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Teenage Fanclub Concert

ティーンエイジ・ファンクラブ (Teenage Fanclub) は、スコットランドはグラスゴー出身のオルタナティヴ・ロックバンドである。略称は『TFC』。


Teenage Fanclub are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Bellshill in 1989. The band was founded by Norman Blake (vocals, guitar), Raymond McGinley (vocals, lead guitar) and Gerard Love (vocals, bass), all of whom share lead vocals and songwriting duties. The band's current lineup consists of Blake, McGinley, Love, Francis MacDonald (drums) and Dave McGowan (keyboards). In concert, the band usually alternate among its songwriters, giving equal playing time to each one's songs. Although often pegged as alternative rock, the group have incorporated a wide variety of elements from various music styles in their songs.
Teenage Fanclub have had a succession of drummers, including Francis MacDonald, Brendan O’Hare and Paul Quinn, who left the band after recording the album Howdy!. Quinn was replaced by the returning Francis MacDonald. Keyboardist Finlay MacDonald (no relation) has also been a member. As of September 2016, the band have released ten studio albums and two compilation albums.
Teenage Fanclub emerged from the Glasgow C86 scene. Their sound is reminiscent of Californian bands like the Beach Boys and the Byrds, and their seventies counterparts Big Star. Originally a noisy and chaotic band, their first album A Catholic Education, released in 1990 on Paperhouse, is largely atypical of their later sound, with the possible exception of "Everything Flows". The King, their next album, received critical reviews; it consisted of a number of self-confessed shambolic guitar thrashes and a cover of Madonna's "Like a Virgin".

Their next album, Bandwagonesque, released on Creation Records in the UK and Geffen in the US, brought Teenage Fanclub a measure of commercial success. Bandwagonesque was more deliberately constructed, the hooks became stronger, the guitar riffs were brought under control, and the harmony vocals took shape. Bandwagonesque won Spin magazine's 1991 end-of-year poll for best album, beating Nirvana's Nevermind, their Creation stablemates My Bloody Valentine's album Loveless, and R.E.M.'s Out of Time.

The Rumjacks JAPAN TOUR 2018

FUNGUS is a Japanese punk rock band. Ex.TRACY's vocalist Kamisaka and bassist Shibagaki formed the band in 1997 and released the 1st ALBUM "For tomorrow" in 2000. After that, consistently 8 original albums and 2 best albums were released. Their music varies widely from violently punk to "hot, gentle and heartful", and their message is generated not only by fans but also by many active bands.

With the withdrawal of GERU (Key), GEN joins as a guitarist and vigorously performs live activities in various places. They have been organizing Japan tours together, also international tours such as 2015 BOMBSHELL ROCKS in Sweden, BOOZE & GLORY in the UK in 2017, The Rumjacks in Australia in 2018 and there are many more to go.

The Rumjacks are a punk rock/celtic folk band from Sydney, Australia.
Formed in 2008 by Will Swan, the Rumjacks combine a variety of musical influences, including elements of punk rock and traditional celtic folk. The band wasted little time releasing their debut EP Hung, Drawn & Portered quickly followed by their second EP 'Sound as a Pound' released later in the year. The Rumjacks never a work shy group quickly developed a strong local following, through their constant touring and energetic performances they became a must-see group of the Sydney and Australian music scene. With their strong local support and burgeoning international awareness The Rumjacks quickly secured international supports with punk legends U.K Subs, GBH and Gypsy punk legends Gogol Bordello amongst others.

After some early line up changes, the band settled on and maintained their line up of McLaughlin, McKelvey, drummer Anthony Matters, guitarist Gabriel Whitbourne and banjo/mandolin/bouzouki player Adam Kenny, recording three critically acclaimed albums together 'Gangs of New Holland' (2010), 'Sober and Godless' (2015) and recently released 'Sleeping Rough'(2016) before Anthony's departure following their sold out 2016 European tour.

The music video for their 2011 single "An Irish Pub Song" from the 2010 album 'Gangs of New Holland' exploded on-line, amassing over 37 million views and counting on YouTube, and is the catalyst to the groups growing success and popularity in Europe and the U.S.A.

In 2014, the band featured in Nicky's Detox, an EP by The Moorings, the song being titled Shandon Bells.

In addition to performing shows in many Australian cities, The Rumjacks have embarked upon two sold out European tours. The first European tour in 2015 featured the legendary Jarocin Festival in Poland and the enigmatic Boomtown Fair UK. Quickly followed by their mammoth 2016 Euro tour, that saw The Rumjacks featuring on the Main stages of; Woodstock Poland, Mighty Sounds, Punk Rock Holiday and Lowlands Festival to name a few. With 2016 drawing to a close The Rumjacks have announced their first ever U.S tour, commencing March 2017 and featuring at San Diego's Shamrocked Fest. and Austin's renowned SXSW Music Festival.

Dr. Soul is a Japanese rock and roll band.

There are 2 members in the group.
Before the band was established, YOKOI and SUGI were playing in separate bands.
After that, they met each other and decided to formed a special music band for their own.
Let's change the world afterwards with rock and roll! And Dr. Soul was formed.

After many events, nationwide tour, Dr. Soul has gained significant popularity.

