[FA Worldmusic] SXSW 2007 - another world-ish tip - Asakusa Jinta

[Robert Weisberg]

Hey comrades -

Another worldmusic SXSW tip, as I've already told Bill Bragin (Joe's Pub, 
Globalfest, WOMEX) and other folks:

I just saw Asakusa Jinta, a fun and frenetic young Tokyo band with a 
somewhat thrashy but still very musical take on the Japanese street band 
(chin-don) / Balkan / klezmer axis. Actually broadly part of the 
burgeoning global street band scene (amphetamine wing) - they dress loud, 
make a lot of noise, campily posture and pogo around the stage etc.  But 
they are really good musicians too.  They're on a package tour called 
"Japan Nite" that's pegged to SXSW.  Most of the other bands on the tour 
are more rock-centered although a lot of female membership, which is nice.

Around SXSW they're playing Brush Square Park on the 15th and The Hideout 
on the 17th (the hideout gig is NOT with the other Japan Nite bands).

info on their myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/asakusajinta

I also have band and tour manager contact info if anyone's interested.  I 
don't have any vested interest in the band - only that I want them to come 
back to New York so I can have them on my show on WFMU - since I couldn't 
do it this time because of our fundraiser!

Rob Weisberg / WFMU / http://www.wfmu.org/tsp