Feb
10

SPARTA LOCALS & more rock the US during the ’09 Japan Nite Tour

Feature By Shay

Okay, so we’ve known about the upcoming Japan Nite US Tour 2009 for the past fortnight or two and now we’re pumped up enough to dish the details (*find out why after the dates).

This year’s Japan Nite Tour will ignite stages across the United States with some of Japan’s hottest indie acts. Running from March 20th to 29th, the featured bands will play shows in eight US cities. The tour kicks off March 20th & 21st at SXSW in Austin and concludes on the 29th at The Knitting Factory in L.A.

Although the line ups for each night can vary, the collective bill for the tour includes SPARTA LOCALS, detroit7, Dirty Old Men, GRAPEVINE, Stereopony, SA, FLiP, Omodaka, THE EMERALDS, HONEY SAC, Special Thanks, Asakusa Jinta, and quaff.

Here’s the detailed venues and line ups for each night of the Japan Nite US Tour 2009:

SXSW Music Festival
March 20 (Fri) Austin,TX @ Elysium
LINEUP: FLiP / Dirty Old Men / HONEY SAC / Sparta Locals / GRAPEVINE / detroit7

March 21 (Sat) Austin,TX @ Elysium
LINEUP: Stereopony / Special Thanks / The Emeralds / SA / Asakusa Jinta / quaff

The tour
March 22 (Sun) NEW YORK @ Bowery Ballroom
LINEUP: detroit7 / SA / SPARTA LOCALS / FLiP / Omodaka / GRAPEVINE / Asakusa Jinta

March 23 (Mon) Cambridge, MA @ T.T. The Bear’s
LINEUP: detroit7 / SA / SPARTA LOCALS / FLiP / Omodaka / THE EMERALDS

March 24 (Tue) CHICAGO @ Empty Bottle
LINEUP: detroit7 / SA / SPARTA LOCALS / FLiP / Omodaka

March 26 (Thu）DENVER @ Bluebird Theater
LINEUP: detroit7 / SA / SPARTA LOCALS / FLiP / Omodaka

March 27 (Fri) SEATTLE @ High Dive
LINEUP: detroit7 / SA / SPARTA LOCALS / FLiP / Omodaka

March 28 (Sat) SF @ Independent
LINEUP: detroit7 / SA / SPARTA LOCALS / FLiP / Omodaka

March 29 (Sun) LA @ Knitting Factory
LINEUP: detroit7 / SA / SPARTA LOCALS / FLiP / Omodaka

We knew the tour would stop in Denver and it was more recently announced that they’re coming to the Bluebird Theater. You know what that means? Well, probably not so I’ll say. *SparkPlugged will be there and if you’re in the area you should be too. If you’re within a couple hundred miles of any of the other tour stops, by all means go go go! If we can come out of exile for this one then surely you can skip work or hitchhike with strangers if need be — though we do not officially condone this behavior.

For more details on the Japan Nite US Tour 2009, check out the tour’s official site and MySpace page.

This is a perfect excuse to post the PV for “水のようだ” (Mizu no youda, like water) by SPARTA LOCALS. Enjoy:

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9 Responses to “SPARTA LOCALS & more rock the US during the ’09 Japan Nite Tour”

  1. By Audrey on February 10, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    Hi, Shay
    This is great. Thank you for writing.
    Looking forward to meeting you @ Bluebird Theater in Denver!

    Thanks,
    Audrey

  2. By Max on February 11, 2009 at 2:57 am

    I wish there was something like that in France, but the whole world seems to think that Europe is a country, that’s why I think the tour would be limited to just one concert for each country.
    I’d like to come to Denver though…

  3. By Jimi on February 11, 2009 at 3:40 am

    I’ll be covering this from Seattle! Sparkplugger’s unite!!

  4. By lops-sama on February 11, 2009 at 8:40 am

    So unfair! =O
    Sparta Locals, Dirty Old men and The Emeralds! I love those bands!!!
    I want to know all the details from you guys!!! =)

  5. By Shay on February 11, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    @Audrey – Thanks & it’s my pleaure =) I look forward to meeting you there too! It’s going to be an amazing show.

    @Max – I know what you mean about that and it’s unfortunate. At least you could get one show in Paris or something but I’m sure that’s not enough. I wish all of these bands coming to SXSW were continuing the tour here…

    @Jimi – Sparkpluggers united!! You’re lucky ’cause you get the Friday night show! I’ll see ‘em on a Thursday (I’d take any day of the week) but Friday nights rock for concerts — helluva way to start a weekend =P

    @lops – We’ll be sure to shower you with as many details as possible. Like I said to Max, I wish bands (like Dirty Old Men & Grapevine) did the whole tour. I can’t complain though because SPARTA LOCALS, Detroit7, and FLiP (thanks j!) are more than enough =P hehe.

  6. By FLiP - 母から生まれた捻くれの唄 - SparkPlugged - Japanese Music Culturetainment & More on February 14, 2009 at 12:25 am

    [...] very young, (literally, they’re all 19!!), up-and-coming band who will be taking part in the ‘09 Japan Nite tour. What is it about Okinawans that make them such awesome musicians? What ever they do over there, [...]

  7. By arcadia-x on February 18, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    The only thing we get to see in France is Visual …

  8. By Shay on February 18, 2009 at 9:40 pm

    I’m so sorry arcadia-x :( I hope you one day get the good music you deserve!!

  9. By Jimi on February 19, 2009 at 3:13 am

    Yea man, Canada feels your pain.

    (But thankfully Vancouver is fairly close to Seattle)

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