[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9UB-iDvCH4″] Fair warning – today is basically NOKIES! day here, as you’ll see later. No weirdo sponsorship going on, everything just worked out this way. Above you can watch the young batch of Osaka spazzes playing a new song called “With Alright” at a recent live event. Seeing as it’s a live video, the audio…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQhjOI2aBHI”] Watch one of the more buzzed about bands out of Japan , The Suzan, perform their song “Come Come” at New York City’s Japan Society during a benefit concert to raise money for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Also, donate to Japan Society!
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMAhkUzQyxs”] The South By Southwest music festivities are coming to a close today, which means no more #sxsw tags and having to hear a lot less about Austin until the Longhorns start up college football. Puffyshoes made the long flight to Texas to play various sets to the masses, and a portion of one show…
The most curious part of Local Natives and The Antlers double-bill at Osaka’s Club Quattro came after the show. As concert-goers streamed into the area where both band’s CDs were for sale, members of both groups started making their way out to talk to the people who had just watched them play for the past…
Nearly every review or article written about The Corin Tucker Band and their debut album 1,000 Years mentions how this sounds nothing like Sleater-Kinney. Even the friend I met at Osaka’s Sunsui on November 29 to see the former S-K singer’s solo venture noted just how un S-K her new material could get. It’s an…