Kanina × This Is My Normal State - UK summer tour 2011

  Hey folks, I really appreciate that some music lovers are sometime asking me like "Do you have your web site that I can see you pics/articles/reviews ?" or music lover bands "Can we see your pics/reviews/articles of ours on your site?" Those big questions for me are very welcome and like always being super appreciations from me. A tiny pure Japanese stranger writes all about music in English is all ways (always) feeling weirdo and like challenging, but the words that I have got in these days are special. Just so special. And honestly really frustrated that I could not have much energy and time to write and edit about what I have experienced with all music in these fucking awesome summer 2011 days. Well, I will do that soon, like in this weekend I swear.

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  At this time, on this post, introducing and announcing that one of my friends band in Japan, used to work and live in Osaka currently works and lives in Tokyo called Kanina (means "rabbit" in Icelandic) is going to start a new UK tour which is second abroad tour in their own in next week, 15th of August, 2011. It's also a coupling tour Kanina and Bristol based 5-piece Shoegaze, Ambient, Post Rock band THIS IS MY NORMAL STATE. TIMNS has a Japanese vocalist and cellist Yuka Kurihara for the front woman.

 Kanina × This Is My Normal State 2011 Summer Tour schedule:

• 1).15th August: Bristol @ The Louisiana w/Ouija Birds & Miss Macaroni 
• 2).17th August: London @ The Underbelly, Hoxton w/Ten & Joanna Quai (£4entry)

• 3).18th August: Brighton @ The Druid's Arms w/ Nordic Giants
• 4).26th August: Leeds @ The Packhorse w/Ten and Esper Scout
• 5).27th August: Liverpool @ Leaf w/MinionTV, Muto Leo & In Violet (fb RSVP)

  

• 6).29th August: Bristol @ Thunderfest 2011 (fb RSVP)

You can still grab downloading EP "Angel Falls ++ [LostChildren076]" (Released November 1, 2009)" for FREE from here:

(http://www.archive.org/details/LostChildren076)

 Tracks:

1. "Number 3"
2. "Angel Falls"
3. "Phineas Gage"

They also has released the latest self-titled EP+demos on their bandcamp:

  It's also for FREE. Must have it! 5 track album includes a couple songs from the first "Angel Falls ++ EP" and additionally 3 more tracks. They will have the physical cd + tour tee on the tour!

THIS IS MY NORMAL STATE webs:

facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thisismynormalstate)
myspace (http://www.myspace.com/normalstateband)
twitter (http://twitter.com/normalstateband)
2010 Japan tour dairy (http://thisismynormalstate.blogspot.com/) 

Hey you must grab the free EPs and follow their twitter or to like their fb additionally for the perfect!!
TIMNS's front woman Yuja has just debut as a solo artist üka and released her debut solo album called "Lullaby for the Evil" via Japanese music label Kilk Records on August 17th.

*Click above picture to link over the label (in Jpn) site:

(http://kilk.jp/wp/archives/2010)

Well, yeah, I know, I'm sorry that I haven't found the way to get the album for international fans from Japan. That might be the point of.　＊＊Whenever I found it, then I will add the HOW for you!＊＊

★üka – "Inner Stream" (Official MV) (fr. AL "Lullaby for the Evil")

and some songs off the debut album streaming on her soundcloud:

★Track 1. "Isobel" (album preview)
Isobel (album preview) by üka

★Track 2. "Inner Stream" (album preview)
Inner Stream (album preview) by üka

★Track 3. "Retrospect"
Retrospect by üka

★Track 4.　"Silence" (Album Preview)
Silence (album preview) by üka

★Track 9. "Fall" (Album Preview)
Fall (album preview) by üka

She has gotten some nicely sweet comments from her surrounding musicians and medias, one of them is from Marc Mac (of 4hero) follows like

"I'm really into her purely voice so much. My recommendation off her album is M-4 Silence. Definitely check it out." 

(*Well, I'm not sure exactly that he said but I translated it depended on the Japanese translated to English.)

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Kanina, one of my favorite Japanese but not typical Japanese band, just released  

You might even see some of their songs from my old article of their 1st EU tour in spring 2011 on IndieNative.com here:
(http://www.indienative.com/2011/04/kanina-eu-tour2011/)

★Kanina / "[a short story 2 #3]" @kouenji HIGH[blue noise test]2010.06.30

They, Japanese boy & girl consisting to play classical and postrock with "fantasic" approach sound band Kanina, has just reached their new tune released on their 2nd time abroad tour in 2011. The new song is for FREE. Just have your twitter account and log in to download it. New song called "forget me not"

MUST Go Grab iiiiiit!!! :  

FREE NEW SONG!!

