June 10-12
Blood Stain Child
A-Kon - Dallas - TX
Source: MySpace

June 10-12
Blood Stain Child
A-Kon - Dallas - TX
Source: MySpace
Bit of a different calendar post here. Just got word that electro-chiptune master Omodaka will be playing a show in Japan on Friday, June 25th. The cool thing is that sabaco radio will be live-streaming it on USTREAM.
Omodaka will be just one of a handful of artists playing. The show runs from 7pm-11pm in Japan, so that's 5am-9am Central time in the US. So make sure to set your bookmarks and alarm clocks now!
June 18-20
Stereopony
AnimeNEXT
Somerset, New Jersey
Source: AnimeNEXT
See Also: AnimeNEXT, Calendar, June, Stereopony
June 1-10
Mono
US Tour
Jun 01 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
Jun 02 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
Jun 04 Durham, NC - North State Sound
Jun 05 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade (Hell Stage)
Jun 06 Nashville, TN - Exit In
Jun 07 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone Cafe
Jun 08 Little Rock, AR - Revolution Music Room
Jun 09 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
Jun 10 Houston, TX - Rudyards British Pub
Source: Official Site
June 10 - July 4
Miyavi
US/CA Tour
Jun 10 - House Of Blues - San Diego, California, US
Jun 12 - Club Nokia Live - Los Angeles, California, US
Jun 13 - The Grove of Anaheim - Anaheim, California, US
Jun 15 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, California, US
Jun 17 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, British Co, CA
Jun 18 - Showbox - Seattle, Washington, US
Jun 19 - Roseland Theater - Portland, Oregon, US
Jun 23 - House of Blues - Chicago, Illinois, US
Jun 24 - Sound Academy - Toronto, Ontario, CA
Jun 25 - Harpers Ferry - Boston, Massachusetts
Jun 27 - The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza New York, New York , US
Jun 29 - 9:30 Club - Washington, Washington, US
Jul 01 - Masquerade - Atlanta, Georgia, US
Jul 03 - House of Blues - Dallas, Texas, US
Jul 04 - House of Blues - Houston, Texas, US
Source: MySpace
May 26 - June 12
Electric Eel Shock
European Tour Summer 2010
(Peelander Z will support on all dates except Den Haag)
Switzerland:
5/26/2010 - Winterthur @ Gaswerk
5/27/2010 - Luzern @ Bar59
5/28/2010 - Dudingen @ Bad Bonn Kilbi (Festival)
5/29/2010 - Laufen @ Biomill
Germany:
5/30/2010 - Trier @ Ex Haus
6/1/2010 - Hamburg @ Hafenklang
6/2/2010 - Dusseldorf @ FFT
Netherlands:
6/3/2010 - Haarlem @ Patronaat
6/4/2010 - Sevenum @ Rumoer Fest
6/5/2010 - Kaderock, Den Haag (afternoon show, EES only) & Groningen@ Gideon Music Festival
France
6/7/2010 - Montpellier@ SECRET PLACE
Spain:
6/8/2010 - Burgos @ Estudio 27
6/9/2010 - Madrid @ Gruta 77
6/10/2010 - Barcelona @ Zac Club (Venue Change)
6/11/2010 - Valencia @ Durango Club
6/12/2010 - Vitoria @ Helldorado
Source: MySpace
June 27 - July 13
Versailles Philharmonic Quintet
World Tour
June 04 Sao Paulo / BRAZIL
June 06 Santiago / CHILE
June 09 Buenos Aires / ARGENTINA
June 11 Lima / PERU
June 13 Mexico City / MEXICO
June 27 Moscow / RUSSIA
June 29 Helsinki / FINLAND
June 30 London / UK
July 02 Baecelona / SPAIN
July 03 Montpellier / FRANCE
July 06 Amsterdam / HOLLAND
July 07 Cologne / GERMANY
July 09 Hamburg / GERMANY
July 11 Budapest / HUNGARY
July 13 Paris / FRANCE
Source: Site
May 31-June 2
Melt Banana
Australia Gigs
May 31st: Noise Night at Opera Theatre
Vivid Live at Sydney Opera House - curated by Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed.
w/ Boris and Bardo Pond
June 2nd: MxBx Solo performance at The Studio
Source: Site
See Also: Calendar, Experimental, Hard Rock, June, May, Melt Banana, Punk
June 19th and 20th
Jin Akanishi (of KAT-TUN)
Club Nokia, Los Angeles, CA
Source: www.jinakanishi.us
See Also: Calendar, Jin Akanishi, June, KAT-TUN
Butterflymonkey (Tsugumi of Pine*am)
Jun 21 - Cafe Orwell Brooklyn, New York
July 2 - Don Pedro Brooklyn, New York
Source: CoolestSound
See Also: Butterflymonkey, Calendar, July, June, Pine AM
June already? Jeesh...
