 Simple Plan & GOB @ Akasaka Blitz (26th April '03)
The Canucks are Coming! The Canucks are Coming!
| May was a good month for Canadian music in Japan. Things started off with Canada's pop-punk superstars Sum 41 playing a string of sold out dates across Japan. It's ending with current pop "it" girl Avril Lavigne playing shows in Osaka and Tokyo. Generating an enormous amount of press and exposure everywhere she goes, she's decided to use this to help out her fellow countrymen, bringing along up and comers Gob and Simple Plan for the ride. In order to prepare for their shows with Avril, Gob and Simple Plan decided to kick their week off by playing a show on their own at Akasaka Blitz.
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| With several hundred folks in attendance, Vancouver's Gob ran out on stage and instantly kicked into the lead off track off their new album, Foot in Mouth Disease, "Lemon-Aid". Watching the crowd bouncing around on the floor and cheering it was hard to tell that this was the punk quartet's first trek to Japan. Playing several cuts off of Foot in Mouth Disease, along with a handful of older material the band seemed to relish the amount of attention they were receiving from the crowd. Singer/guitarist Theo Goutzinakis went out of his way to scream "Tokyo, Japan" during every break after seeing how much applause it got him when he first said it at the beginning of the show. Promising to come back as soon as they can, possibility in August, the group finished their set and then headed out to the merch tables to chat with their new fans.
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2004
 CD review : "Christmas" : Old Man Gloom (28th Dec)
Music Soothes the Savage Beast
: eastern youth (20th Dec @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
And to all A Good Night : Shonen Knife (19th Dec @ Daikanyama Unit)
Exciting Music for Exciting People : illreme (6th Dec @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
It's In Their Hands Now : Franz Ferdinand (29th Nov @ Shibuya AX)
Lights, Camera, Action : Brahman (15th Nov @ Ebisu Liquidroom)
Mostly Business : The Stills (8th Nov @ Ebisu Liquidroom)
Scare The Rock Right Outta Ya : Halloween Ball 2004 feat . The 5,6,7,8's, Gasoline, The Woggles (30th Oct @ Shiomkitazawa Shelter)
Three More, Two More, and Take it to the Left : Hawaiian6/ Idol Punch (11th Oct @ Shinjuku Loft)
Busting Eardrums : Mogwai (5th Oct @ Ebisu Liquidroom AX )
Medical Breakthrough : The Most Notorious Vol. 18 feat. Melt Banana and K.K. Null (25th Sept @ Shimokitazawa Shelter )
Grey Skies Are Going To Clear Up... : HUSKING BEE (5th Sept @ Shibuya AX )
no title : V∞REDOMS (8th Aug @ Ebisu Liquidroom )
CD review : Andre Ethier With Christopher Sandes : Andre Ethier
2003
Cause Music Must Be Magic : Mayor McCa (21st Dec @ The Casbah,Hamilton, Ontario )
Make It a Double : EVANESCENCE (28th Jul @ Shinjuku AX)
Getting Knifed in Tokyo : Shonen Knife / bloodthirsty butchers(12th Jul @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
Hail Hail! Some of Japan's best come together to pay tribute to San Diego's finest : TRIBUTE TO ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT feat. John Speedo with Jet Boys, Retro Gretion, and KEMURI, (21st June '03 @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
The Canucks are Coming! The Canucks are Coming! : Simple Plan & GOB (26th Apr @ Akasaka Blitz)
no title : Banda Bassotti with Doberman, Oi Skall Mates & Rude Bones (12th May @ Kawasaki Club Citta)
The Enchanting Sounds of Summer : KEMURI (31st May @ Shinjuku ACB Hall)
Absolutely F**king Brilliant!! : The Coral (21st Apr @ Shinjuku Liquid Room)
no title : Short Circuit w/ Asparagus (24th Mar @ Shibuya AX)
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