昌平 ワンマンライブ2018

生音 ～機材なんかいらない～ 路上ライブで大切にしているのは「生の音」 スピーカーを通さない楽器と声の自然な音色を感じてほしい。 このライブでは、声の響きを最大限に活かすために、クラシックのコンサートホールを選びました。 普段のライブでは演奏しないピアノも披露! アコースティックの繊細かつダイナミックな音楽の世界をお楽しみください。

PROFILE

1995年7月18日生まれ。神奈川県三浦市出身。
大学3年生の時、就職活動をする中で「自分のやりたいこと」が歌だと気づき、大学4年から本格的に音楽活動を開始。SNSには380本を超えるカバー動画を投稿し、横浜を中心に、関東各地、生音にこだわった路上ライブやライブ活動を展開している。
アンプいらずの声の響きは、多くの人の足を止め、綺麗事だけではない、まっすぐな歌詞はリスナーを惹きつける。
ピアノ、アコギ、ハーモニカ等、多くの楽器を演奏する若きシンガーソングライター 。
歌う時にアゴが出る癖から、自らを「アゴお兄さん」と名乗っているが、あまり定着はしていない。
今回、人生初のワンマンライブに挑戦!!
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Vashia

Barbara Trzetrzelewska, known simply as Basia (born 30 September 1954) is a Polish singer-songwriter and record producer. After finding initial success in the mid-1980s as a singer for the British sophisti-pop trio Matt Bianco, Basia established a solo career in 1986 and subsequently enjoyed a successful recording career featuring characteristically Latin-flavoured jazz-pop crossover songs. She is noted for possessing a wide vocal range, approximately three octaves that span from contralto to soprano tessituras, as well as her singular jazz-influenced stylings and multi-layered harmonies.

The buoyant melodies, joyful rhythms, and unmistakable voice of Basia returns in May 2018 with ‘Butterflies’, her first new album in nine years. The lead single, “Matteo,” is a classic Basia track: a breezy samba with a flowing melody carried by layers of percussion and Spanish guitar.

In 2013, Poland honored Basia with important cultural awards: The Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, as awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland, and the Decoration for Merit to Polish Culture, awarded by the Polish Ministry of Culture. In 2017 she was given the Silver Gloria Artis medal from the Polish Ministry of Culture for her artistic achievement.


Barbara Trzetrzelewska, known simply as Basia [ˈbaɕa tʂɛtʂɛˈlɛfska]  (  listen ), (born 30 September 1954) is a Polish singer-songwriter and record producer. After finding initial success in the mid-1980s as a singer for the British sophisti-pop trio Matt Bianco, Basia established a solo career in 1986 and subsequently enjoyed a successful recording career featuring characteristically Latin-flavoured jazz-pop crossover songs. She is noted for possessing a wide vocal range, approximately three octaves that span from contralto to soprano tessituras, as well as her singular jazz-influenced stylings and multi-layered harmonies.
Basia was born in Jaworzno, Poland in 1954. She debuted as a guest of local amateur rock band Astry and performed with them at the Polish Festival of Beat Avangarde in Kalisz, where they won. Thanks to this performance, she became a member of the popular Polish all-female vocal group Alibabki from 1972 to 1974. From 1977 to 1979, she sang with the rock band Perfect.

Settling temporarily in Hyde Park, Chicago in 1979, she relocated to London in 1981. It was there she met Mark Reilly and his collaborator Danny White (brother of jazz guitarist Peter White). The trio performed in 1983 as the jazz-pop group Bronze, but later changed their name to Matt Bianco and recorded their debut album Whose Side Are You On?, released in 1984. The album was a hit across Europe, selling more than 1.5 million copies and bringing two top 30 hits on the UK Singles Chart: "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" and "Half a Minute".

Basia and Danny White left Matt Bianco in 1985 to launch her solo career; this was the beginning of a longtime collaboration lasting through the 2000s. Her first album Time and Tide was released in 1987, selling almost two million copies. As a solo artist Basia achieved her greatest success in the United States, where she sold over one million units of her debut album. It brought her the US top 30 track "Time and Tide" on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and also such hits as "Prime Time TV" and "New Day for You". Her second album, London Warsaw New York, repeated that accomplishment in 1989. It also sold almost two million units, including more than one million in the US, and featured another top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, "Cruising for Bruising". London Warsaw New York also included Stevie Wonder's "Until You Come Back to Me" and "Baby You're Mine", another hit song. Both albums topped Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums, but her second album also became Top Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year, even beating the Grammy Award-winning Album of the Year, Back on the Block from Quincy Jones. While achieving great success in the US market, Basia also became a very popular artist in Asia (mainly in Japan and the Philippines) and Europe (especially in France). She released her first long-form video A New Day, containing all her videos and an interview, in 1991.

The sea and cake

The Sea and Cake is an American indie rock band with a jazz influence, based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
The group formed in the mid-1990s from members of The Coctails (Archer Prewitt), Shrimp Boat (Sam Prekop and Eric Claridge), and Tortoise (John McEntire); the group's name came from a willful reinterpretation (as the result of an accidental miscomprehension) of "The C in Cake", a song by Gastr del Sol.

Starting with 1997's The Fawn, the group has relied on electronic sound sources, such as drum machines and synthesizers, to color its music, but has retained its distinctive post-jazz combo style. The band has shied away from releasing singles, preferring the album format. Contrary to his multi-instrumentalist role in Tortoise, John McEntire almost exclusively plays drums in The Sea and Cake.
Members Sam Prekop, Archer Prewitt, and John McEntire each have released solo albums. The cover art of The Sea And Cake's releases are largely paintings by member Eric Claridge and photographs by Prekop. Prewitt has been involved in publishing his own comic books and doing graphic design.

In 1995, the band contributed the song "The Fontana" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Bothered produced by the Red Hot Organization. The band was on hiatus from 2004 to 2007. Their most recent album Any Day was released in May 2018.

Cake (stylized CAKE) is an American alternative rock band from Sacramento, California, consisting of singer John McCrea, trumpeter Vince DiFiore, guitarist Xan McCurdy, bassist Daniel McCallum and drummer Todd Roper. The band has been noted for McCrea's sarcastic lyrics and monotone vocals, and their wide-ranging musical influences, including country music, Mariachi, rock, funk, Iranian folk music and hip hop.

