Tokyo Deep: Live picks

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Tokyo Deep Live Picks End Of The Line Bumper Edition!

This will be the last Tokyo Deep Live Picks for the foreseeable future! So make sure you go to each and every one of these events, even if it means being in two places at once. I know I will!

Friday

Twistin' Rumble Bye Bye2016 DJ Session Special!!

Great sendoff at the cozy DJ bar Memphis Kyodai in Shimokitazawa, with Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Ryo the Dynamite, Wild Ox and more!

Saturday

Call And Response Christmas Disco

Secret lineup of Tokyo underground artists in Koenji! And chances are you can snag a copy of the new book on Japanese alternative music, Quit Your Band! Musical Notes from the Japanese Underground! (A review will be forthcoming.)

Sunday

Winstons Presents -Party Time!-

Tokyo's deepest soul band Winstons head up a great lineup at Hatagaya Heavy Sick, with hard rock from The Great Moongoose, Fifi Poorcow's new band Yesterday Once More, DJ Rie from Stompin' Riffraffs and more!

Rockabilly Graffiti -Xmas Party-

London Nite X'mas 36th Anniversary Special

Monday + Wednesday

FRED & TOODY Live in Japan 2016

Members of Portland, OR punk rockers join an all-star Tokyo cast for two gigs. It's worth going just for Guitar Wolf, Fadeaways, Tweezers, Talent Show, Rockbottom, and DJs Hiroshi Sekiguchi and Toyzo! Poor Cow will be open after the Shimokitazawa show.

Live From The Kitchen Disco Volume 31: Bumper Christmas Special!

Last event of the year for Tokyo's most diverse music event - all free!

Also happening

Ramones Exhibition

Nothing But True Punk!

Romi Mori Photo Exhibition「Eternal Dusk」

Gun Clubber and sometime Jesus and Mary Chain guest Romi Mori shows photos from a life in music. Also live and DJ events, see Facebook event for details!

Tokyo Super Junk Show

Massive antique and flea market with hundreds of dealers from all over the world selling 50s, 60s, 70s art, design and fashion!

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Live picks: Weekend of Friday, December 9, 2016

Friday

Let's Bop♪♪

DJ Ayumi & friends at Memphis Brothers in Shimokitazawa

Saturday

Blast Jams!

Guitar Wolf and Neatbeats headline the latest Blast Jams! at Shimokitazawa Basement/Three, with soul from Soulcrap, garage from The Fadeaways and Stompin' Riffraffs, and much more!

Shimokitazawa Three/Basement access map

Here is my number

Another laid-back show at Ichibee Dining in Kichijoji, with the amazing rocking Minnesota Voodomen, indie from Bitter Sweet Generation and more.

Ichibee Dining access map

Tokyo Gig Guide presents FARM PARTY 21: Cocoon Pit, ネオンズ, 病気くん, Barry Zogon Band

Sunday

Young Parisian presents We Got A Radio!

Glam rock and more in Hatagaya!

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Live picks: Week of Friday, November 26, 2016

Wednesday

Deke Dickerson JAPAN TOUR 2016 Tokyo

Get twanging at Hatagaya Heavy Sick with the surf guitar legend known from Untamed Youth and many other projects! Also Japan's own beach combers Jackie and the Cedrics, faux-Mexicans Los Rizlas, the deranged Hasil Nuts, DJs and more!

Thursday

Burlesque Restaurant
Naughtiness and rock-n-roll with The Tassels, plus guest artists The Pringles, lounge DJs and more at Moja in Shibuya!

Friday

YOU GOT A RADIO LAST LIVE

The legendary Tokyo post-punk band bids farewell at Shimokitazawa Shelter!

Mystery Meat Vol. 44: Make Mystery Meat Again
DJ night at Beat Café in Shibuya!

Saturday

Days Of Speed

Low-key show with Key Yoshida (That's A No No!) and more at Kichijoji restaurant Ichibee Dining

Where were you in '63?

Rocking nostalgia with still-going-strong girl band The Pebbles, modsy Motel's Sofa and more at the intimate Green Apple in Koenji!

Litters present powerpop, punk and more from The Tweezers, The Bubbles and more at Kokubunji Morgana!

Outside Japan

If you are in New York, don't miss the chance to see the fantastic Stompin' Riffraffs at The King Khan & BBQ Show on November 22! See their Facebook page for more details & gigs.

Missed it? You can hear them live on WMFU here!

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Halloween Ball 2016!

Book the weekend for the year's wildest party! All Japan's best garage rock bands are playing, plus costumes, international guests, talk shows, and more!

Day 1 Facebook page
Day 2 Facebook page

Also happening

Mystery Meat Vol. 43: Raw Meat

MARCH OF THE MODS

King Salami and the Cumberland 3 Afterparty at Heavy Sick

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Live picks: Weekend of October 21, 2016

It's the calm before the storm next week, as the Back From The Grave Halloween Ball lets loose the Garage Rockin' Craze of 2016. But before that, there's this...

Saturday

Call And Response Indie Disco - Iko Chérie Japan Tour
Iko Cherie from French singer Marie Merlet, formerly of the groups Lisbonne, Zooey and Monade (with Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier), with a deubt album out on Elefant Records.

Sunday

FREAK OUT!

Tweezers, XTits, Australian guests and more at Hatagaya Heavy Sick!

Get Your Mood On Vol. 7

Dark The Giant, CCS, and more at Higashi-Koenji UFO Club

Tuesday

Howlin' Jaws JAPAN TOUR

Howlin' Jaws from France join Mellvins and Minnesota Voodoo Men at Heavy Sick in Hatagaya

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Live picks: Weekend of October 14, 2016

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Kristian Anttila tour

The singer/songwriter from Sweden does a small Tokyo tour, including stops at Poor Cow (Thursday) and Liten Butiken (Saturday)!

Facebook events:

Kristian Anttila x 5 in TOKYO
Kristian Anttila live at Poor Cow
Kristian Anttila (from Sweden) Tokyo Show! in Liten Butiken

Peach Kelli Pop tour

The California band's Japan tour continues - we'd recommend catching up with them along with The Fadeaways, The Mellvins, The Buttercup and Tawings at Green Apple in Koenji!

The Fadeaways × Rhyming Slang presents “TEEN CITY”

More PKP shows

More gigs

Friday

EARLY ALLEY Session 76

Deep soul from Winstons and indie psychedelia from Petersfield, at Hatagaya Heavy Sick

Saturday

Sister Paul present "Tokyo Gay Rockers" at Shibuya Last Waltz

The Tokyo band that recently worked with Doctors of Madness, along with Talent Show, Rockbottom, more!

Sunday

TVTV/ Candy Ditches / Solid 6½s / Deadkebab and Psychic$

Four bands and a rooftop party with a barbecue. Bring your own drinks!

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Live picks: Weekend of October 7, 2016

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Sunday

Live From The Kitchen Disco Volume 29

Absolutely free show in Shinjuku, featuring alternative stars Molice, Jam cover band Jexit, and Tokyo Deep's very own Fuzz Things.

All week

Peach Kelli Pop Tour

Los Angeles rockers and Burger Records recording artistes Peach Kelli Pop join lots of great Japanese bands for a whirlwind tour of Tokyo! Check out the flyers below and their homepage. Look out for even more shows next week!