Sunday, April 17, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
killing boy / 曽我部恵一BAND / the telephones - Shibuya O-East - 04/14/11
HMMM... I bought this ticket on Yahoo Auctions... It sold out and I did NOT know that killing boy had a show... Kinoshita really should announce shows in advanced instead of having to suddenly stumbled upon the shows a little too late =_=
Anyway!
I got a nice ticket, though! So I was able to choose a nice spot. I chose to stay at the back, because I was going to leave early, as I do have to wake up at 5am everyday for work, you know!!!
killing boy
HUHU!!!!!!
Well killing boy only has a limited number of songs, so basically they played only the songs on the album ^_^
But they did have a new song today, which was a completely instrumental piece with the band jamming like made! Awesome, awesome!!
It's quite sad no one in the crowd knew killing boy :( Save for 1 or 2 of us... :(
曽我部恵一BAND
It turns out I've actually seen this band before!!!!!
Well not the band, but just the vocalist.
When he played with Sekaiichi at Shinjuku Jam last year.
I remembered he had some really nice songs but there were 4 bands playing that night and a 50 minute acoustic set of ONE GUY on a guitar was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much.
BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT I remembered this guy because that night, he played a really catchy song called "Telephone Love" and got the very bored crowd to actually sing along with him. And tonight with his band, he got the crowd to REALLY, REALLY rock out with the song "Telephone Love" as dedicated to The Telephones!! hahaha..
It's really uncanny and I can't believe that this guy is the same band!
Coz that night, it was really, really slow and mellow.
But it turns out that his band is actually like a PUNK ROCK band.. NOT melodic punk, mind you, but actually PUNK ROCK! And they had a bunch of fans in the pit that were just going crazy moshing.
WOAH!!!!!
the telephones.
what can I say but... "WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
It's the FIRSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT time I've seen, in Japan, the ENTIRE CROWD in the rocking out with a band!!!!
Usually only the front would be moving about but DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!! I think all 1000 people in the pit were just dancing, jumping, moshing and going wild!!!!!
IN FACT!!! This was the FIRST SHOW EVER in Japan that I've actually seen... A CIRCLE PIT!!!
WTH!!!!!!!!
A CIRCLE PIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOAAAAAAOAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
The Telephone's songs are like a mix of rock and disco.. Not hare-brained unity type but like rock rock rock and lots and lots and lots of disco beats!!!
They also sing in English.
Very very catchy and I really loved the song they sang to unite the kids in lights of earthquake...
But...
Hmm..
I doubt kids there think much about changing this world. And probably more about clothing and fashion or something...
Why do I always think that Japanese kids are so shallow?
sigh.
sorry.
ha!
Anyway!
I got a nice ticket, though! So I was able to choose a nice spot. I chose to stay at the back, because I was going to leave early, as I do have to wake up at 5am everyday for work, you know!!!
killing boy
HUHU!!!!!!
Well killing boy only has a limited number of songs, so basically they played only the songs on the album ^_^
But they did have a new song today, which was a completely instrumental piece with the band jamming like made! Awesome, awesome!!
It's quite sad no one in the crowd knew killing boy :( Save for 1 or 2 of us... :(
曽我部恵一BAND
It turns out I've actually seen this band before!!!!!
Well not the band, but just the vocalist.
When he played with Sekaiichi at Shinjuku Jam last year.
I remembered he had some really nice songs but there were 4 bands playing that night and a 50 minute acoustic set of ONE GUY on a guitar was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much.
BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT I remembered this guy because that night, he played a really catchy song called "Telephone Love" and got the very bored crowd to actually sing along with him. And tonight with his band, he got the crowd to REALLY, REALLY rock out with the song "Telephone Love" as dedicated to The Telephones!! hahaha..
It's really uncanny and I can't believe that this guy is the same band!
Coz that night, it was really, really slow and mellow.
But it turns out that his band is actually like a PUNK ROCK band.. NOT melodic punk, mind you, but actually PUNK ROCK! And they had a bunch of fans in the pit that were just going crazy moshing.
WOAH!!!!!
the telephones.
what can I say but... "WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
It's the FIRSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT time I've seen, in Japan, the ENTIRE CROWD in the rocking out with a band!!!!
Usually only the front would be moving about but DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!! I think all 1000 people in the pit were just dancing, jumping, moshing and going wild!!!!!
IN FACT!!! This was the FIRST SHOW EVER in Japan that I've actually seen... A CIRCLE PIT!!!
WTH!!!!!!!!
A CIRCLE PIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOAAAAAAOAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
The Telephone's songs are like a mix of rock and disco.. Not hare-brained unity type but like rock rock rock and lots and lots and lots of disco beats!!!
They also sing in English.
Very very catchy and I really loved the song they sang to unite the kids in lights of earthquake...
But...
Hmm..
I doubt kids there think much about changing this world. And probably more about clothing and fashion or something...
Why do I always think that Japanese kids are so shallow?
sigh.
sorry.
ha!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Freenote / Uranino (ウラニーノ) / Guest: Tsubaki's 小川博永（つばき）- Shimokitazawa Club Que - 04/07/11
SO! I went for my first ACTUAL Freenote Live! ^_^
Actually I went for this show coz Ogawa-san was making a guest appearance and with Okamoto-san supporting on drums for Freenote, well... this was the closest I could come to to seeing Tsubaki (; ;) How sad it is, how sad it is indeed...
ANYWAY!
Yes.
SO! Uranino played and FINALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY I figured out where that guy who sometimes appears with Tsubaki Friend's was from... He's the vocalist of Uranino.
ANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD FINALLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY I figured out where that CRAZYYYYYYYYYYY guy Piston was from. He's the bassist of Uranino. WTH. He's ACTUALLY a bassist. woah.
Actually I went for this show coz Ogawa-san was making a guest appearance and with Okamoto-san supporting on drums for Freenote, well... this was the closest I could come to to seeing Tsubaki (; ;) How sad it is, how sad it is indeed...
ANYWAY!
Yes.
SO! Uranino played and FINALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY I figured out where that guy who sometimes appears with Tsubaki Friend's was from... He's the vocalist of Uranino.
ANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD FINALLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY I figured out where that CRAZYYYYYYYYYYY guy Piston was from. He's the bassist of Uranino. WTH. He's ACTUALLY a bassist. woah.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
cathy lost one's apricot / shepherd / nano sound museum - Shimokitazawa club251 - 04/01/11
This is my second time at club251. The first time was during shimokita roundup3 for セカイイチ show. It seemed bigger back then! I didn't know it was so small. Seriously.
And actually tonight's show's headlining band was ROSARYHILL but I did not stay for their set. If I remember my checking them out years ago correctly, I think they're a punk rock band (but I might be wrong). They had their group of groupies tho. Seriously. Really cutely dressed group of girls who rushed over to the merch guy as soon as he showed up. Yes, every scene has its groupies.
Anyways, I found out about this show through cathy's lost's flyer (don't they have an abbreviation for their name?!) and I decided to check it out because they were playing with nano sound museum!! Which is Ogawa-san's side project!!! I had always wanted to check nano sound museum out because of Ogawa-san, ANDDDDDDDDDD if I remember correctly, I had wanted to check them out when I came here in 2009 because nano sound museum, if memory serves me well, is the band of the lead singer of the now defunct band, coin (pronounced co-in), which I really liked.
Anyway, Club251 has been having a 音Power (sound power) events kinda thing since the earthquake. Also, that day was April 1st. Which is not just April's Fools day but also, in Japan, it's the first day of the fiscal year and the first day where all the new graduates and freshies enter the great big scary world of WORKING.
Anyway I was thinking, while I was watching cathy lost's set and the lead was singing. He blogged a couple of days ago about graduating and how it was the end of 22 years of education. Seeing him sing there, so young, I can't help but feel "kudos" to these bands and to these kids... Here they were, on the first day of what was suppose to be for them and for kids their age, the first day of responsibility/adulthood/growing up/surrendering dreams... there they were, not joining the rest of the workforce, not following along the path that Japanese society has set out for the... But instead there they were, playing to a crowd of 20 people of which probably 5 people knew who the hell they were, but there they were, following their hearts, following their love, following their passion, doing what they love, carving out their own paths, following their own ways and not betraying nor giving up on that which they love.
I am really glad there are kids like that in this world.
And I am glad to be there to see them and to give them whatever support that I can.
Anyway! To the bands!
1) cathy lost one's apricot yesterday
This is the second time seeing cathy lost. Like their previous set during the wild gun crazy release show at ReG, they barreled through the songs one after another, without stopping much. I guess the whole band is not fond of MC. I guess this is one guy who actually talks LESS than kinoshita. HM! I think while the other bands got to cover like 5 - 6 songs, cathy lost bulldozed through 8 - 10 songs... INCREDIBLE. Coz they didn't stop playing, I suppose!
Anyway, I didn't think that their performance was as powerful today, as in the wild gun crazy set. But I really like it when I was able to recognize their song "annonymous", the title track off their most recent EP.
つばきラブScale: probably around a 4
2) shepherd
WOW. HMMM! I found a band I liked!
They played 5 songs, if I'm not mistaken. Their first song was the type of upbeat dancey rockish song which I like very much. And it didn't sound like those typical bands these days either, so I was really, really impressed!
The second song was more mellow though and so were the rest of their set. The slower songs were also those type of slow, mellow yet catchy and hauntings songs that I like too, but recently, I really do prefer a band that I can tap my feet to!
So they turned out to be quite a mellow songs kind of band instead of the upbeat rockish band I had innitially thought they were.
And although, I don't think I would normailly pay 2000円 for 12 songs on 2 CDs... I think this band definitely has potential.. And I took a chance and bought their 2 CDs anyway... Cause judging from their performance, I think this is definitely a band with the type of sounds that I like, so definitely, I think it'd be more of a hit than a miss.
Of all the bands, I definitely think this band has a great potential to make it, to hone their skills, to create further deeper sounds in the future. They can definitely come up with something I would most definitely love in the future. Yes, I totally believe that!!
So it's great! I found a new band :)
つばきラブScale: Around a 5.5 probably... or maybe a 6 (depends of if the albums are good!)
3) nano sound museum
hey whattttt Ogawa-sannnn!! Why are you sooooooooooooooooooo rocking out and enthusiastic with this band??? Seems like you were rocking out like a 20 year old!!!! With Tsubaki, hmmm you're like the wise one, controlled and cool! whaatttttt!
Anyway, the lead singer is REALLY SUPERBLY cute. He had his hoodie on so he looked WAYYYYYYYYYYY younger and INCREDIBLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY cute and cool. Woah!! TOTALLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY cuter than Johnny's boys!!! WTH how come these people don't get to bank on their looks! PLUS, they have WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY MOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE talent than the whole of damn Johnny's groups combined!
Anyways, enough ranting. nano sound museum.
Holycow! HMMMMMMMMMM... I can only describe their songs in relations to hare-brained unity, because both bands are disco/electronic/rock.
Actually, if you take the two bands as they are, seems really like their songs are interchangable with one another. They really have very very similar compositions.
HOWEVER, there is ONE major difference between the two bands though is that, while hare-brained unity is disco/electronic infused with rock, nano sound museum is rock infused with some disco/electronic.
nano sound museum has CRAZY HEAVY guitars!!!!! Even the effect of the guitar is of that typical HEAVY ELECTRIC ROCK GUITAR sound. So infused into this is a disco beat and some electronics.
hare-brained unity, I think, for me, starts with disco and electronics, and work the rock into it.
Their album was a little pricey 1700円, wasn't sure if I wanted to get it for 1700円 but, well Ogawa is in there, overall their sounds are VERY CATCHY, so most definitely somewhere in time I'd probably see them again... So it would be nice to know one or two of their songs.
Oh, and they had a few fans in the crowd too, cheering with their well memories hands movements, and one DAMNNNN HEADBANGING hellokitty kind of girl right in front! (ahh every band has its groupies)...
つばきラブScale: well since Ogawa is in there, technically, it HAS TO BE at least a 3.3 rig5ht???? haha... Hmmm... Probably around a 5.5 maybe but with potential to rise?