Cake was formed in 1991 by McCrea, DiFiore, Greg Brown (guitar), Frank French (drums) and Shon Meckfessel (bass), who soon left and was replaced by Gabe Nelson. Following the self-release of its debut album, Motorcade of Generosity, the band was signed to Capricorn Records in 1995 and released its first single, "Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle", which hit number 35 on the Modern Rock Tracks music chart and was featured on MTV's 120 Minutes; French and Nelson then left the band, and were replaced by Todd Roper and Victor Damiani. Cake's second album, 1996's Fashion Nugget, went platinum on the strength of its lead single, "The Distance". Following a tour of Europe and the United States, both Brown and Damiani announced they were leaving Cake, which led to speculation about the band's future; McCrea eventually recruited Xan McCurdy to take over on guitar, and persuaded Nelson to return.

Prolonging the Magic, the band's third album, was released in 1998 and went platinum, having shipped over one million units; this was followed three years later by Comfort Eagle, the band's first album on Columbia Records, featuring the single "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" which hit number 7 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Following a series of tours, including several versions of the Unlimited Sunshine Tour, the band released Pressure Chief in 2004, its second and last album on Columbia. After creating its own label, Upbeat Records, the band released Showroom of Compassion in 2011, which became its first album to debut at the top of the Billboard charts, selling 44,000 copies in the first week after release.

Cake incorporates a wide range of genres into its music, including country music, mariachi, new wave, college rock, jazz, funk, Iranian folk music, Brazilian music and hip hop. McCrea himself cites Hank Williams, Tom Zé, the Golden Gate Quartet and Sly and the Family Stone as particular influences. The band is most often noted for three things: the prominence of DiFiore's trumpet lines, McCrea's ironic, sarcastic lyrics, and his "droll, deadpan ... monotone" vocals. DiFiore's trumpet work originated with McCrea's desire for a second melodic instrument to go with a song he had written; "A lead guitar playing those lines would have been really hokey. I like it when it's a contrapuntal thing, where the guitar is doing one melody, the vocal is doing another melody, and the trumpet plays this third melody. If the music can be transparent enough, you can hear all three at the same time".

海（うみ、英: the sea または the ocean ）は、地球上の陸地以外の部分で、海水に満たされたところ。海洋とも言う。また、その海洋は【太平洋、大西洋、インド洋】がある。
海は地表の70.8%を占め、面積は約3億6106万km2で、陸地（約1億4889万km2）の2.42倍である。平均的な深さは3729m。海水の総量は約13億4993万立方キロメートルにのぼる。ほとんどの海面は大気に露出しているが、極地の一部では海水は氷（海氷や棚氷）の下にある。

海は微生物から大型の魚類やクジラ、海獣まで膨大な種類・数の生物が棲息する。水循環や漁業により、人類を含めた陸上の生き物を支える役割も果たしている。

天体の表面を覆う液体の層のことを「海」と呼ぶこともある。以下では主に、地球の海について述べる。

海水は、塩（ナトリウムイオンと塩素イオン）を主成分とするミネラルなどが、おおむね濃度3%台で水に溶け込んでいる。ヒトの味覚では海水は「塩辛い」「しょっぱい」と感じられ、古来、海水を塩田などで濃縮して塩を得てきた。

このような塩の味がする水で満たされた区域を、日本では「“うみ”（海）」（英: sea ）と呼び、塩味のしない真水（淡水）で満たされた区域は、面積が広くとも海と区別して“みずうみ”（＜「みず・うみ」、湖）と呼ぶことは古くから行われてきた。

よって、日本海 （Japan Sea）、地中海 （Mediterranean Sea）、瀬戸内海 （Seto Inland Sea）といった各海域は、海と呼ばれている。

大きな塩湖も、古くから「海」と命名されている場合がある（例：カスピ海、死海）。探検・測量による世界地理の把握や地理学が進んだ近代以降、外海とつながっていない場合は“海”には含めず、広大な塩湖であっても“湖”に分類するようになった、ということである。

Beverly

Beverly（ビバリー、1994年6月20日 - ）は、フィリピン出身の女性シンガー。身長153cm。2016年に日本に移住し、本格的に日本での活動をスタート。レーベルはavex trax。
小さい頃からラジオから流れる音楽に合わせて一緒に歌うことが大好きで、ホイットニー・ヒューストンやビヨンセの曲をよく歌っていたが、とても恥ずかしがり屋だったため、なかなか家族以外の人前では歌えなかったところ、母に背中を押され９歳からボイスレッスンに通い始める。

13歳になるとフィリピンの歌唱コンテストに母と一緒に出場するようになり 、母が最前席で見守る中、初めてコンテストで歌った楽曲はクリスティーナ・アギレラの「The Voice Within」だった。

14歳の時にボイスレッスンコーチからの提案で米歌手・ビヨンセの『Listen』を練習曲にしたことが、のちに、本人の最大の特徴であり代名詞となる「規格外 」あるいは「異次元 」などと称される、3Fから5Aの高音域にまで到達するという2オクターブ超のハイトーンボイス習得の契機となり 、その後、高校時代に所属した「エンターテインメントクラブ」での部活動を通して、将来はプロ歌手になることを決意する。

19歳の時に初めてプロの歌唱コンテストに出場し、並み居るプロを相手にヴォーカリスト・パフォーマンス最優秀賞を受賞 、その際に歌ったWhitney Houstonの「one moment in time」は、自身にとって今でも特別な曲となった 。その後、アメリカやカタールなど国外の歌唱コンテストにも挑戦し続け、各国の音楽祭で数々の賞を獲得するに至り、フィリピンの有名作曲家兼音楽プロデューサーで、かつ、当時Beverlyのボイストレーナーでもあったベニー・サトルノが、日本のMISIAの育て親であり、AI、加藤ミリヤ、リリコ、華原朋美などを手がけた株式会社ユニバーソウル代表取締役社長で音楽プロデューサーの与田春生にデモ音源を渡しBeverlyを紹介、さらに与田を介しエイベックス株式会社代表取締役社長CEOで音楽プロデューサーの松浦勝人が、そのハイトーンボイスを高く評価し、即契約となり日本での活動を開始することとなる 。

Snail mail concert

Snail Mail is the American indie rock solo project of guitarist and singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan. In 2015, she started playing her songs live with her band and released the EP Habit in 2016. Snail Mail's debut studio album, Lush, was released on June 8, 2018.

