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Post by sasquatch on Oct 21, 2012 10:10:59 GMT -5
Smallgang ~ also signed to the Damnably label, comprising of Simon and Toski Kobayashi and Matt Atkins. The three dudes in glasses provided excellent support for Shonen Knife on this tour; not only did they play some blistering sets, they also seemed to be acting as roadies as well, and at the end of the concerts could be seen helping George pack away all the Knife’s gear. This is a band getting better all the time, well worth checking out. There is also a podcast of a recent gig on the Damnably webpage which is well worth a listen. Also….they are three extremely friendly gentlemen.
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Post by sasquatch on Oct 21, 2012 10:11:46 GMT -5
Live at Cardiff 09 10 2012 Attachments:
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Post by sasquatch on Oct 21, 2012 10:13:55 GMT -5
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Post by sasquatch on Oct 21, 2012 10:57:42 GMT -5
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Post by ljerk on Oct 22, 2012 9:25:07 GMT -5
Thanks - picture from you're video (  ): Attachments:
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Post by sasquatch on Oct 26, 2012 6:11:27 GMT -5
Thanks - picture from you're video ( ): I just love Naoko and Emi's crazy dancing!! ;D |
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Post by sasquatch on Oct 26, 2012 6:14:26 GMT -5
Cargo, London 16 10 12 Attachments:
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Post by sasquatch on Oct 26, 2012 6:14:48 GMT -5
Cargo, London 16 10 12 Attachments:
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Post by sasquatch on Oct 26, 2012 6:16:07 GMT -5
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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on Oct 26, 2012 18:22:13 GMT -5
Thanks - picture from you're video ( ): I just love Naoko and Emi's crazy dancing!! ;D they were dancing to the other band? Wish i'd seen that |
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Post by thegl0r on May 13, 2014 17:01:04 GMT -5
Smallgang have a shiny new album out, "San". Its not due out for a while, but luckily they had some copies arrive just in time for Shonen Knife's tour. Smallgang are again one of the main support bands on the Overdrive tour. And they also help out with a lot of the lugging about of SK's gear. Especially the heavy stuff.  And, thanks to Sasquatch for reminding me that Ritsuko is guesting as the backing singer on "Hibernation", so I also got her to sign it for me. She also wrote Shonen Knife in Japanese above her signature. Simon, the bass player, did his best to draw a cat by his signature I think he did a good job of it. The other members of Smallgang sniggered at that and declined to join in with the fun. Hibernation is Ritsuko's favourite Smallgang song, and it also happens to be one of my faves of theirs. I think that its a really good album. But they have a much more raw sound live and I love that feel. Here's a reminder of what they sound like, but this video, from 2012, is with all of Shonen Knife on backing vocals. The video footage is courtesy of Sasquatch and Smallgang.
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Post by sasquatch on May 31, 2014 14:24:05 GMT -5
The full smallgang set from Milton Keynes May 17th 2014 in support of Shonen Knife. More vids to follow!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC0UoCXS5kUCheck out a cameo appearance at 15:55 from forum member Benji!!!! |
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Post by thegl0r on May 31, 2014 15:44:55 GMT -5
 Cool video that, nice one. Thanks. And you did it so quickly - it makes my attempts look positively snail like in comparison. So now there is another bit of the evening that I can remember. I'd forgotten what a great looking venue that was inside, and they also had a really good sound that night.
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Post by sasquatch on Jul 8, 2014 9:54:59 GMT -5
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Cool video that, nice one. Thanks. And you did it so quickly - it makes my attempts look positively snail like in comparison.