Japan Underground

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Japan Underground is back, bringing with it the energy and sparkle of Tokyo’s alternative night life - and also three bands from the Tokyo indie scene too! Plus tracks from jrock, visual kei, jmetal and quirky jpop, electro and other japanese music scenes until 3am!

Tokyo Pinsalocks are a psychedelicious three-girl groove-pop outfit who have toured the UK and US several times. In step with the Tokyo music scene, their latest album, ‘KURUKURU TO GURUGURU’, takes on a more electronic sound, and the trio’s fun live show pits bass and drum grooves against Naoko’s ice-cool modulated vocals.
www.pinsalocks.com
http://www.myspace.com/tokyopinsalocks

GalapagosS is the brand-new project of Sharaku Kobayashi (vocals/guitar/sequencer), from the internationally successful chiptune unit FLOPPY. The new group’s name reflects the insular evolution of Japan’s society in isolation from the rest of the world, tapping the zeitgeist to inform their 8bit-soaked fusion of techno pop, new wave and punk. They perform as a full band, giving blisteringly aggressive live shows, and borrow as much from anime, manga and videogames as they do from music.
http://galapagoss.syncl.jp/

Techno-rock unit HONDALADY have history stretching back to 1996 but have performed as a two-man outift since 2002. Their 8th album, ‘Sneaker mon amour’, has been an underground hit in Japan, and the duo have also written music for videogames on Nintendo Wii, growing them a fanbase among gameheads in Europe and the US.
www.hondalady.net
www.myspace.com/hondaladyjapan