Lindsey Jordan released her self-recorded solo EP Sticki in 2015 and played several live shows with her new band as Snail Mail. She was joined by Ryan Vieira playing bass and Shawn Durham on the drums. After completing one short DIY tour in 2016, Jordan released the EP titled Habit on Sister Polygon Records, which gained traction after being featured on several major US music sites, and they signed with Ground Control Touring. Pitchfork added the EP's opening track," Thinning," to their Best New Track series.

Snail Mail, now with bassist Alex Bass and drummer Ray Brown, toured North America extensively 2017 supporting Priests, Girlpool, Waxahatchee and Beach Fossils. Jordan signed with Matador Records in September 2017 and her debut full-length album Lush was released on June 8, 2018, to generally positive reviews from music critics. Snail Mail played their first headliner tour in the beginning of 2018.

Snail Mail has been well received by critics. Their sound has been described as reminiscent of the 90's sound, "refiguring music from the decade they were born". The bands influences include Sonic Youth, The Cranberries, Pavement, The Velvet Underground, Paramore, and Fiona Apple. Pitchfork described Snail Mail's lyrics as, "emotionally wise, musically clear, and encompasses the once and future sound of indie rock". Rolling Stone magazine gave Snail Mail's debut album Lush three and a half stars but describing the potential of Lindsay Jordan and her music as, "the work of an indie-rock prodigy"

Snail mail and smail (from snail + mail) — named after the snail with its slow speed — is a retronym that refers to letters and missives carried by conventional postal delivery services. The phrase refers to the lag-time between dispatch of a letter and its receipt, versus the virtually instantaneous dispatch and delivery of its electronic equivalent, email.
It is also known, more neutrally, as paper mail, postal mail, land mail, or simply mail and post. An earlier term of the same type is surface mail, coined retrospectively after the development of airmail. This happened between the 1970s and 1990s.
Snail mail penfriends or penpals are those that communicate with one another through the postal system, rather than on the Internet which has become the more common medium.
Some online groups also use paper mail through regular gift or craft hot topics. In some countries, services are available to print and deliver emails to those unable to receive email, like people with no computers or Internet access.
Similar terminology was used in the 1840s to contrast the already-operating postal mail with the new telegraph. The Philadelphia North American stated: "The markets will no longer be dependent upon snail paced mails".
The term "snail mail" appears as early as 1942 in the headline of a news article about slow mail delivery. The term also appears as a sub-headline in a 1951 news article.

The term snail post has much earlier usage, as in an article published 1843, in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (page 656). This was a humorous British reference to the German 'Schnell (fast) Post', which was notoriously slow.

The term snail mail was used by the U.S. Post Office in magazine advertising in the mid to late 1960s to encourage use of zip codes. Ads for zip code use appeared in many issues of LOOK, Life, and the Saturday Evening Post magazines and displayed a caricature of a large snail outfitted as a letter carrier, with the term "Snail Mail" in bold lettering.

The term appears in a Russell Baker humor column about the slow speed of the U.S. Postal Service in 1969.

Saison Rouge

Janet Klein concert

ASH concert

ASKA（アスカ、1958年2月24日 - ）は、日本の男性ミュージシャン。本名：宮﨑 重明 （みやざき しげあき）。旧称：飛鳥 涼（あすか りょう）。福岡県大野城市出身。第一経済大学卒業。所属個人事務所はBurnish Stone、所属レーベルはDADAレーベル。身長170cm、体重70kg。表記名は飛鳥（1978年 - 1988年）、ASUKA（1989年）、ASKA（1990年 - 現在）と変わっている。公式ファンクラブは「Fellows」。
シンガーソングライターでもあり、CHAGE and ASKAのメンバーで、楽曲のボーカル・作詞・作曲を担当している。
1958年2月24日、福岡県筑紫郡大野町（現在の大野城市）雑餉隈（ざっしょのくま）に生まれる。自衛官であり剣道の師範でもある父のもとで幼少期から剣道を続けており、四段の腕前を持つ（高校時代に三段を取得、60歳で四段昇格）。

大野城市立大野北小学校を卒業し大野城市立大野中学校へ進学するが、父親が転勤することになり、中学1年の8月から北海道千歳市に住む。千歳市立千歳中学校を卒業し、札幌第一高等学校へ進学。高校入学時点で身長が148cmと、少年期は非常に身長が低い子であり、本人もかなりコンプレックスに感じていたという。ところが高校時代になると急激に身長が伸びだしたという。高校2年生の時には剣道の北海道代表として全国高等学校総合体育大会（インターハイ）個人戦に出場した。

その直後、父親の転勤願いにより福岡へ帰郷し福岡第一高等学校に編入。同じ学校には柴田秀之（Chage）も在学していた。福岡でも剣道部に入るが、部活の顧問との折り合いが悪くなって高校3年の春で退部してしまった（剣道自体は道場に通うなど続けている）。退部後は時間的余裕が出来て音楽にのめり込んでいく。このことが音楽の道へ進むきっかけになったと自著で述べている。

Jim O'Rourke concert

Jim O'Rourke (born January 18, 1969) is an American musician and record producer He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene. Around 2000, he relocated to New York before moving on to Tokyo, Japan, where he currently resides.

O'Rourke was born on January 18, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois. He is an alumnus of DePaul University.

