Music

  • The Pastels / Tenniscoats: Two Sunsets
    October 19th, 2009By Iain Maloney
    My interest in this album started back in Scotland in 2007 during the Triptych festival. Indie senpai The Pastels were joined onstage by Saya and Takashi from Tenniscoats and the music they played captivated the audience until an amplifier blew and stopped the show. I stocked up on Tenniscoats albums – of which there are » Continue Reading
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  • Simple Summer Pleasures – Music and Fireworks in Osaka
    August 24th, 2009By AETF
    In the hottest days of summer, many flock indoors for air-conditioning, cold drinks, and a few minutes respite. Not so for the people of Osaka. August is the month for outdoor enjoyment: barbeques, beaches, fireworks and music festivals. » Continue Reading
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  • The Music of Tokyo
    August 17th, 2009By Nakata
    Who is that there making this sweet music and dancing its slow waltz? Is it an orchestra on a grand stage? Is it the world-renowned Bolshoi ballet company? Nay! ’tis but a lowly janitor and his floor polishing machine dancing, their labor of love trampled by the million-masses behind them. Each » Continue Reading
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  • Hip Hop Dance Competition
    June 1st, 2009By Lin
    Hip hop, breakin’, poppin’ & lockin’ and free style are only a few dance styles I see in my daily life here in Tokyo. It’s what I live, what I breathe. As I have heard before, “no dance, no life” and it’s absolutely true. At times I’ve had a bad sprain » Continue Reading
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  • Stand Up Tall
    May 22nd, 2009By Jakob Edman
    This past week has consisted of hours in front of the computer and cyberspace surfing, all in the name of market research. I have been trying to make an accurate depiction of what the music scene in Tokyo looks like, who the major players are, what its weaknesses are and how » Continue Reading
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  • Garage Band in a Bad Way
    May 14th, 2009By Stacy
    There are Lives, and then there are lives. Unfortunately yesterday’s was one of the latter. My band, Look for a Future, often plays with a local grunge band at our Gate stomping grounds called Draw into Disorder. It’s only a three piece, but it puts out enough noise and energy for easily » Continue Reading
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  • Hanami with Bonobos
    May 12th, 2009By Adam Soha
    As I mentioned in an earlier post, the Bonobos sakura festival was held here in Mito over the first weekend in April.  Starting 3 years ago, the owner of Gokoku Shrine and local band The Dodoittsu began organizing this hanami event in hopes to bring more young people out for the » Continue Reading
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  • We Wanna Live!
    May 1st, 2009By Stacy
    Today is the day. This is it, the moment of truth, the honban, culmination of all our hard work in the studio and the reason for our sore necks tomorrow. Today is the day of the concert, or as it’s popularly called in Japan, the Live. For something as exciting and » Continue Reading
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  • Foreigners in Japan’s business community
    April 30th, 2009By Jakob Edman
    There are several advantages of being a foreigner in Japan when attempting to start your own creative business. It grants you special privileges and allows otherwise unbreakable rules to be bent a little bit. A classmate of mine was successful in achieving a meeting with a large electronics firm and » Continue Reading
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  • Tokyo’s Lack Of Live Music
    April 16th, 2009By J.J. Vicars
    Being a musician living in Tokyo many westerners, both visitors and residents, ask me why there isn’t more live music. Sure there’s the big festivals and big-name concerts, but what about simply going out after work and hearing some decent music that’s not pre-recorded? » Continue Reading
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