(http://socialunlock.com/kanina_jp/kanina-new-song-forget-me-not-free-download) Available utill August 31st 2011!

Streaming here:
★Kanina / "Forget me not" (New Song 2011)
Forget me not by kanina_jp

and their master piece songs ...are also on;

★Kanina / "A short story #1 (short ver.)"
from their 1st album "[a short story]" (2009)
A short story#1(short ver) by kanina_jp

★Kanina / "Kaikisen" (2008)
Kaikisen by kanina_jp

Kanina webs:
English website - (http://en.kanina.jp/)
Myspace - (http://www.myspace.com/kaninaamm)
facebook - (https://www.facebook.com/pages/kanina/)


Kennyy
as MELTRICK


Edited on [(Fri) Aug/12th/2011]


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【Today's BGM selections】

They are a friend of Kanina and from my country city Niigata, Japan.

★KEESHAKAS soundservice / "Deathmetalic birth" (Audio)

Boston band BIRTHDAYS - "Pizza Baby" // Tracks: 15th July 2011 | Features | DIY

Tracks: 15th July 2011 | Features | DIY

★Birthdays - Pizza Baby
Birthdays - Pizza Baby by basementfever

(Just copied and pasted the article!)

A slight move away from Birthdays’ usual upbeat and colourful psychedelic electro pop, Pizza Baby sees the Boston group – centred around part-time Emily Reo drummer Sam Yager – edging into darker and more experimental brooding territory. Distorted and wobbling vocals screech in almost Connan Mockasin-style above bass-beats and all kind of electronic noises to wonderful, slightly spooky effect. With a full-length currently being recorded, keep your eyes peeled for more from these.

ーーーー Jay Make at ThisIsFakeDIY.com

Read more: http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/features/tracks-15th-july-2011#ixzz1UtijOHW2


Posted on [(Fri) Aug/12th/2011]

Un): FestReview「"D.I.Y. beauties." -- Allston DIY Fest 2011」

Allston DIY Fest 2011's article on The Boston Phoenix

[phx pop-up show no.1]

Mornin' Old Sport video shoot was awesome; footage coming soon

- On The Download

by @Liz Pelly

Edited on [(Thu) Aug/4th/2011]

Borrowed): pelly twins (a new york & boston-based music blog.): MP3: Quilt "Children of Light," from their new Burger Rec tape; new LP out on Mexican Summer rec this fall. + SA"Everyone is Syncopated."

pelly twins (a new york & boston-based music blog.): 

MP3: Quilt "Children of Light," from their new Bur...:

"The new Quilt tape rules & you can buy one now from Burger Records! They have an LP out on Mexican Summer this fall! O also they're play..."

  Hey there folks! How exciting is this, you could probably imagine, if you haven't known about Boston/NY/New England's psychedelic pop trio QUILT, it's good to get them now. They will play and release new stuff which is included one previous digital single tunes on itself, and back to about the play, the show is tonight by 10pm at Middlesex Lounge in Central Cambridge for FREE or depending on your kindly donatings.

  Oh I didn't remember that I have posted about this show before...

here:

pRIMORDIAL sOUNDS presents 

QUILT with THE BURDS (mems of Apollo Sunshine & DOOMSTAR!)

RSVP on fb:

(https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=232562076783322)

(Well, I might be tough because I will be heading to Streight Angular and some's show at PA Lounge in Somerville's union sq.... kekeke hard is hard apparently and physically hard at the same time, well simultaneously so.)

Streight Angular w/ Onslo, Flesta Melon and KMQ
 RSVP on fb: (https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189620761096675)

★QUILT / "Penobska Oakwalk"

live at Dream Oven in Philly [road to sxsw] by TheBostonPhoenix


This song is included on the new tape.
QUILT "Children Of Light" by lizpelly
"Here's a new track by QUILT "Children Of The Light" from their new cassingle out on Burger Records." --- Liz Pelly

and this SA's new music video off their new same title EP is the coolest one of that have seen in these days.

★Streight Angular / "Everyone is Syncopated" (official MV)

http://www.streightangular.com

I still huge thank you for Al&Theresa:

Good to have a good nite tonite, either way!

Thanks, Pellytwins!

Kennyy

as MELTRICK

Edited on [(Wed) Aug/3rd/2011]

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【Today's BGM selection】

★Dum Dum Girls / "He Gets Me High" (MV)

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she is gonna be supporting DDG on this fall tour.
can't wait it hun?

★Coleen Green / "Y Do U Call Me" (MV)


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Is that gonna be "NEW" ?