He has released albums of jazz, noise, glitchy electronica and rock music. O'Rourke has collaborated with Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Kim Gordon, Steve Shelley, Derek Bailey, Mats Gustafsson, Mayo Thompson, Brigitte Fontaine, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Merzbow, Nurse with Wound, Phill Niblock, Fennesz, Organum, Phew, Henry Kaiser, Flying Saucer Attack, and in 2006 mixed Joanna Newsom's album Ys. In 2009, he also mixed several tracks on Newsom's follow up Have One On Me.[3]

He has produced albums by artists such as Sonic Youth, Wilco, Stereolab, Superchunk, Kahimi Karie, Quruli, John Fahey, Smog, Faust, Tony Conrad, The Red Krayola, Bobby Conn, Beth Orton, Joanna Newsom and U.S. Maple. He mixed Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album and produced their 2004 album, A Ghost Is Born, for which he won a Grammy Award for "Best Alternative Album". During the recording of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, O'Rourke collaborated with Wilco member Jeff Tweedy and pre-Wilco Glenn Kotche under the name Loose Fur. Their self-titled debut was released in 2003 with a follow-up in 2006 entitled Born Again in the USA. He also mixed the unfinished recordings that made up a planned third album by the late American singer-songwriter Judee Sill, recorded in 1974 and mixed by O'Rourke for a 2005 release.

O'Rourke was once a member of Illusion of Safety, Gastr Del Sol[4] (with David Grubbs)[5] and Sonic Youth. Beginning in 1999 he played bass guitar, guitar and synthesizer with Sonic Youth, in addition to recording and mixing duties with the group. He withdrew as a full member in late 2005, but continued to play with them in some of their side projects.

In the early 1993, O'Rourke formed an avant-rock group with Darin Gray and Dylan Posa called Brise-Glace. The band released one studio album, When in Vanitas..., in 1994. They also released a 7" in the same year titled In Sisters All and Felony/Angels on Installment Plan.

O'Rourke has also released many albums under his own name on a variety of labels exploring a range of electronic and avant-garde styles. His most well-known works may be his series of releases on Drag City, which focus on more traditional songcraft: Bad Timing (1997), Eureka (1999), Insignificance (2001), The Visitor (2009) and Simple Songs (2015). The titles of the first four albums all refer to films by the British director Nicolas Roeg; the first three by direct reference to film titles, the fourth being titled after a fictional album within Roeg's film The Man Who Fell To Earth.

With music director Takehisa Kosugi, he played for the Merce Cunningham dance company for four years.

O'Rourke received a 2001 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award.

Sergio Mendes concert

Producer, composer, keyboardist and vocalist, Sergio Mendes’ influence on the music industry has spanned five decades and continues to evolve through new collaborations and mediums.

One of the most internationally successful Brazilian artists of all time, Mendes has recorded more than 35 albums, many of which went gold or platinum, and he’s a three-time Grammy® Award winner.

2012, Mendes received his first Oscar® nomination in the music category for “Real In Rio” from the animated, 3-D feature film “Rio.” In addition to being the executive music producer for the blockbuster film, he also contributed five songs to the movie. The soundtrack, Rio: Music from the Motion Picture, featured re-recorded versions of his hits “Mas Que Nada” and “Valsa Carioca.” Mendes, once again, was responsible for bringing the distinctive rhythms of Brazil to a global audience.

Sergio Mendes again provided the music for the animated feature sequel Rio 2. The movie also featured new Brazilian artists. The film was directed by Carlos Saldanha who directed the original 2011 film. Rio 2 was set to be released in the U.S. on April 11, 2014 by 20th Century Fox.

Mendes started his career with 1961’s Dance Moderno and the groups Bossa Rio and the Sergio Mendes Trio. From the mid-1960s to the late ’70s, Mendes established his legendary status by taking numerous albums and singles to the top of the charts. But it was Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 which sparked global stardom. Performing “The Look of Love” at the 1968 Oscars, their version went top 10, quickly followed by the hits “The Fool on the Hill” and “Scarborough Fair.” Enjoying immense popularity, Mendes added soul and funk to his jazz and pop, but always with a Brazilian rhythm. His earlier single, “Mas Que Nada,” marked the first time that a song sung entirely in Portuguese hit Billboard’s Pop chart in the U.S. Mendes’ signature mix of bossa nova/samba and his distinctive pop instrumentation features melodies with distinct sophistication and alluring sexiness that ultimately came to define Brazilian music for many music enthusiasts around the world.

In the ’80s, he scored with the No. 1 Adult Contemporary and pop top-10 hit “Never Gonna Let You Go.” And in 1992 Mendes was awarded his first Grammy® in the category of Best World Music for his album Brasileiro. Since then, Mendes has gone on to be honored with two Latin Grammy® awards for Best Brazilian Record, Timeless (2006) and Bom Tempo (2010), which was also nominated for a 2010 Grammy® award.

Mendes’ innovation and versatility has enabled him to collaborate with a wide a range of
artists. In 2006, his Timeless CD was a collaboration with contemporary pop, rock, urban and hip-hop artists, including Justin Timberlake, John Legend, and Black Eyed Peas—with a re-recording of his early gem “Mas Que Nada” alongside Gracinha Leporace, Mendes’ wife. 2008’s Encanto featured neo-soulster Ledisi and Spanish-language favorite Juanes.

In 2011, Mendes released his 39th album, Celebration: A Musical Journey, which represented his 50 years as a recording artist and included classics from his career as well as new recordings with Ivete Sangalo and Siedah Garrett, among them a remake of “The Fool on the Hill.” He also performed the classic at the 2011 MusiCares Gala Honoring Sir Paul McCartney.

Mendes’ iconic album: HERB ALPERT PRESENTS SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL ’66 was also inducted into the Grammy® Hall of Fame, joining Bruce Springsteen’s Born In The U.S.A., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have A Dream” speech, the Rolling Stones’ Exile On Main St., and others in the 2012 class of historically significant recordings.

