Anamanaguchi Heads to Shibuya for First Japan Band Show Since 2011
The group's Scott Pilgrim game and anime work gives it a foothold with Japanese audiences, and this Shibuya date is where that catalog meets a domestic crowd after more than a decade away.
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Anamanaguchi will play Shibuya duo MUSIC EXCHANGE on October 13, the band's first Japanese stage as a full band since Blip Festival Tokyo in 2011. In an interview ahead of the show, Peter Berkman traced the band from its 2004 start in New York and the 2006 EP Power Supply through music for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game, the Netflix anime Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, and a Hatsune Miku collaboration.
Anamanaguchi's Japan tour reaches Shibuya duo MUSIC EXCHANGE on October 13, the band's first Japanese stage as a full band since Blip Festival Tokyo in 2011. In a pre-tour interview, Peter Berkman said the current lineup grew out of New York and Los Angeles friendships: he and James DeVito are from Chappaqua, Ary Warnaar came to New York to study music technology, and Luke Silas was met on MySpace. Berkman traced the band's formation to 2004 and to a friend's chiptune track that made game hardware something he could compose with rather than only listen to.
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