Japan Nite 2011: SXSW’s Annual Japanese Showcase Leaves Austin Screaming Banzai
It’s after four on Friday in Austin, Texas. The booming of bands playing day shows at clubs up and down Sixth Street rumble in the distance. People are everywhere, stumbling out of bars with smiles and giggles and checking their … Read More »
Still Alive at SXSW
Sorry for the radio silence, ladies and gents. There is this thing going down in Austin, Texas called SXSW and it has swallowed me whole. Since arriving here on Wednesday, I’ve enjoyed a steady diet of caffeine and quick bites … Read More »
Help Japan! How to Spend Your Donation Dollars
Unless you’ve been living under a rock or in one of the places in Japan currently experiencing rolling black outs, the chances are good that you’ve heard about the earthquakes, the tsunamis, fires and destruction currently plaguing Japan. Good news. … Read More »
Japan Nite 2011: Hystoic Vein
An unfortunate bridge that must be crossed, whether you’re writing up bands on your own Japanese music blog or simply trying to get a friend or two interested in a new band, is the Western band comparison. If you like … Read More »
Japan Preview Day Show Brings Eight More Japanese Bands to SXSW
I’ve mentioned before that during SXSW one can’t hardly walk the streets of Austin without tripping over all the bands. Those of you who are hip to all things musically Japanese will be pleased to hear that there are more … Read More »
Japan Nite 2011: White White Sisters
My friends, as we sit reading this at our computers and on our smart phones, we are less than three weeks away from the musical meeting of two cultures known as Japan Nite. It’s high time to start taking a … Read More »
Peelander-Z and Anamanaguchi Head to SXSW and Kick Off a Two-Month Tour
For the uninitiated, I have one piece of advice regarding SXSW Music. Realize right now that there’s no chance in hell you’ll get to half of the shows you want to see. Trying to comprehend the number of shows (let … Read More »
Denied: X Japan Will Not Be Performing at SXSW
This morning, Nihongaku received word from X Japan publicist Heidi Ellen Robinson-Fitzgerald that X Japan will not perform at SXSW this year. Robinson-Fitzgerald forwarded the SXSW page that has the band listed to play at Rusty Spurs on March 19 … Read More »
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