In support of the Kiwi trio, we have a bit of something for everyone in the way of an all genre line up of live acts, consisting of up and coming bands on the Tokyo music scene.
thatta:
Making the most of Japan’s musical environment, thatta’s influences run freely across music from the U.K. and the U.S. by the likes of madchester and 90’s U.S. alternative. Thus, thatta is a Japanese band that transcends the idioms of the Japanese scene. With three synthesizers on stage being their trademark, thatta is known for their fearless and frenetic live performances, mainly playing in the Tokyo area with the odd music mission down to the Kansai region. The band also has plans to book a few tour dates in New Zealand for the end of the year.
Thatta have just release their first mini album 'Viva la Majority', which features crowd pleasing tracks such as Penetration and San Francisco.
A three piece garage fuzz rock band, who have been influenced by 50s/60s rock n roll. The band's inspiration can be linked to bands such as The Mummies, The Sonics The Headcoats and the 5,6,7,8s. They play regularly, at a variety of live houses around Tokyo such as Loft, Shinjuku Jam and Heavy Sick, which are home to a number of punk/garage rock events.
The Watanabes are a Tokyo based indie rock band, with members from curvaceous island nations such as the UK, New Zealand and Japan, and other pretty places like Sweden. The band formed in 2005 in the orange-laden prefecture of Ehime, and two years later they packed up and shifted it to Tokyo, in search of new inspiration and regular trains.
The band has recently completed their second album 'You're Dancing I'm Absorbed'. The twelve tracks are a mixture of lively indie guitar pop and stripped back, dreamy folk. Favourites include 'Guilt', 'Concerned with You' and 'Ice Age'.
6.30 OPEN DJ goldifoxx (Radioactive fm) 7pm - 7.25 Watanabes DJ craig eee (Tokyo Gig Guide) 7.45 - 8.10 thatta DJ Timutaku (Alternative Current) 8.30 - 8.55 Jebiotto golidifox and Timutaku 9.20 - 9.45 Thee Bat DJ Timutaku 10 .05 - 10.45. Die Die Die The freedom DJs