MFP. Photo by the author. I’m moving to Tokyo in April. This decision came together thanks to a dominoes-line chain of events – looming unemployment, original housing plans suddenly up in smoke, convenient apartment options popping up at just the same time. It also came about within the span of a week, scrambling up the…
Booze has always been prevalent when I’ve seen The Brixton Academy live, the band popping open bottles of Champagne to share with the crowd or downing shots post-set. Yet their January 28 show at Shibuya’s Womb – which, for the uninformed, is the place those deaf kids make out in the film Babel – was…
After a few months of forcing one of my friends to travel all the way out to Osaka to do various activities…which, all tended to end in playing Angry Birds…I decided to save him (some) train fare and visit Nagoya for one Saturday night. Having avoided Aichi’s biggest city for a while now, my night…
Not to turn this blog into a “hey gang, look at my life!” sorta thing, but last night I went to an event put on by Sony Music Japan meant to promote relatively new signing Ziyoou-Vachi. The concert happened in an old cabaret within the sleazy backstreets of Kabuki-cho, a district overflowing with all sorts…
Experimental outfit Nisennenmondai have been merging noisy clatter with touches of dance music since 1999, and in that span they’ve become known for putting on a heck of a live show. Now, thanks to the wonders of Bandcamp, you can enjoy that experience without having to turn off your Wii. Nisennenmondai Live! is just that…