"SXSW was such an awesome event. We
had a day off during the festival and walked around the city to see various
bands performing on the street. No matter where we went to, we were able to
listen to music. It was as if we were living in music. I was so glad that we
could be the part of the festival this year."
Acclaimed by the lead
singer/guitarist, Satoshi Watanabe of Japanese rock trio from Hokkaido,
Japan, Jake Stone Garage. He was impressed with the impact of
SXSW and Japan Nite despite the fact that there was some delay of their
flight due to the bad weather in Japan, which caused them to cancel one of the
showcases at SXSW. Yet, they were still able to enjoy the festival and the
Japan Nite tour in U.S and join the rest of the crew that arrived in Toronto
for Canadian Music Week.
"Toronto audience reminded me of
Sapporo crowd."(Sapporo is their home town. It is the capital city of
Hokkaido Prefecture, located the northern island of Japan. I know
you recognized the name of the city by the famous Japanese beer.)
"Not only the climate, but also the reaction of the audience was
similar. They were very cool. When we performed in Columbus, U.S, the
audience reacted to the music directly and expressed the excitement through their body, however, New York
was very cool and Toronto was somewhat like that. But they were very attentive
and eagerly pay an attention to every detail. I thought I was playing
in Sapporo."
Jake Stone Garage piercingly kicked off
their set with thunderous guitar riffs and heart throbbing bass and
drum beats. The Toronto audience didn't jump right into the overdrive immediately, however, their eyes were nailed on the stage for the entire set, trying to
study their performance thoroughly. Their raw
and vigorous performance even made the attentive Toronto crowd start
to head bang a little. (It started off very settled like a baby headbang,
but expended gradually.) The show heated up with Nirvena's cover song, Smells
Like Teen Spirit. When I heard the intro of the song, I literally
screamed and jumped around. "I thought it would be a great idea to bring a
song that everyone knows as they probably haven't seen us live before. "
Said Watanabe. Yes it was a brilliant idea!
Jake Stone Garage consists of a great
balance of the melodic sensation and boisterous rock n' roll tunes and
it was so hard to stay still while taking pictures. (Not only they were moving
like there is no tomorrow but I couldn't resist bouncing with the music!)
I really really hope that Jake Stone
Garage will be back for NXNE as they can showcase to the Canadian audience
what Japanese Rock N' Roll is.
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