V I V I D B L A C K M Y S P A C E

Finally I started a band called Vivid Black with Omo,singer of SIKA SIKA from Japan,played with Mika Miko,Death Sentence: PANDA! last year. Now we don't have any songs at all, but will make some up soon then play with a band from US,we really like them,this coming September.

P U N K F I N A L L Y P U N K

I love these girls playing Punk.

Finally Punk rules.

T A L U L A H G O S H

I think it's time for Talulah Gosh now. Don't you think so?

Actually,I was born too late to live when Talulah Gosh played and released constantly.But it's not a big deal.

Since I started my career as a DJ I've often played one of their songs called Steaming Train even it was not the time.I don't remember anyone asked me what song it was when I played,but you should know about them right now if you like Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Dum Dum Girls, etc.

T R O U B L E S L I K E M I N E

This song, Troubles Like Mine, must be one of my best songs in 2009.I really like riffs in this Lo-Fi alternative song, which reminds me of Dinosaur Jr and Meat Puppets.How could I forget mid 90's?

S X S W 2 0 0 9 - 0 1

It was really great that I met a lot of people from everywhere in the world and hung out with my friends who played there.There are tons of things I want to write here but it could be annoying or boring for you,so I'll write down what I saw and paste some YouTube I took and put up.

Abe Vigoda

Adventure

AIDS Wolf (4)

Anavan

Black Lips w/ a rapper

The Besties

The Carrots

Champagne Champagne

Clipd Beaks

The Coathangers 

Crocodiles

Dananananaykroyd

DD/MM/YYYY

Dead Dog

Dear Tick

The Death Set

Deradoorian

Fiasco

Finally Punk (4)

Forever 
Garotus Suecas

Grant Hart (Husker Du)

Gun Outfit

HEALTH (2)

Homosexuals

Ill Ease

Japanther

Let's Wrestle

Lovvers (2)

The Mae Shi (4)

Manhattan Love Suicide

Marnie Stern

Medications

Micachu 

Mika Miko (6)

Mother Mother

Nite Jewel (3)

No Age (2)

Ohbijou

Past Lives

Pete And The Pirates 
Pictureplane

Pocahaunted 

Ponytail

Popo

Pre (3)

P R O T E C T M E

Pterodactyl (2)
School Of Seven Bells

Shout Out Out Out Out 
Silk Flowers (2)
The Splinters (2)
Still Flyin' 
Stupid Party  
Tacocat 
Tera Melos 
Thee Headliners 
These Are Powers 
Titus Andronicus 
Tyvek (2)
Vivian Girls 
We Have Band 
Winter Gloves 
Yellow Fever (2)
XYX

U S G I R L S

I finally finished editing movies I took last Saturday and burnt it onto DVD-R.There is only a few disks now and then.It's just a private thing for AIDS Wolf and U.S. Girls.But you can obviously watch some parts of it on YouTube,actually I put the very first part up an hour ago.Here you go.

G U N O U T F I T

From Olympia,Washington,much known as the place where K Records is located at,new young trio Gun Outfit has come out and purely play their own Lo-Fi sound that would remind you of Dinosaur Jr and Meat Puppets and/or any other bands in 90s.

A few weeks back their debut full length Dim Light was released on PPM,which Dean,No Age,runs constantly.I got it as soon as it was stocked at a record store,unfortunately,I couldn't listen to yet because I have no turntable here in Toronto.So downloading six demo songs on their website,they don't have MySpace,and one song,which will be one of the best songs this year for sure,at SXSW webpage is the only way for me to listen to their songs right now.Those seven songs are perfectly impressive enough to tempt me to the purchase of LP even it's impossible to listen to it here.

Gun Outfit is going to play some shows at SXSW so I must get crazy.

A I D S W O L F - W E M U L T I P L Y

I think there are tons of things to write here before this post,but I can't help myself but do this.

Last night was the second time to see AIDS Wolf in my entire life,it's not long though.

I knew they came to play in Toronto in January after it finished.

Can you guess how mush I regretted???

Anyway,there were 4 bands playing last night and no one played bass!

It might make you think it weird or something wrong there,but you know it must be cool,especially for me.

First band called Heavens played,in my opinion,shoegaze sound added more noise.

The combination of the girl and boy singers were really nice.

Second was Thrashed Genes,I saw them once before,which was a show of The Chinese Stars and An Albatross last October.

I like their sounds,however,nothing special for me,unfortunately.

U.S. Girls was the third,but "I never get ready." she said to me before she got READY.

The show was a beautiful 20-minutes blast.

"I'm going to try to play 15 minutes tonight." she said when I told her that I had heard her show was only 8 minutes,and she did.

The last was,of course,AIDS Wolf.

I can't say anything but amazing.

Audience were moshing violently during the show,it was really fun though.

I just,yes,just enjoyed it and filmed all songs except the third song and took some pictures of the great show.

After the show I talked to Chloe,vocalist of AIDS Wolf,about SXSW,blog things and C.Y.M..

She recognized that I was a person who left a comment on their blog a few weeks back,which made me so glad.

They are going to play 9 shows at SXSW so I'm going to see them at one or more of them for sure.

I'm so excited!!!

L U L L A B Y

Recently I've been making some noise by using GarageBand.

I'd never used it since I got first PowerBook 5 or 6 years ago.

Anyways,I found it was possible to make kind of a DJ thing by GarageBand and some applications.

Yeah,I made a sort of mixtape,not a real one though,for a DJ party called Lullaby that my friend organized and I will dj there on April 5.

Songs in it are listed below.

Glass Candy - Beatific

The Big Pink - Too Young To Love

Handsome Furs - I'm Confused

Blank Dogs - Blaring Speeches

Crocodiles - Soft Skull (In My Room)

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction

Vivian Girls - Second Date

The Besties - The Bone Valley Deposit

The Carrots - Break Away

Crystal Stilts - The Sinking

The Splinters - Ch-Ch-Ch-Cha

Finally Punk - Hypertension

Teenage Waistband - Honey Sticky

DD/MM/YYYY - Digital Haircut

Mutating Meltdown - Raised By A Pack Of TVs

Gun Outfit - Your Will

Young Mammals - Delila

The Bloodsugars - Cinderella

Lunchmeat - NNY

Belaire - You Really Got Me Goin'

She & Him - This Is Not A Test

A I D S W O L F + T H E S I C K L I P S T I C K

Three members from two Canada based bands I like the most,AIDS Wolf and The Sick Lipstick (R.I.P.),started a new project called C.Y.M.

This news totally blew out my mind this morning.

Chloe (AIDS Wolf) plays guitar and sings/screams,Yannick (AIDS Wolf) hits his lovely partners hard and Mark (The Sick Lipstick) swings the bottom line.

A few years back,breaking-up of The Sick Lipstick made me so sad,of course I've never seen their shows.

Then one other band,Les Georges Leningrad,from Montreal,broke up suddenly,which also made me feel bad.

I think there are tons of great bands/artists in Canada,but information about them don't come overseas oftentimes and neither do bands/artists.

I really wanted to see the shows of Les Georges Leningrad and The Sick Lipstick when I was in Japan.

I should have come here earlier.

This must be true.

But now,AIDS Wolf is still making brilliant pulses of what music and art are between noise and cities.

This can be a hope for the future.

Anyways,C.Y.M. will get their children released out of the dirty crammed room very soon.

They are really different from both AIDS Wolf and The Sick Lipstick but splendid for everyone who hates MTV things.

J A P A N E S E V E R S I O N