Our Buddy Superglorious and the New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced the Far East To East Showcase (FETES) 2009, a night of innovative music that brings together four of the best musical artists from both the Far East and the East Coast. FETES takes place in The Studio at Webster Hall (125 East 11th Street, New York City) on Sunday, September 27. Doors open at 5:30 PM and the show kicks off at 6:30 PM. The FETES musical lineup includes Kokusyoku Sumire, Echostream, Swinging Popsicle, and Gelatine. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 the day of the show and available now at ticketweb and websterhall.com. The show is open to audiences of all ages.

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London based singer/song writer Livan’s sound is a healthy mixture of punk, pop and glam, and he’s already been compared to Peter Murphy, Billy Idol, The Kaiser Chiefs and Bowie. And he’ll be on tour in the US this fall to promote his new album “Happy Returns.” The title track gives a good taste of the album as a whole — its industrial vibe conjures up Billy Idol circa Generation X. A music video of his album’s title song “Happy Returns” is included below, please enjoy. And for the ones who are interested in downloading the song, click here.

Tour Schedule
Sunday 9/20
The Viper Room – Los Angeles

Monday 9/21 – X1FM (free show) – San Diego

Wed. 9/23 – Whiskey – Los Angeles

Thurs. 9/24 – Brick by Brick – San Diego

Sat. 9/26 – Rockit Room – San Francisco

Not sure if you have seen the news or not, recent Typhoon Morakot which unleashed the worst floods in 50 years in Taiwan and millions of dollars lost and death toll not known as of yet. After hearing this terrible news, Hsu-Nami decided that they are going to donate all the proceeds from this show to the survivors and the needs. Please support the cause while enjoy the music, people!

Show Details:

Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 (9PM ~)
Arlene’s Grocery
95 Stanton Street, NYC

Admission: $8 (Please mention “The Hsu-nami” to the door person)

This is 21+ show

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Shonen Knife, the legendary all-female Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka, Japan, is back again with a new album (Super Group) and tour. Since the original member and bassist Atsuko moved to Los Angeles and left the band, Naoko and Etsuko played with support bassists. On the new album “Super Group”, support bassist Ritsuko has joined the band as an official member. Now Shonen Knife has become a 3 piece band again and a super group was born.

In 2007, they released an album “fun! fun! fun!” in Japan. Since then, they’ve spent very busy days playing lots of shows, they enjoyed a North American tour, recorded a cover song for an AC/DC tribute album and played at many international rock festivals. In 2009 Shonen Knife signed a deal with Good Charamel Records to release their 14th studio album,“Super Group” to the fans in North America! Tours of Europe, Australia and North America will follow the release of the new CD – Super Group!

The concept of this album is to “go back to the starting point of ROCK”. All the lyrics on “Super Group” are written in English. The 1st song “Super Group” is very punk pop like the Buzzcocks. “Muddy Bubbles Hell” and “Pyramid Power” taste like Heavy Metal. “BBQ Party” starts with a Jonathan Richman like intro and transforms into punk rock. The harmony at the last part of “Na Na Na” is very cute. The last song is a cover of Paul McCartney and the Wings song “Jet”, the Shonen Knife version is very fun and very ROCK. This album makes everybody happy. Check out one of their music video and tour date below.  You can find out more about them at their website. Rock on~

Shonen Knife “SUPER GROUP” 2009 NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES

10/16 Fri – New York, NY – Santos Party House
10/17 Sat – Ithaca, NY – Cornell University
10/18 Sun – Toronto, Canada – Horseshoe Tavern
10/19 Mon – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
10/20 Tues – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
10/21 Wed – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
10/22 Thurs – Day Off
10/23 Fri – Missoula, MT – The Badlander
10/24 Sat – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern
10/25 Sun – Vancouver, Canada – Biltmore Cabaret
10/26 Mon – Bellingham, WA – The Nightlight
10/27 Tues – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
10/28 Wed – Day Off
10/29 Thurs – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
10/30 Fri – San Jose – Blank Club
10/31 Sat – Visalia, CA – The Cellar Door
11/1 Sun – Oakland, CA – Uptown
11/2 Mon – Los Angeles, CA – Echo
11/3 Tues – San Diego, CA – Casbah
11/4 Wed – Tucson, AZ – Plush
11/5 Thurs – Day Off
11/6 Fri – San Antonio, TX – Sam’s Burger Joint
11/7 Sat – Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Festival
11/8 Sun – Houston, TX – Numbers Nightclub
11/9 Mon – Day Off
11/10 Tues – Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
11/11 Wed – Memphis, TN – Hi Tone
11/12 Thurs – Atlanta, GA – E.A.R.L.
11/13 Fri – Richmond, VA – Plaza Bowl
11/14 Sat – Hoboken, NJ – Maxwells
11/15 Sun – Allston, MA – Great Scotts
11/16 Mon – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
11/17 Tues – Brookyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl
11/18 Wed – Buffalo, NY – Mohawk Place

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Alien Workshop is also dropping in on NYC’s Go Skateboarding Day by giving away a free tee to anyone who comes in and buys a complete at the Burton Flagship store on 106 Spring Street in Manhattan.

Alien Workshop
106 Spring St.
New York, NY 10012
at Mercer St.
212-966-8068

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Pioneer of street art, Keith Haring, made his mark in 1989, the year of the fall of the Berlin Wall, when he created his last public work in Pisa, Italy. Named Tuttomondo, Haring had painted on a church wall of Sant’Antonio Abate. For the twentieth anniversary of Keith Haring visiting Pisa, the city is organizing a temporary outdoor arts/music festival to celebrate his arrival called MetArtRock 2009. Taking place in the Garden Scotto on Thursday June 25th the festival will be curated by Massimo Pasca.

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Rumor said Banksy will be returning to Bristol this weekend for a Summer Show. In true Banksy fashion, all details are to come.

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Daniel Seifert, better known as Attaboy, will be presenting his first solo show in two years at LA’s POV Evolving Gallery in LA’s Chinatown on June 13th. In addition to Atta’s meticulously hand- cut shadow casting spray varnish stenciled plastic pieces and elaborate “exploded view” drawings, there will be a Gooberry Patch in the back room! Here visitors will be able to pick an unripe talking pull string Gooberry Plush and take it home to abuse. Music in the Gooberry Patch will be by toy piano mash-up genius Twink. If you happened to be around the area, remember to drop by.

Our friend Superglorious is presenting a showcase at the upcoming Northside Festival on Thursday June 11th at The Glasslands Gallery (289 Kent Ave Brooklyn, NY). The line up included the ex-lead chanteuse of the groundbreaking Cibo Matto – Miho Hatori, a five-piece band whose members are split between Washington, DC, and New York City – Exit Clov,
New York City’s Autodrone, one of the most promising bands in New York City –
Class Actress, and Music by DJ Captain Heartlock. The doors open at 8pm and show starts at 9pm. Cover cost per head is $15, age 21 a must. For more info visit northsidefestival.com, or Glasslands Gallery’s site. Rock on people, rock on~

Pairing up two of the more influential professionals in their fields, artist Reach and famed photographer Yonehara Yasumasa aka Yone, look to set open the latest leg of their Partouze Exhibition with a show in Hong Kong. The opening will take place on May 29th, 2009 (11am-8pm) running through June 4th at the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei
Kowloon, Hong Kong). The cocktail party will begin at 7pm until 10pm with a live body painting session scheduled for the next day at 3pm.

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