LiveReport「SELF-STARTER @TheGreatScott Apr/21st/2010」

  (Ohh my gash, you know? Recently my networking and laptop condition are badly slow, so I am continuously trying to fix them though.  This is therefore that I am editing fuckin' second time 'cause its saving, where I had done untill intro and 1st paragraph, has also expired  suddenly. I'm so sad and at a loss, but I can try against it to do write again with my second effort, hmm... 'Cause at the same time, I got known a news from one of my favorite Danish band called Alcoholic Faith Mission which they'll come to Boston May 2nd by their new full length album release US tour.)

  Hi there, very thanks for a few readers of mine. On this post, on this time, I would love to the latest live report which I got experienced a couple nights ago. On Wednesday April 21st, at the Great Scott where locate beyond the BU(Boston University) in Allston, WHITE HINTERLAND and Dosh came to perform on their new release tour with YEAH RIGHT (from Providence) who had supported them as opening act.

  Actually I wanted to see the gig event of  WTBU which is BU radio station presented last sunday but I couldn't. Because I had many reason but mainly because of this WH and Dosh event. But I could not give up being there for the night, I found Pelly Twin's blog which is the tally of Pellys who she DJs on WTBU program which I have never heard yet unfortunately. They put a mixtape download link of the night show's band line nap freely on the post of  their blog before the show kindly. If you got interested in Boston based bands so you should feel free to download it and listen to it as like me even missed the show!!  
(Actually for sure, the show had lined nap according to it;
Golden girls, Dom, Quilt, the lord jeff, and Turtle Ambulance. )

  Here is the event poster.

  Secondary plan of mine on Wednesday at Great Cott, I invited friends who are music lovers even they're usually into different kinds of music as me on facebook. This place Great Scott was probably second time since Asobi Seksu came on tour with their Polyviny record label mate Loney Dear last year's fall. I love there, atmosphere and audience space is very close to the lower stage.

  1st act of the show was Yeah Right who is 3 piece band simply consisted Vocal, Mac and Effects.
Feels like a Yeah Yeah Yeahs becomes more electric without guitar sound. But they are more like having fantasy on their lyric and melody line above a computerized four-bass-beat. You can even download their MP3 track through their myspace blog into lastfm page for free, but you should see them a live because you can feel more fantasy rather than recorded source in my opinion.
  2nd act was White Hinterland. WH (click left to see her bio on wiki) is essentially Casey Dienel ,who spent her conservatory time for high school and college in Boston before moved to Portland, OH, that she currently works under its name with Magic Maker Shawn Creeden. When I knew them through The Boston Phoenix news paper, it has a feature article of their new 2nd full length record and coming up on tour and mentioned about them, Dream Pop SELF-STARTER; "I respond to the environment that I'm in. I'm like a sponge," says Dienel. This word make me tumble for coming to see her music at this chance.
They are so fantastic. Reverb sounds, Elected her Ukulele, Many illusional effect sounds, and especially when she exchanged her handle instrument Ukulele to Synth, I was knocked down by its sound and her playing. So attracted, but probably it's depended on listener's ear because their sound is very unique on Pop melody of her singing voice behind  disgusting back sounds at once. If someone who dislike it at once, then or continue to be soaked in her music, may be so fascinate ever. I am the one expectedly.
  Last act of the night was of coarse Dosh. He was formerly a drummer of band Fog, and is a multi instrumentalist. I didn't even know stupidly though, he is quiet popular in Japan. Currently he plays with  Andrew Broder who also plays many instruments especially bass guitar and saxophone. They are holly technical.
Dosh made like a impromptu drum pattern loop first and duplicated some sounds via some instruments with Andrew. And it finally became a strong groove and made me so highly dance up.  You should just listen to and watch his perform even on YouTube first.

Photo includes the article of WhiteHinterland, The Boston Phoenix The Best 2010 and Vice Magazine.
Vice Magazine is entirely my favorite magazine that used to be able to be gotten in some X-GIRL and XLARGE stores in Japan when I was in Japan. But it was first time I could get it in USA, at Great Scott this night.





  Yea I should put some videos from this time introduction of artists.
*Sorry I could not find YEAH RIGHT's video, so please click above for myspace.


Dosh collaborative live.
Andrew Bird & Martin Dosh - "Simple X" - 
Live at Bonnaroo - June 16, 2006 - Manchester, TN. 



WhiteHinterland live.
(I would be almost forgotten that she even covered Bjork's "I Miss You" a few years ago.)











Thanxx,


Kennyy
as MELTRICK


Posted on [(Fri)Apr/23rd/2010]


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【Today's BGM playlist】


① Recently I've listened to 
Podcast from NPR series about SXSW 2010.
Then DJs recommended them and I am so into them at a moment.
They are simply and purely rock!!


Twin Atlantic / 'What Is Light, Where Is Laughter'



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②  From Massachusetts. 
Recently they are one of my most wanting-to-see band.


Therefore I Am / live





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③　Some of you, especially Japanese freak might know.
They are the oldest of my fav band from Japan, and lately became popular gradually over sea.
Single song from their latest album "DonaDona," after exchanged drummer.


Plastic Tree / "Sanatorium"  (MV)

ConcertReport「Piano has "black & white" and "stories & rhythms."」

   Hi there, I was busy and have been in worse condition of body and mental both, but I got to be an audience for a bunch of great shows in these days. I wanna introduce them.
   The middle of last month, a machine-gun-rapper P.O.S. (of Doomtree) with his ex-girlfriend  female rapper dessa (of Doomtree) and a hip-hop artist Astronautalis came touring in Boston, and the end of last month, a drum'n'guitar (NO AGE's style) duo from Vancouver Japandroids with their label Polyvinyl-mate from Sweden LoveIsAll. I should have reported these stuffs on this blog lively before, more quickly though, I swear I will.

   Tonight I was invited to come seeing a show which my dear roommate Berklee Jazz Pianist Takeshi Ohbayashi  from Hiroshima,Japan would play.   Piano Department Student Concert 2010 at Berklee college of music Performance Center.


 I went seeing the show with my previous school friends from Japan and Mexico. We felt regretting that we should have learnt how to play piano in our childhoods whatever. Because we also plyay instruments such as guitar or drums but felt piano is that the most basic instrument at all. Piano also has featured stream of melodies and rhythms for song-writing and story-writing. On this time especially it has an assertion that inspiration from Jazz music. They make me so fascinated. The instinct basically.

 Just my review quickly, I wish I could introduce players for tonight but probably next time.

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[Video connects from its show.]

-my roommate Takeshi Ohbayashi / "Anthoropology"


-Synthesizer Performance Ensemble


-Sonya Belousova(from Russia) / Schostakovich. "Prelude and Fuge in D Flat Major"
 


Thanxx,

Kenny
as MELTRICK

Posted on [(Mon) Apr/5th/2010]

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【Today's BGM】


This band has been introduced on John Mayer's myspace blog long time ago.
They are disbanded already but now being activated as Other Lives and released debut album last year.


Kunek (from Oklahoma) / "coma"