Japan Nite 2009

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 Tags: Japan Nite, jrock, Music, SXSW

Japan Nite 2009

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Last year was the first time I attended Japan Nite, the national tour of Japanese SXSW musicians. Back then I was blown away by the group detroit7 and was elated to hear them at their return to TT the Bear's in Cambridge. Really they were the entire reason I came this year.

My new favorite from this year was Omodaka, an electronica and chiptune artist who DJs his sets live with modded game consoles (PSP, Nintendo DS) and also incorporates visual arts into his performances. He's pretty incredible and unlike anything I'd ever seen or heard before.

detroit7

Omodaka

Japan Nite rocks TT’s—and yea, I was there

Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Tags: cambridge, Japan Nite, live, Music, SXSW, TT and the Bears

Japan Nite rocks TT’s—and yea, I was there

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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.

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