Currently, Mendes continues to tour worldwide as well as composing and producing for several upcoming films, including Rio 2, while also working on his own album projects.

Mendes and his cool factor continue to be ever present.

2014 sees the release of his latest album MAGIC, a collection of new songs, recorded with a host of friends and special guests including John Legend, Will.I.Am, Carlinhos Brown and more. Magic also features the 2014 World Cup hit single One Nation.

JESSE HARRIS

現代N.Y.を代表する稀代のシンガーソングライター リスボン録音となる話題の最新作を携え、自身のバンドで登場 ノラ・ジョーンズに提供した「ドント・ノー・ホワイ」でグラミー賞の最優秀楽曲賞を受賞。モダン・アメリカーナの最重要人物にして2000年代N.Y.を代表するシンガー・ソングライター、ジェシー・ハリスがニュー・アルバム『アクアレル』を携えて登場する。ニューヨークに生まれ育ち、レベッカ・マーティンとのユニット“ワンス・ブルー”等を経て’99年からソロ活動を開始。ソロ15弾目となる最新作ではリスボン、N.Y.、L.A.で録音を行ない、ペトラ・ヘイデンやヴァレリー・ジューンをゲストに迎えてさらに多彩な音楽世界を繰り広げている。限りない余韻を残すメロディ・ライン、心を捉えて離さない暖かな歌声。才人ジェシー・ハリスのすべてをライヴで味わいたい。 → JESSE HARRIS 公演詳細へ

Gilbert O'Sullivan concert

Gilbert O'Sullivan was the superstar who topped the UK and US single charts in the 70s with songs of endearing tunefulness, unabashed sentiment and existentialist musings. Today, British singer-songwriter Gilbert O’Sullivan continues to be regarded with tremendous affection and his songs remain well-loved around the world.

Gilbert O’Sullivan was born Raymond Edward O’Sullivan in 1946 in Ireland. He moved to Swindon, England with his family aged 7 and after a formal education became a student at Swindon Art College, specializing in graphic design.
But he had another love – music – and after forming and joining local bands as a drummer/vocalist, he started writing his own songs, heavily influenced by The Beatles as writers and Bob Dylan as a performer. Calling himself Gilbert, with a very distinctive image, two singles released by CBS Records and one with the Major Minor label, got little attention. Undeterred, he sent a demo tape to Gordon Mills, the man behind Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck, who impressed with his song writing, became his manager. The result was his first single on the MAM label, Nothing Rhymed, became a UK Top Ten hit in 1970.

Taylor Swift concert

Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. One of the world's leading contemporary recording artists, she is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage.
Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. She signed with the label Big Machine Records and became the youngest artist ever signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. Her 2006 self-titled debut album peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and spent the most weeks on the chart in the 2000s. The album's third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008. Buoyed by the success of pop crossover singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless became the best-selling album of 2009 in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, with Swift becoming the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Swift was the sole writer of her 2010 album, Speak Now. It debuted at number one in the United States and the single "Mean" won two Grammy Awards. Her fourth album, Red (2012), yielded the successful singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble". For her fifth album, the pop-focused 1989 (2014), she received three Grammys, and became the first woman and fifth act overall to win Album of the Year twice. Its singles "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood" reached number one in the US, Australia, and Canada. Swift's sixth album, Reputation (2017) and its lead single "Look What You Made Me Do" topped the UK and US charts; with the former, she became the first act to have four albums sell one million copies within one week in the US.
As a songwriter, Swift has received awards from the Nashville Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and was included in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time in 2015. She is also the recipient of 10 Grammys, one Emmy, 23 Billboard Music Awards, and 12 Country Music Association Awards, and she holds six Guinness World Records. Swift is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums—including 27.8 million in the US—and 130 million single downloads. She has appeared in Time's 100 most influential people in the world (2010 and 2015), Forbes' top-earning women in music (2011–2015), Forbes' 100 most powerful women (2015), and Forbes Celebrity 100 (2016). Her inclusion in the third of these made her the youngest woman on the list, and she ranked first in Celebrity 100.


Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. One of the world's leading contemporary recording artists, she is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage.
Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. She signed with the label Big Machine Records and became the youngest artist ever signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. Her 2006 self-titled debut album peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and spent the most weeks on the chart in the 2000s. The album's third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008. Buoyed by the success of pop crossover singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless became the best-selling album of 2009 in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, with Swift becoming the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Swift was the sole writer of her 2010 album, Speak Now. It debuted at number one in the United States and the single "Mean" won two Grammy Awards. Her fourth album, Red (2012), yielded the successful singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble". For her fifth album, the pop-focused 1989 (2014), she received three Grammys, and became the first woman and fifth act overall to win Album of the Year twice. Its singles "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood" reached number one in the US, Australia, and Canada. Swift's sixth album, Reputation (2017) and its lead single "Look What You Made Me Do" topped the UK and US charts; with the former, she became the first act to have four albums sell one million copies within one week in the US.
As a songwriter, Swift has received awards from the Nashville Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and was included in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time in 2015. She is also the recipient of 10 Grammys, one Emmy, 23 Billboard Music Awards, and 12 Country Music Association Awards, and she holds six Guinness World Records. Swift is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums—including 27.8 million in the US—and 130 million single downloads. She has appeared in Time's 100 most influential people in the world (2010 and 2015), Forbes' top-earning women in music (2011–2015), Forbes' 100 most powerful women (2015), and Forbes Celebrity 100 (2016). Her inclusion in the third of these made her the youngest woman on the list, and she ranked first in Celebrity 100.

