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Chik’nhood

April 18, 2012

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Chik’nhood was hatched in 2008 in Tokyo. Syuji (guitar), Manabu (drums) and Tsuchihashi (bass) were originally in a band called Jam Band. They met their vocalist Hiro, who grew up in Manila, and formed Chik’nhood, a parody of the delicious restaurant El Pollo Loco. They are influenced by American alternative rock acts like Foo Fighters and Hoobastank. Their self-titled album was released in 2010.

Chik’nhood’s debut album is available at CD Japan and digitally on Amazon and iTunes. They have also put up a bunch of new tracks for free download on their bandcamp.

http://www.myspace.com/chiknhood/

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mitsume

April 11, 2012

myspace band of the week

mitsume ミツメ is Moto Kawabe (vocal, guitar), Mao Otake (guitar), Nakaya Sanshiro (bass) and Yojiro Suda (drums). The band formed in 2009 and is active in Tokyo. Their first EP was released in 2011 and their new single Fly Me To The Mars!!! was released on cassette in February. Both are available at Jet Set Records.

http://www.myspace.com/maomotokari

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FU えふゆー

April 4, 2012

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FU えふゆー prononced “efju” is a rock trio from Tokyo. They formed in 2002 with the lineup Ubi Quitous (vocal, guitar), Tekere Two (bass), Chang (keyboard ~2010) and T*K (drums). They have released four albums, their third Love I Love was produced by Grammy-award winning Malcolm Burn. “On No Words” from that album was a finalist in the 12th Annual Great American Song Contest. In April 2010, FU began hosting a monthly net radio show Izigen Ongaku Tankentai at Tokyo Net Radio. FU is short for “from unconsciousness” which is fitting since frontman Quitous claims most of FU’s songs are written in his dreams.

FU MP3s are available at Amazon and iTunes. CDs are available at CD Baby.

http://www.myspace.com/izigenmusic

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LOOLOWNINGEN & THE FAR EAST IDIOTS

March 28, 2012

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LOOLOWNINGEN & THE FAR EAST IDIOTS is a post-blues band based in Tokyo. The current lineup is Shigeru Akakura (guitar, vocals), Junpei Yamamoto (drums, ex: Praha Depart), Sachi (keys, ex: ハリネコ), Atsushi Ueda (bass, kazoo, ex: school food punishment) and sometimes Kevin McHugh (keys). Akakura was the former frontman of Mahiruno, which disbanded in 2010. LOOLOWNINGEN, which means “wandering people,” formed last summer. Their first CD-R is available at Jet Set Records.

http://www.myspace.com/loolowningen

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carpool

March 21, 2012

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Carpool is a 6-piece indie band from Tokyo. They formed in Spring 2010 and feature members of haco-mofu, YOUTHS and gaudies. Golden Summer is carpool’s first mini-album and was released in January. You can pick it up at Jet Set Records.

Enjoy the early spring weather and take a listen to “Golden Summer” below.

http://www.myspace.com/carpooool/

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sounddrug

March 14, 2012

myspace band of the week

sounddrug is an alternative rock duo made up of Japanese music maniacs Ryota Machida and Aki Takamoto. They formed in 2003 and are based in San Diego. Both members have performed in jazz ensembles and decided to earn their college degrees in music before they hit the road. Their first EP Music From Apartment was released in 2010 and is available for free download on their website. Their new single is also up for download. A second EP will be released in March/April.

They will be performing at their second anime convention this weekend and will be opening for Japan Nite March 20 in San Francisco.

http://www.myspace.com/sounddrug

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NOKIES!

March 7, 2012

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NOKIES! is a young indie band from the Kansai region. Yusuke Kume (vocals, guitar), Kotaro Matsumoto (bass), Yu Sugano (guitar) and Atsuya Kose (drums) met at college and decided to mold their passion for music into a band. Osaka based record store Flake Records signed NOKIES! last year, the first Japanese band for the label. NOKIES! is known for their guitar charged dance riffs and pop song melodies and is often compared to bands like Vampire Weekend and The Strokes.

Flake Records released an EP and a 7″ last year from the band. NOKIES! will be playing at SXSW this year for Japan Nite and the Japan Nite tour.

http://www.myspace.com/nokiestheband

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The Rubies

February 28, 2012

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The Rubies is the new project from Kazuya (vocals/guitar) and Osuke (bass) from The Emeralds. They met their drummer Daisuke when they played with his band Clarabell at SXSW in 2005. The three of them formed The Rubies in 2009 along with Taro the tambourine man who they met at karaoke. All four members wear bright red pants.

The band’s first performance was at SXSW in 2010 and they’ve become known for the crazed rock’n roll show. The Rubies will be returning to SXSW for Japan Nite in 2012.

http://www.myspace.com/trfte

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ZZZ’s

February 21, 2012

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There once was a band named Hystoic Vein who broke up in October last year when their vocalist decided to leave the band. Youkaku (guitar), Yukary (bass) and Lyn (drums) decided to continue on as a trio with Youkaku and Yukary splitting vocal duty. The band was reformed as ZZZ’s a month later. The girls will be coming to Austin this year for SXSW where they also played as Hystoic Vein in 2010 and 2011 and will also be joining the Japan Nite tour.

ZZZ’s plays a mixture of post-punk and experimental rock. Not a huge difference from Hystoic Vein but different enough. They have uploaded three new demos on myspace.

http://www.myspace.com/1004999842

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bone machine

February 14, 2012

myspace band of the week

Bone machine is an alternative rock band from Kyoto. The band was formed in 2007 by Yuya Nakamura (vocals, guitar) and Jiro Fujita (bass) joined the band in 2008. They were a trio for a while until their drummer quit recently. They’re talking a break from performing until they find a new guy to play bones but are working on adding dance elements to their music. You can download a few demos and remixes at Sound Cloud while you wait.

http://www.myspace.com/bonemachineriot

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