And actually tonight's show's headlining band was ROSARYHILL but I did not stay for their set. If I remember my checking them out years ago correctly, I think they're a punk rock band (but I might be wrong). They had their group of groupies tho. Seriously. Really cutely dressed group of girls who rushed over to the merch guy as soon as he showed up. Yes, every scene has its groupies.
Anyways, I found out about this show through cathy's lost's flyer (don't they have an abbreviation for their name?!) and I decided to check it out because they were playing with nano sound museum!! Which is Ogawa-san's side project!!! I had always wanted to check nano sound museum out because of Ogawa-san, ANDDDDDDDDDD if I remember correctly, I had wanted to check them out when I came here in 2009 because nano sound museum, if memory serves me well, is the band of the lead singer of the now defunct band, coin (pronounced co-in), which I really liked.
Anyway, Club251 has been having a 音Power (sound power) events kinda thing since the earthquake. Also, that day was April 1st. Which is not just April's Fools day but also, in Japan, it's the first day of the fiscal year and the first day where all the new graduates and freshies enter the great big scary world of WORKING.
Anyway I was thinking, while I was watching cathy lost's set and the lead was singing. He blogged a couple of days ago about graduating and how it was the end of 22 years of education. Seeing him sing there, so young, I can't help but feel "kudos" to these bands and to these kids... Here they were, on the first day of what was suppose to be for them and for kids their age, the first day of responsibility/adulthood/growing up/surrendering dreams... there they were, not joining the rest of the workforce, not following along the path that Japanese society has set out for the... But instead there they were, playing to a crowd of 20 people of which probably 5 people knew who the hell they were, but there they were, following their hearts, following their love, following their passion, doing what they love, carving out their own paths, following their own ways and not betraying nor giving up on that which they love.
I am really glad there are kids like that in this world.
And I am glad to be there to see them and to give them whatever support that I can.
Anyway! To the bands!
1) cathy lost one's apricot yesterday
This is the second time seeing cathy lost. Like their previous set during the wild gun crazy release show at ReG, they barreled through the songs one after another, without stopping much. I guess the whole band is not fond of MC. I guess this is one guy who actually talks LESS than kinoshita. HM! I think while the other bands got to cover like 5 - 6 songs, cathy lost bulldozed through 8 - 10 songs... INCREDIBLE. Coz they didn't stop playing, I suppose!
Anyway, I didn't think that their performance was as powerful today, as in the wild gun crazy set. But I really like it when I was able to recognize their song "annonymous", the title track off their most recent EP.
つばきラブScale: probably around a 4
2) shepherd
WOW. HMMM! I found a band I liked!
They played 5 songs, if I'm not mistaken. Their first song was the type of upbeat dancey rockish song which I like very much. And it didn't sound like those typical bands these days either, so I was really, really impressed!
The second song was more mellow though and so were the rest of their set. The slower songs were also those type of slow, mellow yet catchy and hauntings songs that I like too, but recently, I really do prefer a band that I can tap my feet to!
So they turned out to be quite a mellow songs kind of band instead of the upbeat rockish band I had innitially thought they were.
And although, I don't think I would normailly pay 2000円 for 12 songs on 2 CDs... I think this band definitely has potential.. And I took a chance and bought their 2 CDs anyway... Cause judging from their performance, I think this is definitely a band with the type of sounds that I like, so definitely, I think it'd be more of a hit than a miss.
Of all the bands, I definitely think this band has a great potential to make it, to hone their skills, to create further deeper sounds in the future. They can definitely come up with something I would most definitely love in the future. Yes, I totally believe that!!
So it's great! I found a new band :)
つばきラブScale: Around a 5.5 probably... or maybe a 6 (depends of if the albums are good!)
3) nano sound museum
hey whattttt Ogawa-sannnn!! Why are you sooooooooooooooooooo rocking out and enthusiastic with this band??? Seems like you were rocking out like a 20 year old!!!! With Tsubaki, hmmm you're like the wise one, controlled and cool! whaatttttt!
Anyway, the lead singer is REALLY SUPERBLY cute. He had his hoodie on so he looked WAYYYYYYYYYYY younger and INCREDIBLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY cute and cool. Woah!! TOTALLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY cuter than Johnny's boys!!! WTH how come these people don't get to bank on their looks! PLUS, they have WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY MOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE talent than the whole of damn Johnny's groups combined!
Anyways, enough ranting. nano sound museum.
Holycow! HMMMMMMMMMM... I can only describe their songs in relations to hare-brained unity, because both bands are disco/electronic/rock.
Actually, if you take the two bands as they are, seems really like their songs are interchangable with one another. They really have very very similar compositions.
HOWEVER, there is ONE major difference between the two bands though is that, while hare-brained unity is disco/electronic infused with rock, nano sound museum is rock infused with some disco/electronic.
nano sound museum has CRAZY HEAVY guitars!!!!! Even the effect of the guitar is of that typical HEAVY ELECTRIC ROCK GUITAR sound. So infused into this is a disco beat and some electronics.
hare-brained unity, I think, for me, starts with disco and electronics, and work the rock into it.
Their album was a little pricey 1700円, wasn't sure if I wanted to get it for 1700円 but, well Ogawa is in there, overall their sounds are VERY CATCHY, so most definitely somewhere in time I'd probably see them again... So it would be nice to know one or two of their songs.
Oh, and they had a few fans in the crowd too, cheering with their well memories hands movements, and one DAMNNNN HEADBANGING hellokitty kind of girl right in front! (ahh every band has its groupies)...
つばきラブScale: well since Ogawa is in there, technically, it HAS TO BE at least a 3.3 rig5ht???? haha... Hmmm... Probably around a 5.5 maybe but with potential to rise?
Friday, April 1, 2011
killing boy - Liquidroom Ebisu - 03/30/11
No thanks to my iPhone calendar notification, I almost missed this show. Fail.
BUT I DID NOT AND THAT'S GREAT!!!!!!!!
But if it wasn't for Riki, I think I would have most definitely skipped this show for being tooooooo lazy...
