うずひ (UZUHI), Studio Gangsters, The Lesser Pauls!

Japanese punk rock band うずひ (Uzuhi) came to town! It was very exciting, and as soon as M and I walked in with our awesome bandanas that displayed the kanji ichiban (meaning #1 in Japanese) around a red rising sun, the band came up to us and we exchanged a hey-you're-awesome moment!

Their music is hyper punk rock that is juxtaposed with melodic Japanese instrument keyboard effects. Even the singing styles of the lead singer and the keyboard girl are so completely opposite, that the way they mesh it all together just makes you want to happily bounce around, really hard.

My attempts to congregate my Japanese classmates at the show failed; but a classmate did say that their self titled music video Uzuhi is like Japan on crack! Of course.. that's all the Japanese music I've encountered so far! The drummer is THE CUTEST JAPANESE MAN I HAVE SEEN IN MY LIFE!

Uzuhi Myspace

This is the awesome photo we had taken with Uzuhi! We're the ones with bandanas!

The drummer is the one with the bunny on his shirt!

The Studio Gangsters were hilarious. At first I was like.. who are those douchebags in tracksuits? Then when they got on stage I had a moment of understanding. They were very hilarious with tracks like "Who's your Daddy" and "I stole your remote control". There was this one guy who's position was to basically stand on stage, nod his head and be awesome. He was wearing a blue suit with a half buttoned shirt, thick rimmed glasses, and had a gun belt buckle. You can actually see him bobbing his head and grabbing his belt-buckle in the video below!

Studio Gangsters Myspace

I enjoyed The Lesser Pauls, they had a style slightly similar to The Yeah Yeah Yeah's.

Lesser Pauls Myspace

Matt Allivato and Tyler Nail at Arts Festival

      In the small and growing suburb of King, an exciting community event happened. For the first time ever there was an Arts Festival (that I know of at least) hosted by the Foothills coffeeshop. Several artists displayed their art and their musical talents, one of which was my friend and fellow graduating class comrade Matt.

      I love seeing Matt play, because he always plays with such emotion that you are transfixed by it and are submerged into his music and lyrics that you forget everything else. His lyrics totally give him away as a romantic, and even make me believe in love.

      Matt has a beautiful voice! And he's awesome.

This next song may be something most of you may recognize... "It's Business Time" by Flight of The Conchords. A crowd favorite for sure.

They Might Be Giants

It was a very exciting time when I heard that Johnathan Coulton and They Might Be Giants were in town! In the attempt to make a fashionably late entrance (caused by repetitive shot-taking and the lacking ability to find a parking space on time) we missed Johnathan Coulton. Finally, a parking space later, I reasoned that if they were going to search my bag when I walked in that I am not letting them tell me I can't take in my flask. So I stuck it in my bra and walked in like I couldn't feel the icy cold feel of steel on my boobs. Once inside, M. and I were joined by our friend and waited about half an hour for the show to start, killing the flask, and drinking beers until the show began. As you can see, it was a crazy time, with a lot of confetti cannons going off and the sexy sounds of trumpet.

Gogol Bordello photography

Here is some of my favorite photography of Gogol Bordello

Danny North is a fantastic photographer able to capture the fun spontaneity and give it a beautiful photographic flair!

Danny North: Gogol Bordello