Well, Japan Nite has come and gone here in Austin, and over the course of 2 days I got to see a dozen great bands from Japan, and got my hands on some CDs to share with y'all. On with the girl rock!
First off is FLiP, a great band from Okinawa.
http://www.myspace.com/flipokinawaAnd we had Honey Sac, a fun five-piece band that kinda reminded me of ZONE
http://www.myspace.com/honeysac8239And also we had SpecialThanks, which was one of my favorite bands of Japan Nite. The lead singer is cute as a button and all their songs are in cute engrish.
SpecialThanks「You say GOOD BYE」And now: the links!
FLiP - Hahakara Umareta Hinekure-no UtaHoney Sac - Rakka SLIDER (I accidently tagged the album and title track as Rakka SLIDE, so you may wanna edit that)
SpecialThanks - Seven ColorsOne more thing: The first 50 people got a special sampler CD of all the SXSW japanese bands, and thanks to my obsession i was person #3 in line so I thought I'd share that with y'all too.
Japan Nite Sampler 2009 track listing:
1. FLiP - Hahakara Umareta Hinekure-No Uta (3:20)
2. Dirty Old Men - Day Walker (3:40)
3. Honey Sac - Sparkle (3:40)
4. Sparta Locals - Parade (3:09)
5. Grapevine - Fly (4:18)
6. detroit7 - Mr. Kato On The Road (3:17)
7. Stereopony - Hitohira No Hanabira (3:35)
8. SpecialThanks - You Say Good Bye (3:40)
9. The Emeralds - All My Love For You (3:10)
10. SA - Delight (3:34)
11. Asakusa Jinta - Tokyo-Sabaku De Jidanda (4:26)
12. quaff - Dragon's Fire (4:27)
13. natccu - Apple Z (3:22)
14. Bo-Peep - B-Level Motion (2:47)
15. Omodaka - Kokiriko Bushi (Video Mix) (3:34)
16. Petty Booka - In The Summer Time (3:28)
Japan Nite Sound Sampler 2009Enjoy!