Rainbow Destroyer Blog

This is my friend Masashi Imanishi of the band Lemon's Chair's record label. Putting out all sorts of neo-shoegaze bliss. Based out of Osaka...
Check out the new music video:


and see the myspace for more info on releases and shows.

Labels: Boyfriend's Dead, High Fader Records, Japan, Label, Lemon's Chair, Osaka, Tokyo

part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlwXLQ8nbW0&feature=channe
part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkQGpJg4neM&feature=related
part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKc1IUVuwIk&feature=related
part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW58vl4Havc&feature=related
part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhjfmXMlgZ0&feature=related
part 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nReR9JgiNqg&feature=related

in this beach town called Kochi in Shikoku Japan

Labels: Japan, Magical Mistakes

Labels: Japan, Live, LIVE HOUSE, Magical Mistakes, Osaka

part 1

part 2


featuring guitar by JD Doucet

Labels: Death By Panda, Japan, JD Doucet, Live, Magical Mistakes, PREVIOUSLY DEATH BY PANDA

These are all in the midst of getting organized. I'll make a more official announcement on the website later this week(ish).
5/14 Common Cafe, Osaka with Psychedelic Desert
5/29 Amagasaki Deepa, Osaka
6/6 Katakamuna, Kobe
6/17 Club Vijon, Osaka

MAGICAL MISTAKES/DEATH BY PANDA
PSYCHEDELIC DRUMS AND SPACE WITH VOCALS ETC. JD DOUCET IS ALSO JOINING ON GUITAR (FOR SOME/ALL SHOWS/TBA)

Labels: Death By Panda, Japan, Live, Magical Mistakes, Osaka

...made sweet love to my soul last night. SWR is the free jazz version of Acid Mothers. If you aren't aware of some of their performance lineups, you can read up on them here. But basically Acid Mothers revolves around Kawabata Makoto, the guitarist with frizzy hair. And Pikachu was fantastic, as expected.

Saxophonist Umezu Kazutoki was a guest musician.

Drummer is from very influential band called Ruins.

Kawabata Makoto is a genuine baddass.


This is Pikachu. One half of Afurirampo. They are all involved in so many projects. I've seen both of them in various side-projects, but never seen them together. It's a shame. They were actually playing another show last night with Bogulta and Oshiri Penpenz. Also, Pikachu's MOM came to the show, which made me really really happy.

I bought a tape recorder to start documenting Japan and Japanese music in particular. I'm going to use a lot of the recordings for research or my senior thesis. I ended up interviewing Kawabata Makoto, which really surprised me. He talks about music, politics, drugs, Osaka, etc.
You can listen to it here: Kawabata Makoto Interview
Here's short part 2, about Namba Bears (the venue) founder Yamamoto Seichi (of Boredoms fame).
Kawabata Makoto Part2
I should apologize if I sound like a tool. I started speaking in Japanese and forgot to go back to English. That happens to me all the time in this country.

Here are some recordings of the show:
They covered KING CRIMSON: 21CenturySchizoidMAN.mp3
WITH PIKACHU: PikachuAcidMOTHERS.mp3
BEAUTIFUL FREEEDOM: FreeJazz1.mp3

It was a very beautiful evening.

Labels: Acid Mothers Temple, Acid Mothers Temple SWR, Afurirampo, Bears, Bootleg, Interview, Japan, Kawabata Makoto, Namba, Namba Bears, Osaka, Pikachu, Ruins, あふりらんぽ

BIZARRE?
I saw him last night and on New Years also.

Labels: art, artist, ikko taniuchi, Japan, Kobe, Osaka

With ENVY
http://www.temporaryresidence.com/mp3s/envy_gomadandmark.mp3
I tried to see this band three years ago when they played at Fuck Yah Fest in LA but things got complicated.
now that wait is over.
thank GOD.
I wonder what attracts me to Envy's brand of hardcore over all the other stuff I scoff at. I think it's that underneath the screaming high school angst are some unbelievably beautiful guitar parts. Unbelievable beauty :)

Event is at Shangra-Li in Osaka-Umeda on January 29th.

Labels: ENVY, Japan, Osaka, Shangra-Li, sonzai records, temporary residence