dustbox @ tokyo bay

Today's #musicmonday features dustbox at Tokyo Bay! A big ol' show Ri and I attended last July.


dustbox at Tokyo Bay

Waaaay back in...2012? Maybe? Ri and I met the drummer of super popular punk band dustbox at a bar in Shinjuku. We became fast friends and over the next couple years we'd have the pleasure of attending several of their shows. This one was great because, not only was it the last chance I got to see dustbox before leaving, now that I think about it I'm pretty sure it was the last show Lisa and I got to see together! Pretty big deal when you've been pretty much attached at the hip for the past three years of live-hopping :)

dustbox were awesome as usual and it was too cool to see a show down at Tokyo Bay and see the whole waterfront light up.

Check! | Bands

▶ dustbox 

Let me know if you catch them at a show sometime!

♡ jennifer

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red bull live on the road 2014

It's Music Monday! Let's go back to Studio Coast at Shinkiba for Red Bull Live on the Road 2014.


august 28, 2014 | red bull live on the road 2014 @ studio coast

crystal lake

henlee

reptile

we came as romans

totalfat

crossfaith

and the winner is...

...henlee!

My last RBLOTR event before leaving was pretty awesome! I had met two of Japan's Red Bull staff at an event earlier in the year and was really excited for the chance to possibly interview a few bands on the final leg of the; namely Crossfaith, Crystal Lake, SiM, and competing bands Henlee and Reptile.

Unfortunately, due to time constraints as well as a completely packed schedule and venue, we could only interview one band, but thankfully that happened to be winning band HenLee. The interview was pretty funny and the guys really hammed it up for the camera.


Is it just me though, or do bands just keep getting younger and younger? XD

♡ jennifer

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make my day tour final @ club seata

Today's Music Monday is about Make My Day's tour final at Club Seata in Kichijoji with My First Story and girugamesh.



september 15, 2014 | make my day tour final @ club seata

hahaha, sam

girugamesh

make my day

Somehow, I got really lucky and was able to see almost all of my friends' bands one last time before I left, including Make My Day! I'd met Sam, Nori, and Julian a few years earlier when they were in their previous bands (Remembering Sensation and Ashley Scared the Sky) and on top of having some pretty awesome heavy music, they're all super nice guys, too.

Do I know any mean musicians? I dunno. Everyone was always pretty chill XD

Anyway, Landon was going to help me shoot an interview so we stopped at Saku-Saku Maple Shou for that decadent masterpiece you can see up there, so good, holy mother of pastries.

We shot an interview with the guys, but unfortunately we never finished it. Hopefully we'll get around to it one day though because it's pretty hilarious. The show itself was great, too! I'm always happy to see girugamesh as they used to be my favorite band once upon a time, and MMD never disappoint either. Always heavy, always wild, always great.

I also met Laura for the first time! She's a sweetheart and a half and she has a pretty awesome blog, too so check it out! I'm glad we finally got to meet over music and taco rice :)


Check! | Kichijoji 

▶ Saku-Saku Maple Shou

1-1-6 Kichijoji Honcho
Musashino, Tokyo

▶ Jingle Jangle

1-23-7 B1 Kichijoji Honcho
Musashino, Tokyo

▶ Club Seata

1-20-3 Kichijoji Honcho,
Musashino, Tokyo

I was thinking that putting up the addresses might make my blog a bit more useful? I may not be in Japan anymore, but if people stumble on this blog I'd like to be able to provide some more options for eats and entertainment besides Sukiya and Gusto, haha.  Hopefully it's helpful?


 ♡ jennifer

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hëyt @ otsuka deepa

From now on, I'm going to turn certain posts into a series. Not sure why I didn't do this sooner, but I figured it would be nice to have a more organized mix of music, travel, and daily life type posts. This one falls into the Music Monday category!



september 23, 2014 | hëyt @ otsuka deepa

Back in...2012 (I think?) Lisa and I were invited to an event at a bar called Rolling Stone in Shinjuku where we met dustbox's hilarious and incredibly nice drummer Reiji. A couple years later, he invited us to the first show he was playing with his other band, HËYT. We interviewed them in a little restaurant around the corner before their set :)



Electronica folk metal if you're interested!




If I ever start doing video interviews again, someone please remind me to bring a mic, haha.

♡ jennifer

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