HOWEVER, I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SUPER GLAD I didn't miss it!!!!!
So this was the second time I've seen Riki perform at Liquidroom in 2 months. The layout of Liquidroom this time was more like what I remembered it to be when I came to see Lunkhead here 3 years ago. They closed off the side of the hall with black curtains, so there was just the mosh pit in the middle.
However, a few minutes before the show started, they opened up the black curtains by the side so people could stand on the steps, thus widening the pit.
I wonder if this is why they call it Liquidroom ahahaha... Coz the layout changes as the crowd size changes!
Anyway!
killing boy
Hmmm... I thought it was very cool that Riki came out FIRST on stage, which I thought was very, very cool and like "whatever I don't need a ceremony" for him. I don't like how vocalists are always the last to come out, as if the other band members are less important and just supporting this one dude. So I liked that Riki came out FIRST and everyone cheered for him one and the same as for everyone else in the band. That was really cool of him or he probably just didn't give a damn, really.
So anywa, Riki, as ALWAYS, was very, very, very quiet. He didn't say anything except "arigatou" at the end of each song. The highlight of the show was probably when he asked the technicians to set up another mic, but for the guitarist to speak and do the usual "thank you everyone for coming" MC. hahaahah.... And it was so Riki when the technician was going to give him the mic when he went " X " no. ahahahahaha... Riki, Riki....
Anyway, they came back on for an instrumental encore and then Call 4 U... Which was brilliant!! ANDDDDDDDDDDD... BEFORE Call 4 U, Riki FINALLY spoke and thanked all the bands that played that night. I thought he was eating his words again, and perhaps a little stuttering. HA! Oh... Riki!!
Oh... by the way I mentioned the killing boy show to a client who works at a UK Label the next day. He didn't know killing boy so I asked if he knew art-school. Then he said "Yeah, I know Riki-kun." ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Then he said that Riki is very good but "he's a very nervous guy." and went on to stress, good but "very nervous" again!! ahahahahaha... WOAH!!! He said Riki is very nervous when he talks... HMMMM.... I guess that explains the whole no MC thing.. I guess if he's nervous around a closed group of people, what more an audience of a thousand!! What a TOTALLY UNLIKELY candidate for a lead vocalist!!!!
ANYWAY. Killing Boy live is AWESOME. Actually, their SONGS are AWESOME live.
I don't particularly pay attention to instruments because I know jack shit about them. HA! But, this band really caught me. The lead guitarist, to me, is just plain awesome. Wonderful riffs weaving so seemlessly to join in with incredible bass, coupled with spot on drumming. With such awesome parts, actually, sadly, sorry Riki, but I really thought that perhaps the most ordinary member of this band was Riki. I think the pure talent of the other members just shines through in their parts and their composition and performance. I am usually, totally not a bass person, but seriously, I was very, very impressed by Hinata's bass. His playing makes you NOTICE the bass lines, not just the way bass is usually drowned out and over-spotlighted by the rest. He made his bass STAND OUT. Jumps out out you. Makes you notice it. Makes you go "woah! wow...". The guitarist just blew me away with his parts, so silently playing in his corner of the stage, but his parts just flowed in like water washing over the songs giving them its waves and texture. And why I say perhaps HINTO has a better guitarist is because he his riffs courses through the song, carving it's lines in and out through the flow of the song and melody. And he plays it so well, so well composed, so well performed, silently but its presence felt. sears an impression through the skin of the song. And then there's the drumming. Ah... I think I am a closet drummer lover. haha! Srsly. Plain COOL, in his world, drumming so effortlessly, where every beat followed the next, rolling the band onwards, onwards. Damn. He was cool. Cool. So seriously, of all, sorry Riki, seems like his part was the simplest. His guitar parts seem simple too. I swear he held on to ONE CHORD throughout the entire verse. ONE! But to his credit, I think Riki's part is the base on which all the rest build their sounds upon. While everyone's parts stood out, Riki's stayed in the background, unnoticed in its presence but perhaps, definitely incomplete without.
I feel as if killing boy is where all these members that are usually buried in other's compositions in their own main bands actually come out in these songs to strut their feathers, spread their wings, and show the world, show their fans, their actual, own stark talent and brilliance. This is where they shine from their own.
andymori
Oh yeah, killing boy played with andymori today too...
Kinda weird... The first time killing boy played in Liquidroom, they opened for Andymori... Second time they played, andymori opened for them...
Oh well, maybe in Japan it doesn't matter.
Andymori has some very rocking out songs! And damn, their vocalist is INCREDIBLY CUTE. INCREDIBLY.INCREDIBLY.
lol.
Anyway, it was cool to see like a 50-year-old obaasan rocking out to this cute young boy's rock tunes! Hell yeah, rock on!
BUT I DID NOT AND THAT'S GREAT!!!!!!!!
But if it wasn't for Riki, I think I would have most definitely skipped this show for being tooooooo lazy...
HOWEVER, I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SUPER GLAD I didn't miss it!!!!!
So this was the second time I've seen Riki perform at Liquidroom in 2 months. The layout of Liquidroom this time was more like what I remembered it to be when I came to see Lunkhead here 3 years ago. They closed off the side of the hall with black curtains, so there was just the mosh pit in the middle.
However, a few minutes before the show started, they opened up the black curtains by the side so people could stand on the steps, thus widening the pit.
I wonder if this is why they call it Liquidroom ahahaha... Coz the layout changes as the crowd size changes!
Anyway!
killing boy
Hmmm... I thought it was very cool that Riki came out FIRST on stage, which I thought was very, very cool and like "whatever I don't need a ceremony" for him. I don't like how vocalists are always the last to come out, as if the other band members are less important and just supporting this one dude. So I liked that Riki came out FIRST and everyone cheered for him one and the same as for everyone else in the band. That was really cool of him or he probably just didn't give a damn, really.
So anywa, Riki, as ALWAYS, was very, very, very quiet. He didn't say anything except "arigatou" at the end of each song. The highlight of the show was probably when he asked the technicians to set up another mic, but for the guitarist to speak and do the usual "thank you everyone for coming" MC. hahaahah.... And it was so Riki when the technician was going to give him the mic when he went " X " no. ahahahahaha... Riki, Riki....
