Another Sakanaction

this one's pretty good too
sakanaction is very cool

SUGOI ! SAKANACTION !

pillows

The Pillows

(Fool Tool Cool Shirts + Puppets FTW) funny ass band

Oh Look Over There !

so i've been on a quest to find a GOOD Japanese band over the past few months, and it's actually been quite difficult, i don't really know why but I haven't seen anything that has jumped out at me. just a lot of anime cover band (which aren't awful) but they have a definite generic sound to them.

and after wading through a lot of shit, i've found stuff a few links that I deem clickable - so click - and please let me know if you find anything that can give me a better impression of japanese music than typical j-pop/j-rock.
i'm not gonna put it all in a post either so look ... down there

if u decide to not click on the stuff just watch 80tto - theyre great




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Solitary Gun

NEW ROGUE WAVE!, video has a lot of staring off into the distance and waiting at train tracks .... great ? .... i do like the splotchy color eye fuck at the end though

Phoenix trolling around Paris

Phoenix - Lizstomania / One time too many - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

antlers/national - boston

entering with average expectations, but leaving a die hard fan. the nationals boston appearance was amazing. June 4th at the house of blues in boston they demonstrated their laid back but still kick ass approach to a fantastic new album. I don't know who was better though; the main performance, or their opener. The Antlers delivered a surprise show that completely surprised me, don't let their meek appearance fool you, they pack a punch of meaningful lyrics and insane keyboards riffs. theres a really sad/interesting story behind their album; hospice, that manages to easily infiltrate your body and tell itself, as long as your willing to listen these guys won't dissapoint. shifting gears - matt berninger is the man. and as a dude im not afraid to say that his voice is damn sexy. plenty of classics from boxer, but also plenty of new stuff (bloodbuzz ohio 10/10) high violet was eerily good.
the drunk couple groping each other next to me could not distract from the quality of the album and the power it had over everyone in the audience. - this concert was 2 weeks ago but the music is still buzzing in my head - jolly good show