Tokyo Gig Guide presents Farm Party #1 on Jan 31st

On Sunday January 31st, Tokyo Gig Guide will hold its first music event.
It will be a bit different than the usual Tokyo gig though.
Tokyo gigs often have heaps of bands playing straight after each other, but at this event there will be three bands spaced out through the evening. Between bands, DJs will be playing some eclectic sets.
Also, it won't be held at a typical livehouse, but at Gamuso, a fun bar/gallery in Asagaya. Gamuso has a bar downstairs and a small live music room upstairs. You can read about it in this Metropolis article.
It will be cheap too, just ¥1000, plus ¥500 for a drink.

The bands playing are Abikyokan, Walkie Talkie In The Cornfield and PSOCASE.


Abikyokan formed around the core trio of Jacob Arntson (Seattle, USA), Grant McGaheran (Sheffield, UK) and Tatsumi Ochiai (Chiba, Japan) in Tokyo in 2004. The band pool a wide variety of influences to create a new avant-pop sound.


Walkie Talkie In The Cornfield is a two-piece Irish/Australian lo-fi experimental electro-pop group which formed last year.


PSOCASE is a Japanese experimental lo-fi duo which combines electronic sounds, guitar, sax, vocals and keyboards. The wonderful Eri Makino will join them for a song.

DJs on the night will be Jake and Grant from Abikyokan, DJ Timebread, and dj craig eee who will also be providing video projections.

The party kicks off at 7pm.

Details here: http://farmparty.tokyogigguide.com

Don't worry by the way, although it's called Farm Party, there won't be any chickens wandering around and there (probably) won't be any barn dancing.

Tweeting from Tokyo Gig Guide

Did you know you can automatically tweet anything from Tokyo Gig Guide including gigs, livehouses and forum posts?
I've moved the icons up to the top left of the page and changed them a bit. You'll see Twitter, Facebook and 'plus' icons.
Click the twitter icon and it will bring you to Twitter with your update already automatically filled out for you tweet.
Click the Facebook icon and it will bring you to Facebook with a post already automatically filled out including a thumbnail.
If you want to use any other social networking, sharing or bookmarking sites, click the plus icon and you will have a choice of over 200 sites.
Speaking of Twitter, if you want to keep track of the latest gigs added to Tokyo Gig Guide, they are automatically tweeted at tgg_latest.

Tokyo Gig Guide interview in Metropolis magazine!

There is an interview with me about Tokyo Gig Guide in the Japan Beat section of the latest Metropolis magazine.

You can see it online or pick up a free copy in and around Tokyo.

http://archive.metropolis.co.jp/tokyo/recent/music_beat.asp

Renewal Open!

Massive changes have happened around Tokyo Gig Guide!
The site has been completely redesigned and has many new functions such as the ability for anyone to add gigs directly to the site.

More info