Japanese Music at SXSW 2012: Let This Be Your Guide
Lagitagida, one of several Japanese bands you should be stoked to see during the SXSW music conference. In the most recent episode of Nihongaku Radio, I attempted to cram in as many of the Japanese bands playing SXSW as I … Read More »
Nihongaku Radio Episode 11: More Japan Nite/SXSW 2012 Musicians Than You Can Handle
We are one week from Japan Nite! That’s right, the annual Japanese music showcase that kicks off at Elysium in Austin, Texas during the South by Southwest (SXSW) music conference, is happening on March 16. To mark the occasion, I’ve … Read More »
The Bands of Japan Nite 2012 and Why the Annual SXSW Japanese Music Showcase Matters
I’ve been lucky enough to go to Japan Nite, the annual SXSW showcase featuring (you guessed it) Japanese musicians that starts in Austin and continues through a handful of American cities, twice. Even in attending only the last two years, … Read More »
Nihongaku Radio Episode 10: Tokyo Ska Podcast Orchestra
We’re two weeks away from the annual Japan Nite showcase at SXSW and I couldn’t be more excited. Obviously I’ve got some tracks from the Japan Nite artists in episode 10, right? Wrong! Because I am a complete masochist, I’m … Read More »
Okamoto’s Yokubō o Sakebe!!! and a Ninja Named Naruto
It was a unnaturally sweltering day in Austin Texas when the four, 19-year-old members of Okamoto’s took the makeshift stage next to a goat pen at The Typewriter Museum. Initial impressions of how young they were or wondering how they … Read More »
Nihongaku On My So Called 8bit Life Podcast
A few weeks ago, I mentioned a peculiar character by the name of Robert Villegas in my summary of Japan Nite at SXSW. You may remember him as the guy standing first in line for Japan Nite several hours before … Read More »
Red Bacteria Vacuum to Open For A Perfect Circle This Summer
When A Perfect Circle kicked off a tiny but well-received tour around the Southwest last year, it was their first string of public performances since going on hiatus six years earlier. The tour, in which the band played their three … Read More »
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 »
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