So the "Where Do You Buy Your Japanese Music?" poll is over, and the winner is clear! CDJapan was voted 2-1 over runner-up Yes-Asia in the physical CD category. I know that I've used them both in the past with great results. I currently use CDJapan almost exclusively to get actual CD hard-copies.
MP3s fared much the same, with iTunes also winning out 2-1 over second place JapanFiles. To be fair, iTunes has been around much long and is almost infinitely larger than JapanFiles, so JapanFiles actually did relatively well!
I'm all out if new poll ideas at the moment. I'd love to hear if anyone out there has something interesting they'd like to see. Leave a comment and let me know what you want to see.
The June Calendar is also up. After last month's record setting number of shows, this month is looking a little slim. Check out the list and let me know what's missing.
Thanks again for reading the blog. As always, there is much more on the way. Oh, like the half-year Best Of list! Hoo boy, this year's going to be tough...
And finally....
June 11-12
Miho Hatori (ex-Chibo Matto)
Jun 11 - Glassland - Brooklyn, New York
Jun 12 - The Stone - New York, New York
Source: Superglorious | MySpace
See Also: Calendar, Chibo Matto, June, Miho Hatori
May 22-Jun12
Levelload
UK Gigs
May 22 2009 - UK Liverpool Sound City @ Bumper - Liverpool, Northwest
May 23 2009 - UK London Meat Raffle at Catch - Shoreditch
May 26 2009 - UK London Cool For Cats SINGLE LAUNCH at Old Blue Last - Shoreditch, London and South East
May 30 2009 - UK Brighton Moshi Moshi open-air festival - Brighton
Jun 12 2009 - UK Bangers and Mash at Proud Gallery - London
Source: MySpace
June 12-14
Fake?
Anime Next - Somerset, New Jersey
Source: Japanator
See Also: Anime Next, Calendar, Fake?, June, Rock
The June Events Listing is now up! So far I've dug up nine shows and tours happening around the world. Lots of really great stuff coming up this month, including Halcali at New York's Japan Day, Versailles in LA and the start of the Warped Tour featuring the always energetic Oreskaband playing the entire tour! That's over 40 gigs!
If there's something you know about going on anywhere around the world (the A-Z is read in well over 100 countries, afterall...) please leave a comment and let me know about it. I'll get the listing up right away. Also, if you ever have any photos from live shows you've been to, I'd live to share them as well. Once again, hit up the comments.
I hope you can all get out there and go nuts!
June 15-19
Ayabie
US Tour
Jun 15 Knitting Factory NYC - New York, New York
Jun 16 The 8x10 - Baltimore, Maryland
Jun 18 Logan Square Auditorium - Chicago, Illinois
Jun 19 Safari Sam’s - Los Angeles, California
Source: MySpace
May 21 - July 10
Miyavi
World Tour
May 21 TEATRO TELETON - Santiago, Metropolitana de Santiago
May 23 Bunkyo - Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Japonesa - São Paulo
May 24 Bunkyo - Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Japonesa - São Paulo
Jun 21 Live Music Hall - Cologne
Jun 22 Huxleys Neue Welt - Berlin
Jun 24 P60 Amstelveen
Jun 25 Astoria 2 - London and South East
Jun 27 Sala Apolo - Barcelona
Jun 29 Backstage - München
Jul 01 Tyrol - Stockholm, Stockholms län
Jul 02 Tavastia Klubi - Helsinki
Jul 03 Tavastia Klubi - Helsinki
Jul 06 L’OLYMPIA - Paris
Jul 10 The Wall Live House - Taipei
Source: MySpace
See Also: Acid Mothers Temple, Calendar, June
June 3-5
Budo Grape
US Dates
June 3 - San Antonio, TX - Sam's Burger Joint
June 5 - New York, NY - Knitting Factory (presented by Karaterice)
Source: Japanator
See Also: Budo Grape, Calendar, June