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Girls Punk Party report
Last Saturday I went to Marquee Night vol.7, of which the theme was "Girls Punk Party", focusing on art-punk girl bands. The excellent line-up made up for a great show that was fun from beginning to end! The regular party was held as usual at Shibuya Quattro, a smallish-medium (just the right size) venue that I like.
nisennenmondai / にせんねんもんだい
We arrived as nisennenmondai (the name translates to "Y2K bug") had just started playing. I hadn't heard them before though I think I remember seeing their name in Enban listings. The three girls (on guitar, bass and drums) played a fun and loud set.
Next, Kiiiiiii came on stage and gave one hell of a performance, even better than what I remembered from the Komaba Rock Festival last year. After almost forgetting to sing "We Are The World", they left without ever noticing the audience watching them, as goes their unique concept. I love their 7" EP, get yours while it's still time!
Metalchicks
And the name fits! The metal unit of Buffalo Daughter's Sugar Yoshinaga and ex-DMBQ's Yoshimura Yuka kicks ass! Over a subtle 505 backtrack, Sugar plays very heavy guitar while Yuka rams at her double-pedal. Yuka's drumming was much more interesting than the usual metal drumming, mixing in wacky breakbeats. Her powerful playing did incur occasional trouble as her double-pedal wouldn't stay hooked to the bass drum.
I'm ashamed to say so, but ages ago I used to listen to some metal, so this performance did strike a bonus nostalgic chord with me.
Closing the show, Buffalo Daughter took the stage and played a good variety of songs, starting with "I" and including "Psychic A-Go-Go", (I think) a cover of ESG's "Erase You", and also a long "303" jam. They also played a new song, of which the chorus went something like "I'm sometimes your lover", it will be included on their upcoming album to be released next April. The event's theme being "Girls Punk Party", Mooog Yamamoto seemed to feel a bit out of place. Ohno Yumiko played her MiniMoog and sometimes the bass, I always enjoy watching someone who can get the most out of a monophonic synth. I was also quite impressed to see how Sugar can perform so well in such different styles, earlier playing heavy metal and later some bossa nova and funky riffs.
This was the second time I saw Buffalo Daughter, the first time having been at Shibuya AX (a large venue) when the album "I" was released, and this time I enjoyed seeing them play in a smaller place. I was only a bit disappointed that they didn't play my favorite song "Mirror Ball", which they had played as an encore when I first saw them. The stage even had a nice mirror ball at the back, and it would have been just perfect. Oh well!
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hey hey hey!
I went to this party!!
ちょう楽しかったよね！！！
Posted by Ao on December 23, 2005 at 22:26
いたんだ！ Yeah it was a lot of fun!! :)
Too bad we couldn't meet this time either!
Posted by Patrick on December 23, 2005 at 22:36
大きな星のついた青いTシャツ＆ミニスカートの子見なかった？メガネの女の子と一緒だったんだけど。Patrickもいそうと思ったけど外国人も多かったからわからなかったー。
Buffalo Daughter初めてみたんだけどやばかった。かっこいー
Posted by Ao on December 24, 2005 at 01:10
んー、見なかったと思う。
外国人は結構多かったね！僕は、フロアの後ろの方の真中ぐらいにずっといた、友達と一緒に。また次回ね！
BDはとてもよかった！また見たい！次のアルバムも楽しみ！
Posted by Patrick on December 24, 2005 at 01:31
Mirror ball is my favorite song too! I would be complete and ready to die if they played mirrorball at a show I was at. I'm looking forward to hearing their new material :)
Posted by ciboboyeee on December 28, 2005 at 22:30
Regarding Metalchicks and their music style, well they definitely have some roots inspiration from Metal but I sort of think it's a similar relationship as Havana Exotica has with either part of that band's name or Buffalo Daughter has with American Western music (and they did do some Western/Blues material early on, the song "'57" for instance). I guess it might be thought of as a jumping off inspiration or attitude.
Posted by ndkent on January 25, 2006 at 23:34
I'd say that Metalchicks' name is a description of the concept, while Buffalo Daughter's isn't.
Posted by Patrick on January 28, 2006 at 11:50
Though "Buffalo" isn't really music genre like Metal or Exotica it does conjur up the West (and popular in 70s Japan, Buffalo Springfield)
I'm kind of saying in all these bands they are using what their name brings to mind as a jumping off point for something else rather than just sticking with what one might expect the name to imply. I'd say what Metalchicks are doing is somewhat closer to Krautrock than Metal though there's metal in there.
Posted by ndkent on January 28, 2006 at 19:17