBEEEEEEEEEEEEE 500yen.. probably.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
In the end I ended up getting the CD of the first band!!!!!
geez...
I was willing to fork out 800 (MAX) for their songs..
But lo and behold, surprise!, it was only 500 yen for their EP!
so good job! Great bargain. Good buy good buy!
Lets hope the record's good.
Until then, no, i don't think I;d check these bands out again on their own.. Maybe if they're playing with another band I would, but just for their shows, no I don't think I'd go.
SORRY!.\\\
Saturday, February 19, 2011
back number - あとのまつり [2010/06/02]
Holymoly!
I did NOT expect back number to be so good!! wth!!
I remembered I checked out their E.P. and didn't have much of an impression of it... But woah! This album was good!! Well at least, the first half of the album was really pretty solid. Has those typical Japanese rock sounds that I like... energized yet nostalgic, not too loud, nice catchy tunes, and some heart-capturing guitar riffs at the beginning of songs... yeap... it has all that!
The later half of the album went back to ordinary though, just when i was wondering how many songs they'd be able to write that's kick ass... 8 apparently. But still, a good album! was very, very, very surprised and a DEFINITE loop-able album (at least for the first 8 songs anyway). Pretty solid for a first album, back number!!
Good thing they're playing a show today in Chiba! ahahahaha... I think I'll go catch them if it's not sold out and I'm not too lazy! heh.
Here's a song off the album: stay with me.
Verdict:
live-able: most definitely.
2000円-able: hmmm... perhaps. likely.
I did NOT expect back number to be so good!! wth!!
I remembered I checked out their E.P. and didn't have much of an impression of it... But woah! This album was good!! Well at least, the first half of the album was really pretty solid. Has those typical Japanese rock sounds that I like... energized yet nostalgic, not too loud, nice catchy tunes, and some heart-capturing guitar riffs at the beginning of songs... yeap... it has all that!
The later half of the album went back to ordinary though, just when i was wondering how many songs they'd be able to write that's kick ass... 8 apparently. But still, a good album! was very, very, very surprised and a DEFINITE loop-able album (at least for the first 8 songs anyway). Pretty solid for a first album, back number!!
Good thing they're playing a show today in Chiba! ahahahaha... I think I'll go catch them if it's not sold out and I'm not too lazy! heh.
Here's a song off the album: stay with me.
Verdict:
live-able: most definitely.
2000円-able: hmmm... perhaps. likely.
クリープハイプ「左耳」(CreepHype - Hidari Me)
Music is quite nice, those typical Japanese rock band style of recent... however, I don't like the vocals... So I don't think I'll be checking this band out anytime soon.
Sorry!
Verdict:
Live-able: maybe.
2000円-able: no.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Sekaiichi / STaN - Shibuya O-West (02/17/11)
Urm yes... For some reason, I DO go for A LOT of Sekaiichi lives, huh!!! wth... Seriously... Too many... But to support Mr. Angel, I'll go.. Although I think he's feeling more like either why the hell am I at all their shows or why the hell am I emailing him so much. Sigh... Sorry, Mr. Angel... But I really don't care if you're in Sekaiichi or not... Sometimes I wish you weren't... Maybe then, you'll treat me normally then...
Band 1
WTH.
That's all I have to say.
They're like this... I don't know... those Akiba bands that have their own hand movements and all... Seriously. It's was friggign weird. And in one of their last song, they had two "okaku-ish" guys come on stage to perform those crazy idol-fan dances... HOLY COW.. I was just like "WTH?"
And he kept trying to get the crowd to do the hand movements with him. To some extent, he worked...
But he should've also known that they were playing to a crowd who's fans of bands like he and..
Band 2
After the first... group... DAMN! This band truly sounds like a TRUE REAL BAND.
Band 1, please take note: this is how a real band should be.
geez.
Band 3
Well well well! It was quite wonderful seeing this band finally. I didn't really get into their music when I checked them out a few years back because they're quite loud and their music is really banging crazy, very weird arrangement too. But the show was great! The performance was great! They and their fans were tight.
There were two guys behind me, drunk, but like real fans of the bands, and they would scream stuff, and the vocalist would respond. The vocalist was really cool, like in the "whatever" kinda way... awesome..
