Blog - Weekly revue: 2013 week #4 (January 19 to 25)
Weekly revue: 2013 week #4 (January 19 to 25)
Food: - Le verre volé à Tokyo, Meguro
- Chocolates from Salon du chocolat at Isetan, Shinjuku (until Monday!)
Shopping: I did some serious shopping at Amadana! New headphones of the SAL series, the calculator I always wanted, and spares of my favorite earphones.
Music events: - Last weekend a colleague invited me to go to a show of idol group Dempa Gumi inc., who I wasn't very familiar with except for the fact that Kaseki Cider wrote a few songs for them. The show was full of energy and a lot of fun! I did stand a bit towards the back where I didn't have to deal with over-enthusiastic fans (except for receiving light sticks on the head twice). I wouldn't call myself a fan yet, but there are several catchy songs that I like. Watch a video from this show below.
- And on Tuesday was Nakatsuka Takeshi's "enoteca" event at Batica in Ebisu. The guest band was supposed to be YMCK, but they canceled because of flu (it's been propagating lately). :( Takeshi's band decided to play 2 sets instead of just one. The 2nd didn't have a planned set list, instead Takeshi browsed around effect names on his effector to pick songs. That was really a fun set! There was also an announcement of Takeshi's new album "Lyrics" coming in February. Details will be posted shortly on Tokyo's Coolest Sound. I also enjoyed DJ WASA (aka singer SAWA)'s set which ranged from techno and house to J-pop tunes.
New music: - Kinoco Hotel "Marianne no yūwaku". I had almost given up my hopes of getting the limited edition "box", it having sold out online before it went on sale. But last weekend I dropped by Tower Records Shibuya (can't believe it was my first time there since it was renewed..!) and they had a sign saying "Back in stock miracle!? Ask the cashier.", and a minute later I had mine! The box is much larger than I had expected. It contains a photo book and poster, and to my surprise the art direction is by Shindō Mitsuo! Of course it's great!
This new album sounds a lot more like a dark smoky night club than the previous album that which felt more pop. This great neo-GS girl band keeps bringing interesting surprises. The box also came with a DVD of a 1-hour great psychedelic show held last summer at Liquidroom. It's full of up-close looks of each member's killer skills, and drummer Fabienne's beautiful smile. :)
Music release news: Isao Tomita, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (DVD), Crazy Ken Band
Playlist: Kinoco Hotel, Aira Mitsuki, Perfume, Breakbot, ...
Tech: I upgraded Facebook Like buttons on my sites to use the latest code. I chose XFBML with the JavaScript SDK. It was rather easy, not as easy as the IFrame method but I believe they do load faster this way.
This week's videos::
Dempa Gumi inc. "W.W.D" live at Zepp Tokyo (January 20, 2013)
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "kimi ni 100 Percent" live on Music Station
(from upcoming single "furisodeshon / kimi ni 100 Percent")
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 01:30 | Tweet
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