SQUIRREL FOX GIG #15.5

Jackie & The Cedrics was formed in 1990 including Jacky, Enochi, Jelly Bean. The three-piece is an instrumental band.
Along with original songs, they also play covers such as garage, surf, R & R in the 50's. There is also a reputation for MC with full of humor in the live, and playing technique which makes a line with Sonjiya's garage band is also excellent. Happiness sensed to the extreme is over a million light-years away from the point such as "shyness" or "serious", and the listener unconsciously notices a smile of unconsciousness.
Also, its stubborn style is respected by musicians such as Guitar Wolf and MAD 3, and not only from Japan but also from overseas is also appreciated. Hot party party sound of irritability is exactly "comfortable, paradise, rock and roll!"

Systematic Death was formed in 1983 by Vo. Shigeru and Ba. Takashi. Activities started mainly at the local project "PIPECUT GIG" in Yokohama and "Disinfection GIG" sponsored by GAUZE in Tokyo. At that time, its fast, short, destructive sound was quickly gaining attention in the HC area, and the following year the 1st sono sheet and the omnibus (GHOUL, CLAY, GASTUNK) from Indie label "HOLD UP RECORD" Participation) will be released in rapid succession will inform the whole country of its name at once.

After the a lot of member change, they continued to release EP, VA, LP constantly from "SELFISH RECORD" while expanding the place of live activities such as expeditions to Osaka etc. They held the first nationwide tour (25 cities for 30 days) from Kyushu to Hokkaido cooperated with "SOB" on its own. After that they continue live and releasing while repeatedly changing members' stop the activity in the early winter of '88.

In 2007, CDs were released from "FADE - IN RECORDS" (M. Sweden representative) and LP was released as "FERALWARD" in the USA. In the next '08, the world tour revolving at a stroke with Europe - the United States - Yokohama revived for the first time in 20 years!
Following the European expedition over three times, and the second expedition in the United States, etc., they expand its activities worldwide and continue releasing CDs in Japan and LPs, EPs and split sounds overseas.
Current members are Vo.Shigeru, Dr. Captain Masaaki "koba" Sweden (Rocky & TheSweden, Bastard, Rydeen), Gt.Ryu.

Roserose was formed in 1983. Their sound style is japanese hard core,skate rock,crossorver,deathrash band.
They did the tour of Europe on 1988. They played with the HERESY, SNUFF, FUGAZI,BOLT THROWER,KINGS OF OBLIVION and more bands.
It is the first time as the punk band in Japan.
And now, they are continuing an energetic activity.

At the end of 2018, they will celebrate their 35th anniversary and they rehearsed at the beginning of January and suddenly created new songs. Moreover, we decided the day of Hiroshima at 2days with joint planning and our own project TRIPLE MOSHOUT and THE FAINT SCREAM. They also participated in the Indonesian event, Japan's first landing and holding a death metal day this time with a joint project with TK TRIPLE MOSHOUT. On this day Rose Rose released BRUTALIZE goods, and in GIG they showed 4 songs with B tune.

The Hard-Ons are an Australian punk rock band which formed in 1981. Founding members included Keish de Silva on guitar, vocals and Peter "Blackie" Black on guitar, Ray Ahn soon joined on bass guitar with de Silva switching to drums. The group issued eight studio albums before disbanding in 1994. They reformed in 1997 to release further material. In 2002 de Silva was replaced on drums by Peter Kostic. De Silva returned as a guest vocalist in 2014 and permanently rejoined the band in 2016. During their first 12 years, the group issued 17 consecutive number-one hits on the Australian alternative charts. During that time they became Australia's most commercially successful independent band, with over 250,000 total record sales.

Australian music historian, Ian McFarlane, described their music as "cheap and potent, their appeal selective. Yet never has so much been owed by so many to so few chords ... fused punk tempos, hardcore attitude, heavy metal riffs and surf-pop melodies into a seamless ball of energy".

On 20 June 1984, The Hard-Ons played their first official show at the Vulcan Hotel in Ultimo. Black later recalled "We wanted to be punk rockers ... We didn't want Keish's parents to see so we had bags full of these jackets and chains and stuff and went around the corner of the street and put all these clothes on. Keish's dad busted us". Quickly gaining a considerable following, in August 1985 the band released its debut extended play, Surfin' on My Face, on ViNil Records. This was the beginning of a series of releases for the band that netted them a run of 17 consecutive No. 1 listings on the Australian alternative music charts.

Hoshino Source × Mark Ronson

マーク・ダニエル・ロンソン（英語：Mark Daniel Ronson、1975年9月4日 - ）は、イギリス出身のDJ、シンガーソングライター、音楽プロデューサー。
不動産企業家の父ローレンス・ロンソンとロンドンの作家で名士の母アン・デクスター・ジョーンズの息子として裕福な家庭に生まれた。祖先はロシア、リトアニア、オーストリアからのアシュケナージ系のユダヤ人。双子の妹にDJのサマンサ・ロンソン、ファッションデザイナーのシャーロット・ロンソンがいる。保守派ユダヤ教の教育で育った。元イギリス外務大臣のマルコム・リフキンドと元内務大臣のレオン・ブリタンと親戚である。のちに両親は離婚。母親は離婚後、バンド、フォリナーのミック・ジョーンズと再婚した。ジョン・レノンの息子であるショーン・レノンとは13歳の時からの親友。

ヴァッサー大学とニューヨーク大学を卒業し、DJとして有名になった。1999年にはトミー・ヒルフィガーの広告モデルをつとめている。

POP ETC

POP ETC (pronounced "pop etcetera"), formerly known as The Morning Benders, is an indie rock band from Berkeley, California, later based in Brooklyn, New York.

In 2008, they released their debut album Talking Through Tin Cans on +1 Records. The band has toured in support of Broken Bells (spring 2010), Grizzly Bear (fall 2009), The Kooks and Death Cab for Cutie (summer 2008), Ra Ra Riot (fall 2008), and has also played with Yo La Tengo, MGMT, Grand Archives, Yeasayer, Two Gallants, The Rosebuds, Au Revoir Simone, We Are Scientists, and White Rabbits. They also toured with Broken Bells and The Black Keys in 2010.