Not really my cup of tea but I definitely wouldn't mind checking them out again with other bands next time :)
SEKAIICHIIIIIII~~~~
Short set, loads of new songs this time, which surprised me. They usually play mostly old songs.. (but then again, I don't know sekaiichi much to know what's new or old!! FAIL)
They didn't play capsule this time, which was a little disappointing!!! Not much of a build up this time either, much more laid back and mellow compared to their previous packed sets~! But, it was a good set anyhow... Perhaps, more Sekaiichi-ish (if there's such a thing!).
Highlight of the set was The Kids Are Alright.
I thought they played it really beautifully, and it really touched my heart.
Band 1
WTH.
That's all I have to say.
They're like this... I don't know... those Akiba bands that have their own hand movements and all... Seriously. It's was friggign weird. And in one of their last song, they had two "okaku-ish" guys come on stage to perform those crazy idol-fan dances... HOLY COW.. I was just like "WTH?"
And he kept trying to get the crowd to do the hand movements with him. To some extent, he worked...
But he should've also known that they were playing to a crowd who's fans of bands like he and..
Band 2
After the first... group... DAMN! This band truly sounds like a TRUE REAL BAND.
Band 1, please take note: this is how a real band should be.
geez.
Band 3
Well well well! It was quite wonderful seeing this band finally. I didn't really get into their music when I checked them out a few years back because they're quite loud and their music is really banging crazy, very weird arrangement too. But the show was great! The performance was great! They and their fans were tight.
There were two guys behind me, drunk, but like real fans of the bands, and they would scream stuff, and the vocalist would respond. The vocalist was really cool, like in the "whatever" kinda way... awesome..
Not really my cup of tea but I definitely wouldn't mind checking them out again with other bands next time :)
SEKAIICHIIIIIII~~~~
Short set, loads of new songs this time, which surprised me. They usually play mostly old songs.. (but then again, I don't know sekaiichi much to know what's new or old!! FAIL)
They didn't play capsule this time, which was a little disappointing!!! Not much of a build up this time either, much more laid back and mellow compared to their previous packed sets~! But, it was a good set anyhow... Perhaps, more Sekaiichi-ish (if there's such a thing!).
Highlight of the set was The Kids Are Alright.
I thought they played it really beautifully, and it really touched my heart.
Quip 63
Hmmm... Kinda late getting this issue... But it was really cool (AND HEARTBREAKING) because it had a lot of pictures of shimokita roundup3 in it....
I WISHHHHHH i had never seen the picture of Odaka and........ ISSHIKI in Garage!! damnnn!! I did NOT know that Odaka played with Isshiki and with Ryo too!!!! wthhhhhhhhhhh!!! And summore Isshiki sang Utaitai!!!!!!!!!! DUDEEEEEEEEEE!!! I'd kill to hear Isshiki say "Kimi ni aitai yo"...
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
* kills self *
ok nuff said...
Here's a song from the Quip sampler that I liked very much...
I'm REALLY pissed off that OverTheDogs was suppose to be on the sampler but somehow... IT'S NOT THERE!!! A song that's not on their album too!!! WTHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
gah...
maybe this issue was more frustrating than it was fun.
damn.
Anyway, song from the sampler:
noom - 幻聴レディオ
I thought it was a really, really, really good song!!!!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
art-school MUSICA presents VALENTINE ROCK――愛のロックを鳴らそう acoustic set @ Liquidroom Ebisu (02/14/11)
LIVE：andymori / 木下理樹＆戸高賢史from ART-SCHOOL（acoustic set）/ SISTER JET（acoustic set）/ 長澤知之 / 高橋優
Sorry, no pics this time! LOL...
But I do have audio ^_^
Art-School - HEAVEN’S SIGN
Anyway, as always, Kinoshita-san didn't talk much. He never talks, I'm under that impression. But he was very cute. ahahaha! Seriously, so awkward!! He was totally disengaged, mumbling most of the time when he DID talk... But I guess that's his appeal... He's not THAT un-talkative on Twitter though! So... what gives?! Is he really shy?? I mean he's been singing for YEARSSS, he shouldn't be shy with crowds!
I think he just doesn't like talking.
Sorry, no pics this time! LOL...
But I do have audio ^_^
Art-School - HEAVEN’S SIGN
Anyway, as always, Kinoshita-san didn't talk much. He never talks, I'm under that impression. But he was very cute. ahahaha! Seriously, so awkward!! He was totally disengaged, mumbling most of the time when he DID talk... But I guess that's his appeal... He's not THAT un-talkative on Twitter though! So... what gives?! Is he really shy?? I mean he's been singing for YEARSSS, he shouldn't be shy with crowds!
I think he just doesn't like talking.
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