Japan Nite rocks TT’s—and yea, I was there
Publication date: March 20th, 2008
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by Maria Varmazis | Published in:
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Tags: cambridge, Japan Nite, live, Music, SXSW, TT and the Bears |
Had an absolutely fantastic time on Monday. It was Saint Patrick’s Day in Boston, but I didn’t have a sip of green beer. Instead, I was at TT and the Bears in Cambridge at Japan Nite, a tour of the Japanese artists from this year’s SXSW Festival.
It was PACKED to capacity. Most people were there as hardcore fans, but there were a lot of stragglers that wandered in, curious about the weird variety of acts–a ukelele duo, garage rock, reggae-inspired punk.
My absolute favorite group of the night was garage rockers Detroit7. Totally high energy throughout their set, Detroit7 tore up the stage. I think they only played a half hour but they were all completely drenched in sweat by the end of it. Intense, intense, intense! Needless to say when they finished I ran over to their merch table and bought their album “Great Romantic,” which I’ve been listening to non-stop for several days now. Keep an eye on these guys, I think they’re only going to get bigger and better.
The band in the header photo? That’s Scandal, four Osaka schoolgirls with a penchant for pop-rock. They have a lot of musical talent, that’s for sure. Too bad a lot of the rather sketchy guys up front didn’t really care.
As always, I have pics up on my flickr account. SXSW Japan Nite @ TT Bears photo set is here.
March 20th, 2008at 7:15 pm(#)
[...] Play wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Had an absolutely fantastic time on Monday. It was Saint Patrick’s Day in Boston, but I didn’t have a sip of green beer (or any alcohol whatsoever). Instead, I was at TT and the Bears in Cambridge at Japan Nite, a tour of the Japanese artists from this year’s SXSW Festival. It was PACKED to capacity. Most people were there as hardcore fans, but there were a lot of stragglers that wandered in, curious about the weird variety of acts–a ukelele duo, garage rock, reggae-inspired punk. [...]
March 21st, 2008at 8:46 am(#)
Totally agree, very impressed with all the bands, but Detroit7 really rocked!
March 24th, 2008at 9:00 am(#)
[...] Japan Nite rocks TT’s—and yea, I was there [...]
March 24th, 2008at 1:30 pm(#)
At the S.F. stop on March 21, Detroit 7 was pretty much the top band as well, but Ketchup Mania was right up there with them. It was a great show out here as well.