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brelo

November 14, 2012

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Brelo is an alternative/grunge band from Tokyo. Hiroshi Komatsu (guitar) and Kazzfumi Hotta (bass) met in 2003 after they both moved to the city to be in different bands. However, they decided to become a two man band since they were “too lazy to look for band members.” Yasuyuki Hattori (drums) joined soon after but disappeared once they started performing due to personal problems. The band reunited in 2005 and recorded their first demo Go to the Devil. Their first album Sunny LaLa was released in 2009 and their second mini-album I Am Jap was released this summer.

Feel the rhythm with brelo at CD Japan or Amazon.

http://www.myspace.com/buremakure

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Caucus

November 7, 2012

myspace band of the week

Caucus is an indie rock band from Tokyo that formed in 2005. Its members are K (vocals, guitar), Hiroko (guitar), Tatsuro (guitar), T2 (bass) and Donkey (drums). K and Hiroko are also support members of Luminous Orange. Caucus is influenced by shoegaze bands of the late 80s and are known for their roaring and driving guitar sounds. Their first album and EP were produced by Kramer who has produced albums by Daniel Johnston, Galaxie 500 and Low. In 2010 they performed in America at SXSW. Last year they released a 7″ in the US through Cloudberry Records.

Get together and download Caucus at Amazon or bandcamp.

http://www.myspace.com/caucus

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Abnormals

October 31, 2012

myspace band of the week

Abnormals is a hardcore/metal band from Tokyo. The band was formed in 1988 by Comi (vocals) and Isobe (guitar). They released their first mini-album Buried Alive in 1995 and opened for the Misfits in 1997. Comi and Isobe released four albums as the Abnormals plus an album as The Fly Wheels until Isobe left in 2011. The current lineup is Comi, Hagi (bass), Yuri (guitar), Kiyo (guitar) and Masato (drums). Their fifth album Holy Blind is a re-recorded “best of” album with the new lineup. Buy abnormal music at CD Japan or download at Amazon.

http://myspace.com/abnormalsss

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Pink-HOUSE

October 24, 2012

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Pink-HOUSE is oxmxf (vocals, guitar), Tsuyoshi Miyamoto (guitar), tks23 (bass) and Duke (drums) from Tsukuba, Ibaraki. They formed in 1997 and broke up in 2004 but got back together a year later. Their first mini-album The World was released in 2007 on their own label and their second Magic was released in 2009. They were featured on ThisTime’s OK! Powerpop 2 compilation in 2008. They have toured Austria with The Wellingtons and Spain with Suzy & Los Quattro and three times in the USA. Check out their bandcamp for downloads from each of their releases and a free EP.

http://www.myspace.com/momoyashiki

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Roth Bart Baron

October 17, 2012

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Roth Bart Baron is an indie/folk band that has been performing around Tokyo since 2008. The duo consists of Masaya Mifune (vocals, guitar) and Tetsuya Nakahara (drums), who also use a variety of other instruments like mandolin and fiddle to create their epic soundscapes. They won awards for “outstanding performance” and “best audience” at Yamaha’s 3rd Music Revolution Japan Final among over 5,000 bands. In 2010 they released their self-titled debut EP. It’s available at  Jet Set Records and digitally at iTunes worldwide.

http://www.myspace.com/rothbartbaron

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Sugar Salt

October 10, 2012

myspace band of the week

Sugar Salt is a rock band featuring Youk Kawashima (vocals, guitar), YamaD Tsutomo (guitar), Ryo Inoue (bass) and Tomo Inoue (drums). They formed in 2004 in Nagoya. They released three singles and a mini-album between 2006-2008 and self-released their debut album Yureru in 2009. Earlier this year they released their second album Aurora through CircularTone Reconds.

Yureru is available at CD Japan and both of their albums are available digitally at Amazon and iTunes.

http://www.myspace.com/sugarsalt2004

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Zeroshiki

October 3, 2012

myspace band of the week

Zeroshiki (零式) is an alternative rock band that formed in 1998 under the name 百式. They changed their name to Zeroshiki in 2005 and their current lineup is Kaz (vocals), Konaka (guitar), Ishikawa (guitar), Mugi (bass) and Ko→ya (drums). Their first album Attack to Japan was released in 2001 and rereleased under their new name in 2006. Their new mini-album Deepest and Everlong was released in August. Buy it at CD Baby or Amazon.

http://www.myspace.com/0shiki

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Dead Horse Paint

September 26, 2012

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Dead Horse Paint is a six-piece screamo band from Saitama that formed in 2010. Its band members are Takuma Nitta (vocals), Maki Onodera (synth,vocals), Wataru Takahashi (guitar), Yuta Kakimotoi (guitar), Takahiro Miura (bass) and Tatsuto Sakaguchi (drums). They self-released two EPs, The Buried Promise and Drawing in 2010 and 2011. In July they signed to Zestone Records. Their first release for the label was a split EP with Malaysian hardcore band I, Revival. Zero Division Vol. 1 is available at CD Japan.

http://www.myspace.com/deadhorsepaint

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Swanky Dank

September 19, 2012

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Swanky Dank is an alternative rock trio featuring brothers Yuichi (vocals, guitar) and Koji (vocals, bass) with Shun (drums). The brothers formed the band in Tokyo in 2007 and Shun took over their support drummer’s spot in 2012. Their self-titled album was released in 2009 and they released a single later that year called “For You.” The song was used in the movie MW, based on Osamu Tezuka’s manga. Their first EP The Love Was Gone… will be released in October. Preorder now at CD Japan.

http://www.myspace.com/swankydankofficial

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Pirates Canoe

September 12, 2012

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Pirates Canoe is a 6-piece folk band from the Kansai region. The girls, Reika Hunt (guitar, vocals), Sara Kohno (mandolin) and Kanako Keyaki (fiddle), play as a trio in a monthly show called Kamogawa Michigan at various cafes and bars in Kyoto. The boys, Kazuhiko Iwaki (resophonic guitar), Jun Taniguchi (bass) and Takashi Yoshioka (drums), play with the girls at another monthly show called Hyokkori Party at a live house named Jittoku. They’ve been playing as a full band since 2009 and focus on Americana and roots-based music.

Their self-titled EP was released in 2011 and their followup EP Pirates Canoe, Too was released earlier this year. Both are available internationally at CD Baby.

http://www.myspace.com/piratescanoe

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