Anyway, they came back on for an instrumental encore and then Call 4 U... Which was brilliant!! ANDDDDDDDDDDD... BEFORE Call 4 U, Riki FINALLY spoke and thanked all the bands that played that night. I thought he was eating his words again, and perhaps a little stuttering. HA! Oh... Riki!!
Oh... by the way I mentioned the killing boy show to a client who works at a UK Label the next day. He didn't know killing boy so I asked if he knew art-school. Then he said "Yeah, I know Riki-kun." ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Then he said that Riki is very good but "he's a very nervous guy." and went on to stress, good but "very nervous" again!! ahahahahaha... WOAH!!! He said Riki is very nervous when he talks... HMMMM.... I guess that explains the whole no MC thing.. I guess if he's nervous around a closed group of people, what more an audience of a thousand!! What a TOTALLY UNLIKELY candidate for a lead vocalist!!!!
ANYWAY. Killing Boy live is AWESOME. Actually, their SONGS are AWESOME live.
I don't particularly pay attention to instruments because I know jack shit about them. HA! But, this band really caught me. The lead guitarist, to me, is just plain awesome. Wonderful riffs weaving so seemlessly to join in with incredible bass, coupled with spot on drumming. With such awesome parts, actually, sadly, sorry Riki, but I really thought that perhaps the most ordinary member of this band was Riki. I think the pure talent of the other members just shines through in their parts and their composition and performance. I am usually, totally not a bass person, but seriously, I was very, very impressed by Hinata's bass. His playing makes you NOTICE the bass lines, not just the way bass is usually drowned out and over-spotlighted by the rest. He made his bass STAND OUT. Jumps out out you. Makes you notice it. Makes you go "woah! wow...". The guitarist just blew me away with his parts, so silently playing in his corner of the stage, but his parts just flowed in like water washing over the songs giving them its waves and texture. And why I say perhaps HINTO has a better guitarist is because he his riffs courses through the song, carving it's lines in and out through the flow of the song and melody. And he plays it so well, so well composed, so well performed, silently but its presence felt. sears an impression through the skin of the song. And then there's the drumming. Ah... I think I am a closet drummer lover. haha! Srsly. Plain COOL, in his world, drumming so effortlessly, where every beat followed the next, rolling the band onwards, onwards. Damn. He was cool. Cool. So seriously, of all, sorry Riki, seems like his part was the simplest. His guitar parts seem simple too. I swear he held on to ONE CHORD throughout the entire verse. ONE! But to his credit, I think Riki's part is the base on which all the rest build their sounds upon. While everyone's parts stood out, Riki's stayed in the background, unnoticed in its presence but perhaps, definitely incomplete without.
I feel as if killing boy is where all these members that are usually buried in other's compositions in their own main bands actually come out in these songs to strut their feathers, spread their wings, and show the world, show their fans, their actual, own stark talent and brilliance. This is where they shine from their own.
andymori
Oh yeah, killing boy played with andymori today too...
Kinda weird... The first time killing boy played in Liquidroom, they opened for Andymori... Second time they played, andymori opened for them...
Oh well, maybe in Japan it doesn't matter.
Andymori has some very rocking out songs! And damn, their vocalist is INCREDIBLY CUTE. INCREDIBLY.INCREDIBLY.
lol.
Anyway, it was cool to see like a 50-year-old obaasan rocking out to this cute young boy's rock tunes! Hell yeah, rock on!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Live: Wild Gun Crazy Vol. 6 Release Live - Shimokitazawa Reg - 03/20/11
So I didn't think of going for the show, actually.. Didn't know it was the release show.. The Wild Gun Crazy guy always posts a lot of things on twitter, so I knew there was some kind of show going on, I didn't know it was the release show.
Anyway, it turned out to be like a festival kind of thing. 32 bands that were on the CD playing in 3 different live houses in Shimokita: Reg, Mosiac, and Cave-Be. (I didn't know that, I thought it was only Cave-Be).
And alsoooooo, the thing that bought me though, was that they gave away the compilation with the ticket for the show. SO! That's a great deal! 2000 yen for a show (or THREE if you went to all three venue), from 2pm to 10pm and you get a free CD on top of that! Great deal no??
Anyway, I chose Reg because........................... maybe it's the only live house of the 3 that I've not been to before, but there was no specific band I was going to see. Besides The Masahiko, Flight Egg, and Hot Cake, I didn't know the other bands.... Though I missed all three of those bands' set, actually, coz I didn't know the show started so early, and even if I did, I think I'd have been too damn lazy to wake up to get to the shows on such a rainy day.
Band 1
Jazzy rock.. If I remember correctly. I actually quite liked them and wanted to buy their CD (but I didn't in the end).. Maybe I didn't buy the CD coz their sound fluctuated too much from the power rock I like to funky sounds... Actually, they sounded like The Masahiko (whose guitarist was rocking out at the front).
Their lead guitarist was really, really into the whole show, though. He was definitely rocking out, and actually, in retrospect, of all the 4 bands I saw, this band pulled in the largest crowd.
So I guess, I have no taste. ahaha!
Band 2
I actually wanted to leave for the second band to buy some stuff in Shimokita. I actually left the livehouse when the band was sound checking because they suddenly turned really, really like HARD PUNK ROCK... But then suddenly, the second song they sound check was really cool... So I decided to go back in check them out.
And really, their set was like that... The first song was instrumental, very funkish. Second song was TOTALLY punk rockish, third song dropped into those mellow driving haunting rock tune and third was back to a mixture of funk and rock.
I was sold for this band because the drummer was damn cool (mannnn... If singer/guitarist weren't song writers, I'd totally go for the drummers, hands down!). And also, they announced that their CD was 300 yen.
300 yen for anything is awesome enough for me.
So yes, I went to get the CD after their set. The vocalist said I could have a sticker of any of the band members and asked me which one I wanted. Of course I wanted the drummer, but you can't say that to the vocalist, right?? It's gonna hurt his feelings! ahahaha... So I said "Dare de mo ii.".. And he gave me the bassist's... And I asked him why the bassist, he laughed and said that's coz the bassist is a kick-ass guy.
