[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBisYebuHhk”] This one dropped late last night, so apologies for not getting around to it until now. Yet Tokyo Pinsalocks strike me as a group where immediate consumption isn’t necessarily, a slower gestation period perfectly fine for a band like this has been around for a decade now. Whereas young bands (in any part of…
After listening to the few snippets of songs posted on their MySpace, I wasn’t asking “if” Tokyo Pinsalock’s new album Kurukuru To Guruguru would be one of the best Japanese albums of the year but rather just how high it would end up on my personal list. Even with just a tiny preview of what…
Electro-rock group Tokyo Pinsalocks with the out-of-nowhere news of the week! They plan on releasing a new album titled Kurukuru To Guruguru this week, on October 6, and to wet appetites for the new full-length they’ve posted three song previews on MySpace. Early signs point to this album being killer – the title track boasts…
Less than 30 people came out for this show on October 10 at Osaka’s intimate Knave music hall. It ranked mighty high on my all-time “small audience” concert list, and there were a few moments where an impromptu beer run could leave more people on stage than on the floor. As far as I’m concerned,…