In December 2008, iTunes deemed Talking Through Tin Cans the best indie/alternative album of 2008. Earlier that year, they also received the honor of "Editor's Pick". In March 2010, the popular music website Pitchfork deemed their 2nd studio album, Big Echo, Best New Music, and gave it an 8.2 rating.

On March 25, 2012, the band posted on Facebook and Twitter that the band's name would be changed to POP ETC. The decision was made after the band discovered that the term 'bender' has negative connotations in certain countries outside the United States, particularly in the United Kingdom.

POP ETC (pronounced "pop etcetera"), formerly known as The Morning Benders, is an indie rock band from Berkeley, California, later based in Brooklyn, New York.
In 2008, they released their debut album Talking Through Tin Cans on +1 Records. The band has toured in support of Broken Bells (spring 2010), Grizzly Bear (fall 2009), The Kooks and Death Cab for Cutie (summer 2008), Ra Ra Riot (fall 2008), and has also played with Yo La Tengo, MGMT, Grand Archives, Yeasayer, Two Gallants, The Rosebuds, Au Revoir Simone, We Are Scientists, and White Rabbits. They also toured with Broken Bells and The Black Keys in 2010.
In December 2008, iTunes deemed Talking Through Tin Cans the best indie/alternative album of 2008. Earlier that year, they also received the honor of "Editor's Pick". In March 2010, the popular music website Pitchfork deemed their 2nd studio album, Big Echo, Best New Music, and gave it an 8.2 rating.
On March 25, 2012, the band posted on Facebook and Twitter that the band's name would be changed to POP ETC. The decision was made after the band discovered that the term 'bender' has negative connotations in certain countries outside the United States, particularly in the United Kingdom.
The Morning Benders started in 2005 as a solo-project for Chris Chu. During that time, he spent his days studying music at the University of California, Berkeley whilst spending his nights recording songs from a laptop. As time passed, he formed a band with friends who he had met in UC Berkeley.

The band did all they could to spread word about The Morning Benders; playing in local gigs, making lots of friends on MySpace, emailing bloggers and conversing with club promoters. This led to offers from various local independent labels. The Morning Benders had chosen +1 Records to support them in recording their albums.

First EP of The Morning Benders which was released in September, 2006. The members at the time included Chris, Van Pierszalowski, Joe Ferrell and Tom Peyton. This EP had been recorded on a laptop.

WAR FOR PEACE vol.12

OLEDICKFOGGY was formed in 2003 through the former band "Pastorale · Castle". In 2007, the 1st full album "prosperity and its surroundings" was released from SSP (6 June 2007).
In 2008, they performed 60 lives a year, and at the end of July they appeared on the Rookie-a-go-go stage of the outdoor event "Fuji Rock Festival". On October 10, 2009, DIWPHALANX RECORDS released a historical masterpiece released, 2nd full album "RUSTIC can not be stopped" (PX 200) was released. There was also a shocking splendor of it, it became a super long seller big hit, and it continues to sell even now.

And in the expansion of popularity nationwide, they released full 13 albums. In 2012, they performed a nationwide longitudinal tour of 103 venues nationwide. After releasing this work, live offers from other genres such as the main stage of "Kyoto Univ." sponsored by 10-FEET also increased, "No, it is the opposite" Updated sales exceeding previous album .
And, the super masterpieces of the gem of the giant explosion of the greatest excitement all over the country "What in the month" is the performance of all the members in the play of the movie "Close EXPLODE" (director Toyoda Toshiaki) released in April 2014 Realization. One month later, on May 21, 2014, they released the 4 th full album "New World" (PX 280), and this work is also recording sales beyond past works.

In March 2016, as early as the release of the 5th full album "Good Buy" (PX 300), tour "Good-by-TOUR 2016", Japan nationwide longitudinal 64 venues TOUR. October 1 TOUR FINAL Tokyo Shibuya TSUTAYA O - EAST one - man performance completed with great success (mobilization 800 people, making it DVD in 2017).

Antisect are a hardcore punk band based in London, UK. Their roots are in hardcore/anarcho punk and metal.
Formed in 1982 in Daventry, Northamptonshire, UK, their debut album, In Darkness There is No Choice, was released in 1983. 1985's follow up EP, "Out From The Void" has often been cited as a game changer amongst their genre for fusing a raw punk rock style with elements of metal.
Antisect are a significant band in the timeline of hardcore punk music, said to have been a major influence upon "black-clad, politically charged punks over the last 30 years".
The band address issues including animal rights and social justice, communicating their ideas to a largely punk rock audience, and were among the instigators of the squat venue scene in the mid to late 1980s. During this time members lived the lifestyle of being either on the road or part of the vibrant London squat scene of the time. They toured extensively both in the UK and Europe and though originally splitting up in 1987, the band reformed in May 2011.
Antisect were formed in Daventry, UK in 1982 and began their career playing a fast, D-beat style of hardcore punk. They performed one tour with the hugely influential hardcore punk band Discharge before taking on a more anarchist leaning political edge. The bands debut LP In Darkness There is No Choice, was released in 1983 on Flux of Pink Indians' Spiderleg Records label and reached number 4 in the UK Indie Chart. It is now widely considered to be a "classic" of its genre. This was followed in 1985 by the release of the 7-inch single "Out from the Void", which reached number 2 in the Indie singles chart and, along with Amebix's 1985 Arise! album, is considered the starting point of the crust punk genre.

The band went through numerous line up changes, and as a three piece of Lyons, Bryson and Paluskiewicz, had recorded most of the material for a second album (provisionally entitled Welcome to the New Dark Ages), but it was never completed. Darker and heavier than their debut, some tracks that were going to be on this album have appeared in fledgling form on the live album Peace is Better Than a Place in History, and the 2010 release Leeds 2.4.86.

Bruno Pernadas

Bruno Pernadas