Nuff said! hehe... Let's see if the CD grows on me.
Band 3
Hmmm... Of the 4 bands, I thought this band was quite the weakest of the 4.. They also looked like they're barely out of high school, though!!!
They had some good rock tunes. Very Japanese rock tunes.
They were cool in the sense that they had girls on drums and keyboards. I think with time, this band can definitely grow their sounds and come up with something unique to offer the scene.
Band 4
HMMMM!!!
Actually I wanted to go for this band's show a few weeks ago because Kinoshita was DJing for their show at Shimokitazawa Garage. But I never made it because I had classes scheduled that night.
They have one of those band names that conjure the image of a jazzy rock band, but they were totally not like that!
They had very, very low, driving rock tunes, and the band didn't waste time in talking, haha.. They just dove into one song after the next. The bassist was quite cute, and it was nice buying the CDs from him, though he asked me "which band did you come to see?" and I said "no one in particular". But actually, I did stay to see their set because I had wanted to check them out since the whole Kinoshita thing.
But they had very nice songs live. Not TOTALLY power packed, but definitely very driving songs, which I hope, translates well in the recorded version.
But anyway, when they were playing, I said to myself that I'd definitely pay 1500 for their songs, maybe 1800...
So when I went to check the CD out, they had 3 CDs out... all three were demos, two of them were 500 yen each, and one was 300 yen. Hell yeah!!!!!! So I bought all 3, which, actually, totals to less than 1500.
Rock on!
Anyway, I thought of the 4 bands
Anyway, it turned out to be like a festival kind of thing. 32 bands that were on the CD playing in 3 different live houses in Shimokita: Reg, Mosiac, and Cave-Be. (I didn't know that, I thought it was only Cave-Be).
And alsoooooo, the thing that bought me though, was that they gave away the compilation with the ticket for the show. SO! That's a great deal! 2000 yen for a show (or THREE if you went to all three venue), from 2pm to 10pm and you get a free CD on top of that! Great deal no??
Anyway, I chose Reg because........................... maybe it's the only live house of the 3 that I've not been to before, but there was no specific band I was going to see. Besides The Masahiko, Flight Egg, and Hot Cake, I didn't know the other bands.... Though I missed all three of those bands' set, actually, coz I didn't know the show started so early, and even if I did, I think I'd have been too damn lazy to wake up to get to the shows on such a rainy day.
Band 1
Jazzy rock.. If I remember correctly. I actually quite liked them and wanted to buy their CD (but I didn't in the end).. Maybe I didn't buy the CD coz their sound fluctuated too much from the power rock I like to funky sounds... Actually, they sounded like The Masahiko (whose guitarist was rocking out at the front).
Their lead guitarist was really, really into the whole show, though. He was definitely rocking out, and actually, in retrospect, of all the 4 bands I saw, this band pulled in the largest crowd.
So I guess, I have no taste. ahaha!
Band 2
I actually wanted to leave for the second band to buy some stuff in Shimokita. I actually left the livehouse when the band was sound checking because they suddenly turned really, really like HARD PUNK ROCK... But then suddenly, the second song they sound check was really cool... So I decided to go back in check them out.
And really, their set was like that... The first song was instrumental, very funkish. Second song was TOTALLY punk rockish, third song dropped into those mellow driving haunting rock tune and third was back to a mixture of funk and rock.
I was sold for this band because the drummer was damn cool (mannnn... If singer/guitarist weren't song writers, I'd totally go for the drummers, hands down!). And also, they announced that their CD was 300 yen.
300 yen for anything is awesome enough for me.
So yes, I went to get the CD after their set. The vocalist said I could have a sticker of any of the band members and asked me which one I wanted. Of course I wanted the drummer, but you can't say that to the vocalist, right?? It's gonna hurt his feelings! ahahaha... So I said "Dare de mo ii.".. And he gave me the bassist's... And I asked him why the bassist, he laughed and said that's coz the bassist is a kick-ass guy.
Nuff said! hehe... Let's see if the CD grows on me.
Band 3
Hmmm... Of the 4 bands, I thought this band was quite the weakest of the 4.. They also looked like they're barely out of high school, though!!!
They had some good rock tunes. Very Japanese rock tunes.
They were cool in the sense that they had girls on drums and keyboards. I think with time, this band can definitely grow their sounds and come up with something unique to offer the scene.
Band 4
HMMMM!!!
Actually I wanted to go for this band's show a few weeks ago because Kinoshita was DJing for their show at Shimokitazawa Garage. But I never made it because I had classes scheduled that night.
They have one of those band names that conjure the image of a jazzy rock band, but they were totally not like that!
They had very, very low, driving rock tunes, and the band didn't waste time in talking, haha.. They just dove into one song after the next. The bassist was quite cute, and it was nice buying the CDs from him, though he asked me "which band did you come to see?" and I said "no one in particular". But actually, I did stay to see their set because I had wanted to check them out since the whole Kinoshita thing.
But they had very nice songs live. Not TOTALLY power packed, but definitely very driving songs, which I hope, translates well in the recorded version.
But anyway, when they were playing, I said to myself that I'd definitely pay 1500 for their songs, maybe 1800...
So when I went to check the CD out, they had 3 CDs out... all three were demos, two of them were 500 yen each, and one was 300 yen. Hell yeah!!!!!! So I bought all 3, which, actually, totals to less than 1500.
Rock on!
Anyway, I thought of the 4 bands
Friday, March 18, 2011
Tsubaki Friends - Shimokitazawa Club Que Charity Event update!
BANNER CHANGED ON CLUB QUE'S SITE! woah! That was fast!!!
Apparently, we collected quite a large sum of money from the show!!! As Ogawa-san reported in Tsubaki's blog, from the donation of the audience we managed to get 384,373円!! That's about 4000 dollars!!! Yay to everyone!! Here's to everyone up north in Tohoku!!
