May 15, 2010
2010.05.15
Anusaya Updates 2010.05.15: Interview: LIVING COLOUR. Profiles: The Dirty White, Wir sind Helden, Soledad Brothers. Recommended: Stray Hounds, Yoshida Brothers, Usotsuki Barbie [嘘つきバービー]. Article: claim your booty – CONTEST!
May 15, 2010
Living Colour
Ground breaking rock, funk, metal, virtuoso band Living Colour returns to Japan for the first time in 17 years. Living Colour, winner of 2 Grammy awards, an MTV Music Video Award and countless accolades as one of the most influential bands of the last 25 years will play 8 shows in Japan from May 21 [...]
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May 15, 2010
Usotsuki Barbie [嘘つきバービー]
The threesome known as Usotsuki Barbie [嘘つきバービー] was formed in Nagasaki, Japan, in 2002. Literally “Lying Barbie,” but this band’s form of in-your-face rock’n’roll is anything but a lie and always true. Usotsuki Barbie members are Yuusuke Iwashita (Bass, Vocal), Shigeru Toyoda (Drums) and Kazuya Chifu (Guitar). homepage myspace
May 15, 2010
Yoshida Brothers
The Yoshida Brothers with their long-standing commitment to traditional Japanese folk music, refracted through modern musical sensibilities, incorporating elements of pop, rock, and world music sounds. The Hokkaido-born brothers Ryoichiro and Kenichi Yoshida have become recognized masters of their signature instrument, the tsugaru-shamisen. homepage myspace
May 15, 2010
Soledad Brothers
Johnny Walker (Guitars, Vocals, Harmonica) Benjamin Swank (Drums, Percussion) Oliver Henry (Guitars, Vocals, Horns, Keys) Dechman (Pedal Steel, Keys, Strings) Taking their name from a trio of convicted felons who were members of the Black Panther Party—George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo, and John Clutchette—incarcerated at Soledad Prison and killed by police fire, the Soledad Brothers formed [...]
May 15, 2010
Wir sind Helden
members: Judith Holofernes (singer, guitar) Jean-Michel Tourette (keyboard, guitar) Pola Roy (percussion) Mark Tavassol (bass) Wir sind Helden’s music style is self-described — 28% Synthie, 34% Punk und 38% Pop” — Synthie-Punk-Pop. Apart of a second wave of the “NDW,” the “Neue deutsche Welle;” German bands that sing and write songs in their native German. [...]
