Anamanaguchi are a great band to dance, jump around, move erratically, or just nod your head to. They are the Man... or Astro-man? of instrumental chiptune rock bands. Great stage presence and visuals. They were obviously having a great time, and very humble and appreciative of their audience who adored them. Very personable guys, not at all "rock stars." They played their songs absolutely great, very professional. A broken string incident was quickly resolved with the help of Hot Sugar's guitar - who by the way was also an intriguing artist to watch. While I forget the name of the first act (I think it was George & Jonathan?), they made surprisingly good electronic music. You can't quite put a name or genre to what they do, but it is strongly evocative of imagery, and they provided some good visuals to enhance that. Pictureplane however is musical babyfood - sorry dude, but at least you tried.
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- Fri, May 17, 2013 @
Setlist: Started off with "Meow," lots of stuff from the new album. @
Opening act(s): George & Jonathan, Hot Sugar, Pictureplane @