Gamuso Live: The Watanabes, PlayFight, Icon Girl Pistols, Laurier

Gamuso Live Presents

The Watanabes
PlayFight
...Icon Girl Pistols
Laurier

FREE ENTRY - OPTIONAL 500YEN DONATION TO THE TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE APPEAL
DRINKS from 500yen

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Welcome back ladies and gentlemen, I apologize for our brief hiatus (bloody earthquakes) but Gamuso Live is back once again.

To make up for our absence last month we have bumper bunch of oral fun for you and I don't just mean what Pete gets up to in the toilets. Postponed from last month we have returning heroes The Watanabes hot on the back of the release of their new album 'You`re dancing I`m absorbed'. Turning up like a bad penny shall be Gamuso stalwarts rock, funk, pant wettingly noise makers PlayFight with crowd favourites and with a newly wedded bass player Icon Girl Pistols. If that wasn't enough opening the night shall be the sumptuous solo stylings of Laurier, one half of the wonderfully whimsical Nature Airliner.

Plus there shall be a optional 500yen entry fee/donation to the Tohoku Earthquake Appeal.

Gamuso, because you're worth it!!

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Band Info
The Watanabes
The Watanabes are a Tokyo based indie rock band, with members from curvaceous island nations such as the UK, New Zealand and Japan, and other pretty places like Sweden. The band formed in 2005 in the orange-laden prefecture of Ehime, and 2 years later we packed up and shifted it to Tokyo, in search of new inspiration and regular trains.

We are happy to announce that our new album, `You`re dancing I`m absorbed`, is complete and now available. Recorded under the wise Glaswegian eye of producer Dave Naughton, the 12 tracks are a mixture of pretty lively indie guitar pop with a smattering of more stripped back, dreamy folk. Many thanks to the people who helped us get it done and we`re looking forward to giving the new tracks a crack on stage over the coming months.

http://www.favouritetree.com/the-watanabes
http://www.myspace.com/thewatanabes

Playfight

http://soundcloud.com/playfight/torrential

Don't have any info on their myspace page so here is a list of their members (although stay away from Pete's member it leaks)

Members:
Jeremy Cox
vox/gtr .. ..担当 Gt＆Vo .. 出身　メルボルン * オーストラリア ..
Peter Noonan
vox/gtr.. ..担当 Gt＆Vo .. 出身　ブルックリン * ニューヨーク
James Steele
bass/vox.. .. 担当 Ba＆Vo .. 出身フキタニ*ニュージーランド..
Kuribo L
drums.. .. 担当 　Drms.. 出身　ドイツ..

http://www.facebook.com/PlayFight
http://www.myspace.com/playfightmusic

Icon Girl Pistols

Icon Girl Pistols formed in March 2008 when retired pornstar Shinnosuke Shirakura (gt/pf/vo) discovered Ken Fukuda (dr) tapping chopsticks on tin cans in the alleyways of Tokyo. After touring Taiwan with Shinnosuke's other group Quizmaster in the summer, the duo returned to Tokyo only to encounter rambling welshman Christopher O'Reilly (bass) who pretended to be the famous pianist of the same name until it was too late to kick him out of the band. The lineup was completed in May 2009, when long time friend and solo artist Takashi Hasegawa (gt/vo) was drugged, kidnapped and forced to join IGP after a Jack Bauer-like interrogation.

Icon Girl Pistols released their debut album ‘new currency’ in November 2009, in 2010 IGP proceeded to release brand new songs, for free download, every single month.

http://icongirlpistols.com/
http://www.myspace.com/icongirlpistols

Laurier
One half of Natural Airliner. Eiko (vocals) had never sung professionally before and never dreamed of being a singer. Laurier (guitar) played various instruments in more indie rock bands than you can shake a stick at; most of them are infamous. In the summer of 2010 they joined forces to start playing unplugged shows of Laurier's unreleased songs which suited Eiko's voice. The first single, "Merry Christmas (to Our Loved Ones)" was released November 1st, 2010, and the first EP was launched November 15th, 2010. Both are available on itunes. Yamaha provided them with a Silent Guitar ™ as an endorsement on November 26th, 2010. In December 2010 they accomplished a successful mini tour of Micronesia, culminating in a two-night stint at the Hard Rock Café Guam.

An album is planned. Videos are pondered. European and North American tours are dreamed of. Please stay tuned.

http://www.reverbnation.com/natureairliner