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Japan Nite US Tour

By Bobby /Mar 02, 2007
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Oreskaband

Here’s your chance to watch some of the coolest indie bands from Japan and you don’t have to fly to Tokyo to do it.

Japan Nite US Tour 2007 kicks off on March 10.  The line-up varies by city, but here’s a list of the bands and it includes one of my personal favorites, Go!Go!7188 (Hooray!).

1. THE EMERALDS (3-piece rock)
2. Go!Go!7188 (Girls Rock) -NY/Chicago/SXSW/SF/LA
3. The 50 Kaitenz (Rock ‘n Roll!!)
4. ORESKABAND (All teenage girl ska punk) -SXSW/SF/LA
5. HY (J-rock from Okinawa)
6. Pistol Valve (10 pcs all girl brass band)
7. Asakusa Jinta (Psychobilly punk marching band)

Asakusa Jinta

Tour Schedule

3/10 (Sat.) BOSTON @ T.T. The Bear’s
3/11 (Sun.) NY @ Knitting Factory
3/13 (Tue.) Philadelphia @ Khyber
3/14 (Wed.) CHICAGO @ Empty Bottle
3/16 (Fri.) Austin, SXSW @ Elysium
3/18 (Sun) Los Angeles @ Knitting Factory
3/19 (Mon.) San Francisco @ Independent
3/20 (Tue.) Seattle @ Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room

Huge, huge props to Benten Label for bringing out these bands and putting on the tour every year.
For complete information on the tour and about each band, please visit the Japan Nite US Tour website.

LINK: Japan Nite MySpace page

The 50 Kaitenz

Go!Go!7188 “Ukifune”