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Tue 9/23

$10

http://www.myspace.com/shugotokumaru
http://www.shugotokumaru.com
Shugo is 28 years old. He grew up in Tokyo, listening to Japanese pop and Beatles cassettes, starting to write songs at an early age. Shugo recently finished his third solo album, Exit. His first two albums, Night Piece and L.S.T., were released on local labels in Tokyo. Passed from fan to fan, both found their way across several oceans and onto the iPods of an enthusiastic audience in the states and Europe. He sings mainly in Japanese and bases his lyrics around a dream journal. Sometimes Shugoâ€™s music sounds like a roomful of clockwork toys having a rave (listen to Exitâ€™s opener, â€œParachute,â€ and youâ€™ll hear it). Other times, it is sweet, slow and mournful. There are cowboy guitar riffs rubbing shoulders with traditional Japanese instruments. Percussion sometimes means a drum kit and sometimes an ashtray, if not both. It is the sound of a nuclear physicist playing with Legos: a precise mind having fun. Shugo Tokumaru, with very special guests, will make his USA debut at The Mercury Lounge on Tuesday, September 23rd.

http://www.myspace.com/twiandhumblefeather
http://friendlyghostrecordings.com/
Twi the Humble Feather is the perfect soundtrack to: A) moonlit treks through the woods, B) Christmas nights when mom and dad don’t fight, C) taking baths in rosewater. Rhythmic and breathy, the music has an organic feel that hushed up Glasslands in Williamsburg November 21. The acoustic trio focuses on the sound’s ebbs and flows and acts as a live-action tape-loop, repeating soft riffs as they build to a chorus of crescendos that luxuriously slink away into whispers. Twi the Humble Feather don’t tell stories, instead they set the stage with each song connecting to the next with quiet crooning to create an evening of delicately-crafted soundscapes.

- Erin Roof (thedelimagazine.com)