★Ra Ra Riot / "Too Dramatic" (MV)

Un): Concert Report「Tesuro Hoshii last recital at Berklee "Tetsuro's Playground." 」

  Our favorite cutie Japanese guy directly graduates from Berklee College of Music. So that last night at Lawrence and Alna Berk Hall "1140 (Eleven Fourteen)" Boylston Street was his last recital IN Berklee.
He is going to be on vacation in some countries in EU, he really wants and really needs as well, after the every excellent works that he's done and doing for his final. You know, it must be doubt or if no doubt it should be a "kidding like crazy" of he has still like 10 tunes recording on a day in this weekend, like that. He's a hard worker unless if he's been recognized as only such a funny and


Tetsuro "Hossy" Hoshii's web site:

(http://starwell.seesaa.net/)

His Compositions:
(http://starwell.seesaa.net/category/106171-1.html)


Concert Details:

Presented by Testuro Hoshii

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 7:00pm

@Lawrence and Alma Berk Hall
1140 Boylston Street, Boston MA


Setlist & my review reports:

"Playground"

Part One :  "TBA (Strings)" 

(-I didn't even being able to see enough his playground pt.1 because we were little late to be the hall and people didn't tend to enter so stopped to listen carefully.)

I, or .. Japanese people, might be felt some tastes of Ghibli's soundtracking grounds on his composing or arrangement of the strings. This is how purely Japanimation's essence could be basically fascinating, on my foolish words, I could even say.  But I can also say, I can obviously feel like it makes us to realize how we could come across our naked heart and sort of soul on his melodies running in a 15 minutes tune of his great work.


Part Two :  "Song For Alan Smithee"
 *You can see the tune performance at BPC in April 2011.


 This is a shit. Which means too awesome, too beautiful, too fantastic and too ... unexpectedly (or I wanted to make it as a new vocabulary as Unexpect"able"ly) exciting. It starts simply piano's


TBC!!!

Edited on [(Wed) Aug/3rd/2011] thru

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Comp.): Imported of TheMonthlyVest: Feb2011「"Tried to make a wishful list for."」

  Here the thing that I have kinda started since this year 2011, since I finally started using Mac book to edit, to make list for best and worst on each months as monthly vest. And these are going to be more easier way to be collected BEST OF THE YEAR thing at last.


Basically this kinda special feature is starting on Japanese side of my blog:


TheMonthlyVest: Feb2011
Comp.):「Tried to make a Wishful list for.」
(http://meltrick.blog124.fc2.com/blog-entry-447.html)
on Japlog.  Updated on [(Fri) March/18th/2011]

NEW!!
THE MONTHLY VEST : Works & Lives  Feb2011
*Picked up by random as much as I could remember about in February 2011
And sorry about it just copied and pasted.

FINALLYYYY accomplished almost parts of the original japanese article, so you better see there. (Even in Japanese detail though)

1).Baths live at BrightonMusicHall on Feb 17th 2011
& DL album "Pop Music/False B-side"(2011)



Tunes from the AL...
★Baths / "Tatami"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V_4tdEd40I&tracker=False


"Nordic Laurel" はStereogumで
DLできるのを発見しました！(Stereogum Premiere)
(http://stereogum.com/469752/baths-nordic-laurel-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/)


あと何曲かここから。
(http://www.aerialnoise.com/2011/02/18/baths-%E2%80%93-pop-music-false-b-sides-lp/)

会場で僕にナンパしてきた男の子と仲良くなって
その後もよく遊ぶのですが、
彼のChildhood's friendがBathsことWill君でした。

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2). Braids live with Baths
& the new AL "Native Speaker"(2011)


★Braids - Lemonade ~~ Plath Heart @ Mavericks Jan. 21st 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcOOlFyk0Tc&tracker=False


会場で僕にナンパしてきた男の子と仲良くなって
その後もよく遊ぶのですが、
彼のChildhood's friendがBathsこと


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3). Houses live opening for Baths/Braids
& the debut AL tape "All Night"(2010)



正直な所、自分でやりたいと思った音楽はハウジズの彼が一番
ドンピシャという感じでしたので、とても勉強になりました。


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4). GUIDED BY VOICES / "Crocker's Favorite Song" (1993)
a tune "Don't Stop Now"




Album detail in English
(http://gbvguide.blogspot.com/2006/01/guided-by-voices-king-shit-and-golden.html)


My best favorite tune on the album.
"At Odds With Dr. Genesis"
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zij33nRAyq8&tracker=False)


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5). Deerhoof live at MiddleEastDown
& the new AL "Evil vs Deerhoof"


on this Japanese blog:








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6). Asobi Seksu live at Brighton Music Hall


& their 4th AL/latest "Flouresence"

from the AL;
★"Tracing Out"




