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[press release] Swinging Popsicle @ NYAF – Far East To East Showcase
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 by Kathy Chee
Swinging Popsicle to perform at New York Anime festival!
Info at:
http://www.superglorious.com
http://www.mediumatlarge.net/2009/08/far-east-to-east-showcast-at-nyaf.html
Last year, the New York Anime Festival and our friends Karaterice launched the Far East To East Showcase at The Knitting Factory. It was a celebration of indie, punk, rock, and pop both from Japan and NYC. This year, NYAF and Karaterice — now with the super name Superglorious — are bringing FETES back, and bringing it into the iconic Webster Hall.
From Japan, FETES hosts Kokusyoku Sumire and Swinging Popsicle, and from NYC, FETES features Echostream and Gelatine. (Bios are available at nyanimefestival.com.) Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 the day of the show and available now at www.ticketweb.com and www.websterhall.com. The doors open at 5:30 PM, and the show starts at 6:30 PM on September 27. FETES is open to audiences of all ages.
Kokusyoku Sumire, Swinging Popsicle, Echostream, and Gelatine are four amazing bands — bands selected not because of their involvement in anime, but selected because of the intensity and integrity music.
For more on the Far East To East Showcase, Superglorious will hold a FETES Press Panel on Saturday, September 26 at the New York Anime Festival. Superglorious will also maintain a booth at NYAF all weekend long where various FETES artists will appear.
Superglorious Official website – http://www.superglorious.com/
JapanFiles Official website – http://www.japanfiles.com/
Swinging Popsicle Official website – http://www.swinging-popsicle.com/
[news] Thee Michelle Gun Elephant’s guitarist dies at 42
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 by Victoria Goldenberg
Abe Futoshi, former guitarist for the legendary garage punk group Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, died this week. His death was announced July 22 and attributed to acute epidural hematoma. He would have turned 43 in December.
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant formed in 1991. Abe joined in 1994 and played with the group until they broke up in 2003. TMGE had respectable success overseas and released two albums in America.
Sources:
http://www.bounce.com/news/daily.php/20274
http://www.japan-zone.com/news
[Interview] Ken Lloyd of Fake?: The Art of Losing Borders
Friday, June 19th, 2009 by Victoria Goldenberg
Ken Lloyd, frontman of Oblivion Dust and Fake (typeset Fake?), is a man of dualities. He is British and Japanese, commercial and experimental musically, and outsider and insider to different aspects of Japanese culture. Just two hours before his alt-rock outfit Fake made their U.S. debut at Anime Next, Lloyd sat down with purple SKY to discuss his upcoming album, sideline interest in anime and why he thinks Vamps is crazy.
On the trip to New Jersey, Lloyd’s band mates in Fake were reading manga and playing video games. Anime Next had invited them to be the convention’s musical guest, and they agreed. Yet Lloyd himself isn’t an anime fan. “I was never brought up in that environment,” he says. He grew up in England, where he had little exposure to Japanese animation, although he did find it cool and advanced. “It’s almost intimidating because I hardly know anything about it,” he admits.
But observing American anime culture fascinates him. “It’s really different from Japan,” he says. “It’s the same vibe but it’s got this Western twist to it. I think it’s really cool.” He also appreciates how the Internet helps blend different cultures. “Everywhere, it’s becoming borderless, and all the countries don’t matter,” he says. “It’s just whether or not you find what you want, and if it’s in a different country it doesn’t matter.” (more…)