Blog - Weekly revue: 2014 week #36 (August 30 to September 5)

Weekly revue: 2014 week #36 (August 30 to September 5)

Food: - Aloo chat, special set (baingan masala & mixed beans), kanda pohe and puran poli, at Indian Home Food Restaurant Reka in Nishi-Kasai after watching Indian movie "The Lunchbox" ("Dabba")

Music events: - On Friday was a show of Playtime Rock (unit of Takanami K-taro, ex-Pizzicato Five) at Saravah Tokyo. This was the perfect place where to meet a Brazilian P5 fan I had met online, turns out he was also on P5ML, the great mailing list through which I met so many nice people. It had also been over a year since the last time I saw Playtime Rock (report) as they are based in Nagasaki. This time the show was mostly more of a talk show, where K-taro introduced foreign music and its influences to Japanese music, and that of the 19th century and early 20th century! This was very instructive with many surprising and funny bits.

The opening band BANK was also very good! You can hear their works on label Too Young Records' SoundCloud.

Stars must have been aligned a certain way as this night let us meet two more Pizzicato Five members. :) Konishi Yasuharu was spinning at Shibuya OTO (it was my first time at this club since it moved from Shinjuku), although I rushed to catch my last train and missed his set... Better luck next time!

Larger sizes and more photos at Flickr

New music: - I absolutely love Sugar's Campaign's first single "Netokano" (see the video here), and its B-side "Hong Kong seikatsu"! Although the 7" had sold out quickly last month, there was a restock at HMV Record Store Shibuya to coincide with the CD single release. I can't wait to see what will come up next from this great unit formed of Seiho and Avec Avec.

Music release news: Crazy Ken Band, Takahashi Yukihiro & Metafive, Nakano Aya, Moso Calibration

Playlist: Buffalo Daughter, Denki Groove, Scarlatti Goes Electro, Taketatsu Ayana, Vanilla Beans, CAPSULE, Sugar's Campaign, playtime rock, Pizzicato Five