Rainbow Destroyer Blog

I'm not gonna have a good introductory narrative to tell this story. I'm just going to put it out there. When I saw Nagisa ni Te yesterday night, it was only the guy (Shibayama) and his bassist friend. His girlfriend/drummer/vocalist wasn't playing. I have no idea why. He didn't offer any explanation either. So from the start I was already a bit devastated. I watched the show in a bittersweet drunken stupor. But I'll continue with my story: Shibayama, the male vocalist guitar god in Nagisa ni Te, is just that--he's fucking incredible. You can catch hints of the raging psychedellia couped up within this man on their records, but the live setting really showcases the great range of guitar delay/distortion/noise freakouts juxtaposed with delicate vocal arrangements.
I should also note that Shibayama does a great job at playing the tortured artist, but in a particularly Japanese way. He's this aging musician, probably in his mid-40s but he's got this perfect look on his face, like an older guy reflecting on how bittersweet and lonely his life has been. It felt like this emotion carried him away so much that he had trouble playing the songs at times. Like he definitely just fucked one song up and stopped playing, panting and out of breath and said "gomennasai" like five times while staring at the ground with this timeless eye-glimmer half-smile half-suicidal break down. It was absolutely beautiful.



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So Nagisa ni Te is playing at Namba Bears (a live house run by ex-boredoms) on November 7. I'm going to go to that. Maybe girlfriend/drummer Takeda will be there. God I hope so.






Other music I saw last night... let's see:
三輪二郎といまから山のぼり/ぱぱぼっくす/
前野健太とDAVIDBOWIEたち/OA~さんましめそば

ぱぱぼっくす: Girl and guy
前野健太とDAVIDBOWIEたち: This guy sang a great song about "anata ga koibito ni naritai" (i want you to be my lover) but it had enough soul to it so i got him to give me a free CD sampler with that song on it.

Labels: Live, LIVE HOUSE, Musica Japonica, Nagisa Ni Te, OA~さんましめそば, Osaka, ぱぱぼっくす, 三輪二郎といまから山のぼり, 前野健太とDAVIDBOWIEたち