GLASS BEAMS
Glass Beams are a Melbourne-based trio led by Indian-Australian multi-instrumentalist Rajan Silva. After you get over the fact that they play in freaky, glass-beaded face masks—like the ugly girls in the harem—you can plunge into their rich stew of psychedelic funk and indie-jazz, infused with traditional Indian music influences (hypnotic ragas, Bollywood, etc.) along with a bit of Aussie surf rock and krautrock polyrhythms thrown in. Did I hear a digeridoo? You might just be too busy figuring out what's in this "aural curry" to know if you love it or not. My guess is you will.
21st Oct. Spotify O-East, Shibuya. Price: ¥8,800 (Ticket info).
21st Oct. Spotify O-East, Shibuya. Price: ¥8,800 (Ticket info).
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE
Due to a typhoon, an ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE show we recommend some months back was cancelled. Who knows what will happen this time. Personally, my money's on a giant eathquake! But if the elements permit, expect spaced-out, psychedelic rock, hopped-up droney ethereal music with a solid vibe, and bursts of manic guitar pyrotechnics. When they started out 30 years ago, the Temple were already looking back a similar length of time to free jazz, krautrock, and prog and it shows.
25th of Nov. Aoyama Moonromantic. Price: ¥4,000 (Ticket info).
Due to a typhoon, an ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE show we recommend some months back was cancelled. Who knows what will happen this time. Personally, my money's on a giant eathquake! But if the elements permit, expect spaced-out, psychedelic rock, hopped-up droney ethereal music with a solid vibe, and bursts of manic guitar pyrotechnics. When they started out 30 years ago, the Temple were already looking back a similar length of time to free jazz, krautrock, and prog and it shows.
25th of Nov. Aoyama Moonromantic. Price: ¥4,000 (Ticket info).
VIAGRA BOYS
Variously described, VIAGRA BOYS sound mainly like dance punk/ surf music to me. They also sound the way you'd expect a "punky" post-2015 (when they were founded) Swedish rock band to sound -- kind of easy on the ears -- expect they have a lot more lyrical edge than you'd expect. But it's more on the cynical side than the angry. This is mainly down to louche lead singer and lyricist Sebastian Murphy, a mini MORRISSEY (with a side order of the FALL's Mark E. Smith), and his tendency to pick and squash the low-hanging fruit of our shallow materialism and techno narcissism.
Variously described, VIAGRA BOYS sound mainly like dance punk/ surf music to me. They also sound the way you'd expect a "punky" post-2015 (when they were founded) Swedish rock band to sound -- kind of easy on the ears -- expect they have a lot more lyrical edge than you'd expect. But it's more on the cynical side than the angry. This is mainly down to louche lead singer and lyricist Sebastian Murphy, a mini MORRISSEY (with a side order of the FALL's Mark E. Smith), and his tendency to pick and squash the low-hanging fruit of our shallow materialism and techno narcissism.
27th Jan. Spotify O-East, Shibuya. Price: ¥7,800 (Ticket info).
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