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The showcase will be help at The Studio @ Webster Hall on Sunday September 27th.  The first band goes on at 6:30PM so NYAF attendees will have plenty of time to leave Javits and head down to Webster Hall.  Click the jump for more details and advance ticket info.

Far East to East Showcase 2009

Sunday Sept. 27th
Doors 5:30PM Show: 6:30PM
$10.00 ADV // $15 DOS
All Ages

Venue:
The Studio @ Webster Hall
125 11th Street, New York City

Tickets

Far East to East Showcase 2009

The tour is being produced by Modern Sky Records of Beijing, China’s largest independent record label..

The featured bands include:

• Hedgehog
• Queen Sea Big Shark
• Casino Demon

Band info. and tour dates after the jump.

Hedgehog:

Hedgehog, powered by pint-size female drummer/vocalist Atom, represent the best of China’s rock scene. The band was a featured headliner at the Modern Sky Festival in 2008 and Strawberry Festival (Beijing) in May of 2009. Hedgehog’s 2006 debut Noise Hit World was a critic favorite in China, and their 2008 release Blue Day Dreaming helped catapult them to the top of the Chinese indie-rock world.  Myspace

Queen Sea Big Shark:

Expect a barrage of rock n’ roll-electro power punches from arguably the most ferocious rockers on the Beijing scene. QSBS rarely disappoints in delivering tight, raunchy instrumentation fronted by the frenetic, full-body assault of singer Fu Han, a woman seemingly possessed on stage. The band supported the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the Modern Sky Festival (Beijing) in 2007 and recently headlined the Converse sponsored “Love Noise” tour in China (featured here on the Dazed and Confused website: http://dazeddigital.com/projects/Converse-LoveNoise/Music.aspx.  Myspace

Casino Dream:

Veering from raw, noisy guitar bursts to tight, rapid-paced assaults, Casino Demon during 2006 moved from the outskirts of the Beijing live music scene to the forefront. At heart, they’re a good-time rock n’ roll band that really like to crank it up. Casino Demon recently celebrated the release of their new album, Teenage, in March of 2009.  Myspace

The Sing for China tour dates:

• Sept. 5 – Hocofest (Tucson, AZ)
• Sept. 6 – The Che Cafe, UCSD (San Diego, CA)
• Sept. 8 – Silverlake Lounge (Los Angeles, CA)
• Sept. 9 – Bottom Of The Hill (San Francisco, CA)
• Sept. 10 – Queen Sea Big Shark w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Fox Theater (Oakland, CA)
• Sept. 11 – Artistery w/ Panther (Portland, OR)
• Sept. 12 – Oregon State University (Corvalis, OR)
• Sept. 14 – El Corazon (Seattle, WA)
• Sept. 15 – The Urban Lounge (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Sept. 16 – Sokol Underground (Omaha, NE)
• Sept. 17 – University of Minnesota, St. Paul Student Center (St. Paul, MN)
• Sept. 18 – Iowa State University (Ames, IA)
• Sept. 19 – Purdue University (Lafayette, IN)
• Sept. 20 – Lager House (Detroit, MI)
• Sept. 24 – Bennett Media Studio (New York, NY)
• Sept. 25 – Modern Sky Festival NYC @ Columbia University (New York, NY)
• Sept. 27 – Chinese Culture Festival (Washington, DC)

More info. and Donation page: http://modernskyent.com/singforchina/about-the-tour.html

Shonen Knife - Super Group

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 (www.goodcharamel.com) 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 “Super Group” CD !

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.

Tour Dates after the jump.

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

website: www.shonenknife.net

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.

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

Venue Info:

Don Pedro  (90 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, NY)
http://www.myspace.com/donpedrobarlounge

Start 8pm,  $6
21+

Details:

Date – Friday April 24th

Venue – Drom : Avenue A, b/w 5th & 6th St.

Doors: 6pm  Show: 7pm

$10.00  All Ages

Love Etc. 3 year anniversary

For those who can’t attend, you can still make a donation via this site: http://www.yuko.2020project.com

Those who attend there will be a small raffle of items that include:
Apollo Heights WHITE MUSIC FOR BLACK PEOPLE CD
Apollo Heights Winter 2008 Tour T-shirt
Honeychild Coleman HALO INSIDE (Come La Luna)
CD
Vinyl from the DJ Sugarfree Milkcrate

For at taste of Yuko’s work, check out this Apollo Heights video, where she supplied the visuals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyvbDuOBboo