http://www.karaterice.com An Awesome Part of a Balanced Music Diet Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:56:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Like art?  Want to see more cool stuff in the city?  Well The Drop NYC will hold a day long festival on October 3rd featuring interactive art, fashion and music.  Part of the programming will include contributions from Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yoko Ono.   There's is a fashion installation titled 'Trash ... http://www.karaterice.com/droppin-in-october The New York Anime Festival is just a couple weeks away and the Far East to East Showcase is back.  F.E.T.E.S. 2009 will feature 2 bands from Japan and 2 local bands.  Included in the lineup is the pop-rock band Swinging Popsiscle, who played at Knitting Factory in 2007: Kokusyoko Sumire: ... http://www.karaterice.com/swinging-back The Sing For China Tour will bring three of China’s biggest and best indie-rock bands to the U.S. this month as part of an unprecedented effort by the Chinese music community to help children orphaned by AIDS in China. The tour is being produced by Modern Sky Records of Beijing, China's ... http://www.karaterice.com/fighting-with-music [caption id="attachment_690" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Shonen Knife - Super Group"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.karaterice.com/and-then-there-was-knife-shonen-knife-to-tour-the-us-in-fall ALL PROCEEDS OF THE SHOW (from The Hsu-nami) GOES TO TYPHOON MORAKOT AID. 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 ... http://www.karaterice.com/the-formosa-spirit-concert-nyc-typhoon-morakot-aid Tsugumi of the Japanese electro duo Pine*am will be as a member of new band Butterfly Monkey.  Check them out at Don Pedro's in Brooklyn on Thursday July 2nd.  They are set to perform around 9pm. Venue Info: Don Pedro  (90 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, NY) http://www.myspace.com/donpedrobarlounge Start 8pm,  $6 21+ http://www.karaterice.com/butterfly-rock After her awesome collab. with Towa Tei on his Big Fun album, Miho Hatori is set to debut her 'New Optimism' at the Northside Festival.  Stop by The Glasslands Gallery in Williamsburg on Thursday July 11th to check out Miho's new music plus other great stuff from Exit Clov, Autodrone ... http://www.karaterice.com/new-is-good Local pop band Love Etc. is celebrating their 3 year anniversary at Drom this Friday.  It will also be lead singer, Yasuyo's, last performance in NYC till summer.  On the bill: Love Etc., Exit Clov, Honeychild and LPF, with music by DJ's Hayden Honey and Tony Grund. Details: Date - Friday April ... http://www.karaterice.com/love-triple When I was 9, I think my life consisted of toys, cartoons, liquids high in fructose and devising ways to avoid schoolwork.  Playing an axe and performing Crazy Train live wasn't exactly a priority.   However, things are a bit different for 9 year old Yuto Miyazawa.  At a very young ... http://www.karaterice.com/prodigy-from-the-east We've previously mentioned the dire situation local artist Yuko Sueta is facing.  Tomorrow (Thursday April 9th) Apollo Heights, Kayo Dot and Nymph will perform at a benefit concert for Yuko.  The concert takes place at Coco66 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn (66 Greenpoint Avenue [below Franklin] ) from 9PM. For those who can't ... http://www.karaterice.com/every-little-bit-counts-benefit-for-yuko-sueta