V I V I A N G I R L S J A P A N T O U R 2 0 1 1

This was happened about six weeks ago. When I heard that Vivian Girls would come here again in March or April, I couldn't really believe it. Who knew?

While the last tour in 2009, you know, I organized a show and played with them in Nagoya, then came to two other shows in Tokyo, having good times. The tour seemed to be done well, but it was not enough for them to be invited again I thought.

Two years later, Vivian Girls put out a brilliant full length titled Shared The Joy and it may have helped them get lots of attentions from people who hadn't heard of Vivian Girls before.

I just came to one show in Nagoya this time. It was really humid and hot down stairs. There were over 100 fans packed seeing Vivian Girls and Black Lips playing.

This is the entire show in Nagoya. I almost cried and laughed when Katy was like, "This song is dedicated to Joe." right after they finished Can't Get Over You.

And some pictures I took while Black Lips were playing below.

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L O N G D I S T A N C E

Why the fuck am I so far away from here? Yes, I don't want to show you that my English gets worse day by day.

Anyways, I will post something new next. Please let me write any boring things again.

Thanks.
Joe

M Y D I S C O

My friend's DzzZooO played as an opener for Australian math-dance trio My Disco's second Japan tour in Nagoya.

Simple but addictive. You can't stop dancing until they stop playing.

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D E B U T O F T H E G U E S T B E D R O O M

It's really happy to hear from one of my favorites in Toronto, The Guest Bedroom, is going to put out their debut LP, 6 years have already passed since they joined the band in 2004, to the whole world. I've been so much waiting for this since the first time I met them in 2008. The Guest Bedroom was the band I saw the most when I was in Toronto. So stoked.

http://theguestbedroomband.blogspot.com/2010/09/covering-it-up.html

A B O U T _ T H I S I S ( N O T ) M A G

17/10/2010 @AT cafe

26/10/2010 @Day Trip

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B A N D C A M P

8 T R A C K S

This is what I compiled and sent to a girl I like last weekend.

C O M A N E C H I - J A P A N T O U R

A grunge punk duo from England called Comanechi came to Japan and beat people here.

I went to Lucrezia Hamamatsu and K.D Japon Nagoya. Both shows were awesome.

My guitar got dirty by Akiko, drummer and singer.

G U T H E R

S I S T E R S

Last Sunday I went to Tokyo with Sika Sika, actually I followed them a day later though. I met a woman who promoted Vivian Girls tour and released Japanese edition of their second album Everything Goes Wrong. We talked about some things that we concerned about. Then she took me to Warszawa Records to introduce a guy who also worked for the tour to me. Yeah, the record store is one of the best in Japan I think because there are always tons of great noise vinyl that I try to get them from overseas by myself and many unknown bands too. I bought four records there and all of them is good. I'll write about Sisters, one of four I bought.

Sisters - Self Titled

This band sounds really like Sonic Youth, Archers Of Loaf and Dinosaur Jr. Yeah you think what makes me think they are nice, don't you? One of the reasons is they are from Olympia, WA, where Gun Outfit also is from. There are some similarities between them and it must be the things I like. 90s alternative music was really impressive for me when I was in high school and it's kept been brilliant yet. Hmm I don't know what I want to write, so I will say shortly. Sisters are just good even it sounds really like Sonic Youth. That's it.

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