[VAR]iable expression » Japan Nite http://www.mvarmazis.com Maria Varmazis' blog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:30:20 +0000 en hourly 1 Japan Nite 2009 http://www.mvarmazis.com/japan-nite-2009/ http://www.mvarmazis.com/japan-nite-2009/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:18:05 +0000 Maria Varmazis http://mvarmazis.com/?p=143 detroit7

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]]> http://www.mvarmazis.com/japan-nite-2009/feed/ 1 Japan Nite rocks TT’s—and yea, I was there http://www.mvarmazis.com/japan-nite-rocks-tts/ http://www.mvarmazis.com/japan-nite-rocks-tts/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:52:06 +0000 Maria Varmazis http://mvarmazis.com/this-is-a-test-post/ Had an absolutely fantastic time on Monday. It was Saint Patrick’s Day in Boston, but I didn’t have a sip of green beer. Instead, I was at TT and the Bears in Cambridge at Japan Nite, a tour of the Japanese artists from this year’s SXSW Festival.

It was PACKED to capacity. Most people were there as hardcore fans, but there were a lot of stragglers that wandered in, curious about the weird variety of acts–a ukelele duo, garage rock, reggae-inspired punk.

My absolute favorite group of the night was garage rockers Detroit7. Totally high energy throughout their set, Detroit7 tore up the stage. I think they only played a half hour but they were all completely drenched in sweat by the end of it. Intense, intense, intense! Needless to say when they finished I ran over to their merch table and bought their album “Great Romantic,” which I’ve been listening to non-stop for several days now. Keep an eye on these guys, I think they’re only going to get bigger and better.

The band in the header photo? That’s Scandal, four Osaka schoolgirls with a penchant for pop-rock. They have a lot of musical talent, that’s for sure. Too bad a lot of the rather sketchy guys up front didn’t really care.

As always, I have pics up on my flickr account. SXSW Japan Nite @ TT Bears photo set is here.

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