But I really hope our money would make a difference... sigh...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tsubaki Friends - Earthquake Acoustic Charity Show - Shimokitazawa Club Que 03/19/11
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many bands played this day, I have no idea who was in which band. srsly.
Here's the people:
But actually, Tsubaki did not play at all. Since it WAS an acoustic show, Ogawa-san could not play his bass, so there was actually no actual Tsubaki set.
It's sad, I'd love to have heard Iwasaki-san sing a Tsubaki song... I think I am secretly in love with him, ahahaha!
Anyway, everyone played one song. Most didn't know what to play... haha.. but I think a lot of the defaulted back to their own song...
Except one guy, I have no idea who he was but he's not in any band, apparently... So, in his set, he came out with Mr. Angel... We were like "eh? Dis not Sekaiichi" ahaha.. Anyway, he was really cool coz he jumped into the pit and sang there instead... and the song he chose to perform, actually, was a cover of Sekaiichi's Step On... I swear, so confusing... Sekaiichi's guitarist playing Sekaiichi's song but, no this is not Sekaiichi's set, it's another guy's set.. hmm.. wha?
Anyway, Sekaiichi played next... Well not much of "Sekaiichi" played next, it's just that Iwasaki-san came out instead. He's funny, I like him.. hmmm ehehe.
They did Time Machine.
The other set that was VERY VERY incredibly notable was FREENOTE, whom, I think decided to just go with the set they've been practising, which is Tsubaki's Haru no Arashi.
I tell you, it is NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT easy to take Isshiki's song and do the song better than Isshiki but DAMN, sorry Isshiki but FREENOTE wins HANDS DOWN. I mean Isshiki watching the DVD MUST think so too!!
She was just AWESOMELY FANTASTIC in her cover and rendition of Haru no Arashi. She turned it into a Jazz/Rap version which I must say, is just frigging AWESOME!!!!! C'mon, seriously, Isshiki watchign the DVD must feel like "DAMN! She got me beat!!!" seriously. I was in awe!!!
Anyway, for Lunkhead's set, since it was an acoustic set, I was wondering which song they may play... Few choices maybe... I was hoping for Tsuki to Tenohira, of course... But I thought, more, most likely it would be Sangatsu because it's a really encouraging slow song, and I think Yoshitaro being Yoshitaro would probably choose a song with more meaning and REALLY! I was right!!! They played Sangatsu!!! They played it with a much quicker tempo, though, but just 1 guitar and Yoshitaro singing, so that was great!
After that, Yoshitaro launched into a longgggggggggggggggg depressive monologue about the earthquake but ah, it's him after all.
Then the Lunkhead duo did one more Tsubaki song, Kuru Asa Moeru Mirai.
For the final song....... ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the bands came on stage.
Even those that didn't get to perform (since it was cut into an acoustic set) and friends from other visiting bands (D.W. Nicols)... So they all came up on stage and sang Tsubaki's Taiyou, which has, since the Nagoya show, been dubbed the Tsubaki Friend's theme song, hahaha.. Coz everyone has their parts...
They did the song a little different this time. Yoshitaro sang all the verse parts and EVERYONE ELSE joined in for the chorus.
But seriously, there were at least 20 people on stage, singing... Like 4 people to a mic!!!
Iwasaki-san was reallllllllllyyyy funny.. a frontman will always be a frontman :)
He and Yoshitaro was standing side by side, reallyyyyy awkward.... AND THEN SUDDENLY Iwasaki-san just grabbed Yoshitaro and hugged him, like buddy-buddy... HOW CUTE!!!!! Yoshitaro said Iwasaki-san looked like Choppa of One Piece.. hahahaha.. Yeah okay, with his hat and stuff, kinda! But Iwasaki-san is Iwasaki-san and that's him... hehe... ^_^
Here's the people:
つばきフレンズ
［小川博永＆岡本奈穂子（つばき）+ 秦千香子＆坂本昌也（FREENOTE）+
小高芳太朗＆山下壮（LUNKHEAD）+渡會将士（FoZZtone）+大迫章弘（e-sound speaker）+
高森ゆうき+上野啓示＆成瀬篤志（カミナリグモ）+青木拓磨＆岸部大輔（パウンチホイール）+
岩崎慧＆中内正之（セカイイチ）+ナガオタツキ（nano sound museum）+
関谷謙太郎（UNDER THE COUNTER）+グローバー義和（Jackson vibe）+
大平伸正（ghostnote）+菊地佑介（plane）+山岸賢介＆ピストン大橋（ウラニーノ）］
［小川博永＆岡本奈穂子（つばき）+ 秦千香子＆坂本昌也（FREENOTE）+
小高芳太朗＆山下壮（LUNKHEAD）+渡會将士（FoZZtone）+大迫章弘（e-sound speaker）+
高森ゆうき+上野啓示＆成瀬篤志（カミナリグモ）+青木拓磨＆岸部大輔（パウンチホイール）+
岩崎慧＆中内正之（セカイイチ）+ナガオタツキ（nano sound museum）+
関谷謙太郎（UNDER THE COUNTER）+グローバー義和（Jackson vibe）+
大平伸正（ghostnote）+菊地佑介（plane）+山岸賢介＆ピストン大橋（ウラニーノ）］
But actually, Tsubaki did not play at all. Since it WAS an acoustic show, Ogawa-san could not play his bass, so there was actually no actual Tsubaki set.
It's sad, I'd love to have heard Iwasaki-san sing a Tsubaki song... I think I am secretly in love with him, ahahaha!
Anyway, everyone played one song. Most didn't know what to play... haha.. but I think a lot of the defaulted back to their own song...
Except one guy, I have no idea who he was but he's not in any band, apparently... So, in his set, he came out with Mr. Angel... We were like "eh? Dis not Sekaiichi" ahaha.. Anyway, he was really cool coz he jumped into the pit and sang there instead... and the song he chose to perform, actually, was a cover of Sekaiichi's Step On... I swear, so confusing... Sekaiichi's guitarist playing Sekaiichi's song but, no this is not Sekaiichi's set, it's another guy's set.. hmm.. wha?
