Jan 28 - Cure Shop - In store event - Los Angeles, CA Jan 29 - Bootleg Theater - Los Angeles, CA Jan 30 - Atomix- San Antonio, TX Jan 31 - The Middle East- Cambridge, MA Jan 31 - Tokyo Kid -In store event - Cambridge, MA Feb 01 - Santos Party House - Manhattan, NY Feb 03 - Digital Ferret - In store event - Philadelphia, PA Feb 04 - Tainted Reality Special Radio - Philadelphia, PA Feb 05 - Polaris - Philadelphia, PA Feb 06 - Jack Rabbits - Jacksonville, FL Feb 07 - Quimby’s Bookstore - In store event - Chicago, IL Feb 07 - Subterranean - Chicago, Illinois Feb 08 - El Corazon- Seattle, WA
03/04/10 The Blue Lamp,Phoenix 03/05/10 Bootleg Theater,Los Angeles 03/06/10 The Casbah,San Diego 03/07/10 Muddy Waters Coffee House,Santa Barbara 03/08/10 The Blue Lamp,Sacramento 03/09/10 Bottom Of The Hill,San Francisco 03/11/10 Dante's,Portland 03/12/10 Chop Suey,Seattle
Jan-28-10 Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA Jan-29-10 The Roxy Theatre - Los Angeles, CA Jan-30-10 Casbah - San Diego, CA Feb-02-10 Plush - Tucson, AZ Feb-03-10 The Rhythm Room - Phoenix, AZ Feb-05-10 The White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX Feb-06-10 The Independent - Austin, TX Feb-07-10 The Loft - Dallas, TX Feb-10-10 Double Door - Chicago, IL Feb-11-10 Magic Stick - Detroit, MI Feb-12-10 Musica - Akron, OH Feb-13-10 The Gramercy Theatre - New York, NY Feb-14-10 Middle East - Cambridge, MA Feb-16-10 The Rock and Roll Hotel - Washington, DC
Jan 15-Feb12 Utada Hikaru Utada "In The Flesh" Tour 2010
01/15 - Honolulu, HI @ Pipeline Cafe 01/19 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues 01/21 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox 01/24 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore 01/30 - Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues 02/02 - Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues 02/05 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club 02/08 - New York City, NY @ Irving Plaza
Jan 30 - Knitting Factory - Los Angeles, CA Jan 31 - Sam’s Burger Joint - San Antonio, TX Feb 01 - The Middle East Club - Boston, MA Feb 02 - Santos Party House - New York, NY Feb 05 - Subterranean - Chicago, IL
J-Pop and J-Rock are only the beginning. The modern Japanese music scene is just as vibrant and varied as any other music scene in the world. I'm Zac Bentz, writer, musician, designer and all around Japanese music fanatic. Here I hope to share with you a comprehensive (!!) list of Japanese artists and bands (with a strong focus on underground and indie acts) that you may or may not have heard of, in the hopes of expanding our mutual awareness of Japanese music.
I don't mean to suggest that everything I listen to is great. Quite the contrary, I hope that you will take the time to recommend your own favorite artists in the comments so that we can all learn a bit more about the huge range of Japanese music that's out there.
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