Blog - Pulp Non-Fiction #1: live report
Pulp Non-Fiction #1: live report
Last night was Pulp Non-Fiction, an event organized by label Vroom Sound. Featured were the label's bands Petset and TsuchiYaniBond, and also ex-Love Tambourines' eli. I went there alone, thinking I wouldn't know anyone, but I was surprised to find Usagi-chang boss Suzuki Akira in line in front of me. :) Franck also showed up later for just a little bit, as he was catching other shows before and after (busy French producer life!).
First on stage was Petset, who were the #1 reason I went to this show. They were accompanied by Plus-tech Squeeze Box' Hayashibe Tomonori on keyboards. Listening to PSB you'd think it's all done on a computer, but the guy has really amazing keyboards skills! Actually Petset's musicians are all fantastic, and give one fantastic show. They played most songs from their latest release, "Flow Motion, Feather Light" which I love, plus a brand new song. They said that they're trying to be more active this year, and they're already recording some new stuff. I'm really hoping for another release soon!
Here I must give props to my good friend Kristofer (aka Panache), who first told me about Petset. I remember him saying that he went to see them when he visited Japan in 2002. I wish I'd have known of them then already, because they then entered a long hiatus, but anyway he was the reason why I first checked them out, and now I'm a big fan. :) This was the 2nd time I saw them, last time was at O-Nest in 2006.
Next up was eli, ex-singer of mid-90's band Love Tambourines. I had been wanting to check her out and was seeing her for the first time. I haven't heard her latest album "rita" yet (although I have most of her previous stuff), so I wasn't familiar with the songs, but she gave a good acoustic yet lively show... lively because she would spin her mic stand, threaten to hang herself on stage with her belt, and down a 1L water bottle and then throw it in the audience. Not your average acoustic show. :) She was accompanied by guitarist Yukimura Naoki who played on her album, and Petset's drummer who played some percussion "box" (what are these?). She closed with a nice cover of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time".
Last was TsuchiYaniBond. I hadn't heard their music before so I didn't know what to expect. Turns out they were a rockish band that blends in a bunch of styles, making them hard to describe. Bits were psychedelic, other straight-forward, some had mid-eastern-Asian high-pitched chanting... It wasn't the type of stuff I usually listen to, but they were good musicians and I enjoyed some groovy bits. One song's first measures made me believe it was going to be a Led Zeppelin cover but turned out it was a pretty good original song ("Robot" on their MySpace).
Left: eli, right: TsuchiYaniBond
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