[from New York, NY via Japan] the show I won’t
forget – I recognized their name but knew nothing of them – first and only band
who was actually introduced by a SXSW official (I guess) – he said that they
were the only band who was asked to return to SXSW because they “bring it” when
they perform - top-notch showmen with costumes, stunts, antics, acrobatics,
lame jokes, and general insanity - and then they made me think, why do all of
these bands NOT put more effort into their shows!!?! – they bill themselves as
comic punks in their fluorescent spandex outfits – the guitarists were guys and
we thought the drummer was a girl (either way s/he was adorable with spunky grin
throughout the show) – they climbed on top of their speakers, into the 2nd
floor crowd, on top of the tarp covering the 1st floor crowd – they
flashed cardboard signs that said “healthy,” “steak,” and just nonsense – everything
they said in their Japanese accents was nearly unintelligible - they created a
bowling alley in the middle of the crowd with their bodies as the ball and the
pins – this all would have begun to annoy me if they didn’t also have the music
but they did – it was this insanely tight, intense dance punk, actually similar
to other Japanese rock bands at SXSW (Photo courtesy of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQS9c7dTRJ8)
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