Anyway, Sekaiichi played next... Well not much of "Sekaiichi" played next, it's just that Iwasaki-san came out instead. He's funny, I like him.. hmmm ehehe.
They did Time Machine.
The other set that was VERY VERY incredibly notable was FREENOTE, whom, I think decided to just go with the set they've been practising, which is Tsubaki's Haru no Arashi.
I tell you, it is NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT easy to take Isshiki's song and do the song better than Isshiki but DAMN, sorry Isshiki but FREENOTE wins HANDS DOWN. I mean Isshiki watching the DVD MUST think so too!!
She was just AWESOMELY FANTASTIC in her cover and rendition of Haru no Arashi. She turned it into a Jazz/Rap version which I must say, is just frigging AWESOME!!!!! C'mon, seriously, Isshiki watchign the DVD must feel like "DAMN! She got me beat!!!" seriously. I was in awe!!!
Anyway, for Lunkhead's set, since it was an acoustic set, I was wondering which song they may play... Few choices maybe... I was hoping for Tsuki to Tenohira, of course... But I thought, more, most likely it would be Sangatsu because it's a really encouraging slow song, and I think Yoshitaro being Yoshitaro would probably choose a song with more meaning and REALLY! I was right!!! They played Sangatsu!!! They played it with a much quicker tempo, though, but just 1 guitar and Yoshitaro singing, so that was great!
After that, Yoshitaro launched into a longgggggggggggggggg depressive monologue about the earthquake but ah, it's him after all.
Then the Lunkhead duo did one more Tsubaki song, Kuru Asa Moeru Mirai.
For the final song....... ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the bands came on stage.
Even those that didn't get to perform (since it was cut into an acoustic set) and friends from other visiting bands (D.W. Nicols)... So they all came up on stage and sang Tsubaki's Taiyou, which has, since the Nagoya show, been dubbed the Tsubaki Friend's theme song, hahaha.. Coz everyone has their parts...
They did the song a little different this time. Yoshitaro sang all the verse parts and EVERYONE ELSE joined in for the chorus.
But seriously, there were at least 20 people on stage, singing... Like 4 people to a mic!!!
Iwasaki-san was reallllllllllyyyy funny.. a frontman will always be a frontman :)
He and Yoshitaro was standing side by side, reallyyyyy awkward.... AND THEN SUDDENLY Iwasaki-san just grabbed Yoshitaro and hugged him, like buddy-buddy... HOW CUTE!!!!! Yoshitaro said Iwasaki-san looked like Choppa of One Piece.. hahahaha.. Yeah okay, with his hat and stuff, kinda! But Iwasaki-san is Iwasaki-san and that's him... hehe... ^_^
Sunday, March 13, 2011
killing boy - killing boy (03/09/11)
Track List:
01. Frozen Music
02. Call 4 U
03. cold blue swan
04. xu
05. Perfect Lovers
06. 1989
07. black pussies
08. Confusion
09. sweet sixteen
Call 4 U absolute win. Reminds me of old art-school, actually. Light guitar riffs, repeating catchy lines in the chorus, definitely like art-school's Paradise Lost/Missing years, except that killing boy's sound, especially this song, is more refined and grown up and grown wiser. Nostalgic, yet removed and detached, learned and grown from the past. More guarded, less wild and free. Still a young boy grown more sophisticated, less impulsive. Or a grown up sophisticated boy reminiscing an impulsive past where everything was now and all. Definitely. That's how the song sounds, as compared with similar sounding older art-school songs from a decade ago.
killing boy is art-school's guitar/vocalist Riki Kinoshita's new side project band with members of other bands from Straightener (also ex-art-school), HINTO and Nothing's Carved in Stone. However, seems like killing boy is definitely getting more attention and time from Riki than art-school is. I wonder if Riki is bored with art-school. They barely toured for their latest album last year, and this year, killing boy has really been making waves and A LOT of appearance recently (don't the other member's bands have their own band stuff to do??).
Anyway, I like art-school's guitarist, but seeing Riki's new band live and watching the live stream of their acoustic show, I think... maybe HINTO has a better guitarist! Or at least, a better composer.
But seems like this band, judging from the live shows and the album, is definitely composed of very, very talented individuals from various bands coming together together to make a bunch of awesome songs.
The songs struck me though, as being much less charged and much less driving than the live version, which of course, is quite a usual thing. I thought the sounds of these songs, while great, is a little more subdued in the album as compared to the live version. But I guess that's the appeal of live renditions! :D
01. Frozen Music
02. Call 4 U
03. cold blue swan
04. xu
05. Perfect Lovers
06. 1989
07. black pussies
08. Confusion
09. sweet sixteen
Call 4 U absolute win. Reminds me of old art-school, actually. Light guitar riffs, repeating catchy lines in the chorus, definitely like art-school's Paradise Lost/Missing years, except that killing boy's sound, especially this song, is more refined and grown up and grown wiser. Nostalgic, yet removed and detached, learned and grown from the past. More guarded, less wild and free. Still a young boy grown more sophisticated, less impulsive. Or a grown up sophisticated boy reminiscing an impulsive past where everything was now and all. Definitely. That's how the song sounds, as compared with similar sounding older art-school songs from a decade ago.
killing boy is art-school's guitar/vocalist Riki Kinoshita's new side project band with members of other bands from Straightener (also ex-art-school), HINTO and Nothing's Carved in Stone. However, seems like killing boy is definitely getting more attention and time from Riki than art-school is. I wonder if Riki is bored with art-school. They barely toured for their latest album last year, and this year, killing boy has really been making waves and A LOT of appearance recently (don't the other member's bands have their own band stuff to do??).
Anyway, I like art-school's guitarist, but seeing Riki's new band live and watching the live stream of their acoustic show, I think... maybe HINTO has a better guitarist! Or at least, a better composer.
But seems like this band, judging from the live shows and the album, is definitely composed of very, very talented individuals from various bands coming together together to make a bunch of awesome songs.
The songs struck me though, as being much less charged and much less driving than the live version, which of course, is quite a usual thing. I thought the sounds of these songs, while great, is a little more subdued in the album as compared to the live version. But I guess that's the appeal of live renditions! :D
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