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*7). Boston to Austin:
The Preview Show Sxsw 2011
English Version of my blogs:
()


from its article of mine and the show!
★Mystery Moar / "Maythem"（MV）


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*7). Bodega Girls presents "Cool Ranch" Feb2011
同ランクのボストンSXSWプリビューショウにも出演予定だったのに
理由解らずドタキャン。
The Weekly Dig:
()


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8). You Can Be A Wesley live for VivaViva Prom
& 7" vinyl with Poster & Zine "Talking Silence/"






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9). Taxpayer /
& AL "Don't Steak My Night Vision" (2009)


Boston中御所ロックバンドの2009年のフルアルバム。
Mean Creek のレコ初パーティー時のゲストバンドでした。
とてもいい具合の、正当派ロックバンド。


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*10).  ViVA ViVA Valentine prom party
w/ from DrugRag & from DOOMSTAR!

on this Japanese blog: 未).mini Live Report
「君だってウェズリーになれるんだよ、というビヴァプロプナイト。」
(02/15/2011)


★Viva Viva / ""
(for FREE!! on bandcamp )




&




*10).  Nneka / AL "Concreate Jungle"（2009）　
★"Heartbeats" (MV)

Additional Lists: 

The Monthly Vests in February2011

Best Items

• Lillies and Remains / "MERU" ep (Oct 2010 Released)
  MELTRICK Rate: ★★★★☆☆ (3.7 / 6star)
  ★"Devaloka" (PV) off the ep
  
  
  If you're japanese so to be able to purchase the cd at
  Amazon.co.jp
  
  
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• ★Boston Band Crush / BBC Sampler Compilation Vol.2 November 2010
  BOSTON BAND CRUSH web!
  (http://bostonbandcrush.org/local-music-sampler/)
  The zip file directly Download for FREE!!
  (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10542782/BBC%20Sampler%2002.zip)
  
  
  
  MELTRICK suggestion from the compilation like...
  
  Full Body Anchor / "Drown Control"
  Gem Club / "Animals"
  Marc Pinansky / "Hear The Heathen"
  Mount Peru / "Summer Jinx"
  Walter Sickert & The Army Of Broken Toys / "Heroin Pig"
  You Can Be A Wesley / "Talking Science"
  and so more!!
  

BEST Radio Podcasts

• "Beneath the Beat: Electronica" (An-G, Bendrix) / "Audio_012: Four Dub and Lounge Tracks Produced by Julia Messenger"  (released April/05th/07)

• KEXP Live Performance Podcast / Parts & Labor (Released November/28th/2008)

• 
  

Worst Items

Edited on [(Tue) Aug/2nd/2011]  [(Sun) Oct/9th/2011] [(Thu) Apr/5th/2012]
Final edited on [(Mon) Apr/9th/2012]

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【Today's BGM selection】

★おとぎ話 (Otogi banashi)(means "Fairy Tail") / "THANK YOU" (MV)



About this, just stay tune!

「Different Feeling on a Little Dragon flying.」+ Notification?

  Once or First,  just take a look at below the movie please.

★Little Dragon / "Studio Live at KCRW - Morning Becomes Electric"
(Mon July 18th 2011)


Original URL is;
(http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb110718little_dragon)

Little Dragon, Gothenburg of Sweden hometown an electronic soul synthpop band which is according to their facebook page basic info, consists Swedish-Japanese singer Yukimi Nagano and her close her high school friends boys for instrument players, formed in 1996!!? She has also musically worked as solo and couple groups. Woo! I had been felt like "they are pretty nice, yea," that was it. But finally this it a time to catch them up for my real. The studio live at Santa Monica College radio KCRW in California is just instantly getting me into their sound of talented performance. Can't get it out, cant get out from it till the end of the show. Soul music is not only for soulful people. For everyone that I can believe because of Little Dragon is sounded.


As some of you might be noticed I have created a new blog page on blogger for only my MELTRICK works updates. And also as many of you would know a great music streaming service site by completely the original own visions called DAYTROTTER which is mainly featuring world wide indie music. I have made some translations of their articles in Japanese sort of officially. And I suggest next my translation is gonna be Little Dragon's Daytrotter session.

独自翻訳/Translation「Little Dragon: Daytrotter Session on June2011 "Downtrodden And Still Dancing"」

http://is.gd/QrzamS


So basically my news/works update site is here:

http://meltrick-newsworks.blogspot.com/

Stay tune please!


Edited on [(Sat) July/30th/2011]
2nd edited on [(Mon) Aug/1st/2011]

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【Today's BGM】

This is a local but really good band in my country city Niigata in Japan.

You've gotta feel the highly low sway.

★URBANSOLE / "Piano" (MV)