More Than a Year Later..

Hello again, I came back to Tokyo. I lived in Melbourne, Australia for a while and traveled around there. Uluru (Ayers Rock) was a huge rock. I shall never forget tons of stars on the sky in Katajuta (Kings Canyon) and dancing with young Aboriginal guys. All things were great and I can’t stop talking about my experience in... Continue »

Something’s Brewing at Bobtail

My zine CTB! has organized a small show called “CTB! lounge #001 -APPLE-” at Bobtail, it is one of my favorite pubs, so I decided to do something fun here. Performers were Storobecore (from Tokyo), Tomomi MG (From Fukui), N-16 (from Kyoto) and Nikki McClure (from Olympia, USA), somehow local was only Storobecore. I want to thank to Tomomi,... Continue »

Red Go-Cart

Hi there. I’ll tell you all about Japanese band Red Go-Cart. Their poppy punk songs drive you crazy sometimes, That’s fast. Watch out! Dreamy sweet songs take you somewhere cozy. Someone described their sounds like Pippi Long Stocking. They’ve managed to capture the delight of their daily life with spot-on lyrics and bubbling, colorful music. They came to play... Continue »

Awesome Bands

I’m so sorry I haven’t written for a long time… I have had love trouble, but it is completely over now. Hey, why don’t you stand as a girlfriend/boyfriend for me? Hehehe. Of course, I’m still obsessed with music. I went to see Junior Varsity (from the US) in March, the Lucksmiths (from Australia) in May and Lois Maffeo... Continue »

Le Tigre Hype

Club Quattro, Shibuya Band: Le Tigre, BS2000 Le Tigre was coming to Japan at last!!! I always inspired by their political attitude and opinion And I’ve been admired Kathleen Hanna since teenager, I had a dream of doing an interview with her. I wrote her about it before the tour, and she said that Le tigre wanted to do... Continue »

Golfer Band and more

I’m sorry, I haven’t written for a while… I’ve been busy with work and something last year. And It’s hard to write in English. But I try to write my report from Tokyo once a month. Yoroshiku! (it means I hope you like it and have fun!) January 14th @ Shelter, Shimo-Kitazawa Band: Golfer, Swarm’s Arm, Eleki Bass It’s... Continue »

Tokyo Pop Fes

Hello there! Here is my first report from Tokyo. I don’t write in English very well, but I hope you enjoy it. Please check my website http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~yayoi/ out if you read Japanese. I think that for me writing in Japanese is better than English. There was a festival called “TOKYO POP FES.” at Shelter in Shimokitazawa on September 3rd,... Continue »