Blog - Weekly revue: 2019 week #14 (March 30 to April 5)
Weekly revue: 2019 week #14 (March 30 to April 5)
Food: - Curry & chai milk shaved ice at Hachi, Toshimaen
- Gyoza at Santō Gyōza Honpo, Ekoda
- Kerala chicken curry at Triangle Curry, Shibuya
- Mexican tacos at QueRico, Shibuya
Music events: - I went to event "Hello, Again SOLEIL!", a live show by band SOLEIL at Shibuya WWW celebrating the end of a half-year hiatus (for the singer's high-school entry test). The band was accompanied by drummer Shirane Kenichi and chorist Shirai Mariko. The sound was excellent, a tight and sophisticated yet gentle rock sound. Aside from a great retrospective of a lot of their music released so far, they played a brand new song ("Mellotron Girl") and a fun cover of "High School Lullaby". They announced a 3rd album titled "Lollipop Sixteen" to be released in July, and also a tour of the same name, with a Tokyo show on Soleil's birthday (July 20).
During the show, Hoshino Michiru made a surprise appearance on stage to give Soleil a flower bouquet, congratulating her for her graduation and her success at the entry test. On the way out I got Soleil's autograph on a set of postcards photographed by Shindō Mitsuo!
Set list: Do You Believe in Magic? / Sweet Boy / Apple Princess Go Go! / Baby Boo / Love Letter in Blue Ink / koi no Happy Date (Gotta Put Myself Together) (Ishino Mako) / High School Lullaby (Imo-kin Trio cover) / Pieces of Candy / Mellotron Girl (new song) / La petite voleuse / Summer Wink / My Sweet Fifteen / Marine I Love You / My Emo-Coloured Corazon / Bittersweet Graduation / Are you happy? / Theme of SOLEIL
Encore (w/ Soleil on drums): Session / Guitar in Love / Pinky Fluffy
- And on the way to see SOLEIL, I dropped by Tower Records Shibuya to catch a bit of Hoshino Michiru's in-store event (I missed the first few songs). I got to hear "One-Time Love", "sayonara Blue Bird" and "gyakkō". I had just got to see her the day before in Shinjuku, and then I got to see her again on SOLEIL's stage. Wow! :)
This week's videos: Cornelius "Audio Architecture"
Orangeade "Never Let Me Go"
Posted on April 7, 2019 at 10:27 | Tweet
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