Punk Rock Benefit for Japan Relief in Brooklyn on May 7 f/ The Suzan

Amy Klein of Titus Andronicus and The Suzan have organized an all-night punk rock benefit for Japan Relief at all-ages music venue Knitting Factory on Saturday, May 7. Come out and support. The show goes until 3am.

Saturday, May 7, 10:30 PM
Knitting Factory
361 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
L to Bedford or L/G to Lorimer-Metropolitan
$15, ALL AGES
Advance tickets are available here

The Suzan (Japan’s acclaimed all-lady dance explosion) - http://www.myspace.com/thesuzan
Hilly Eye (Sleater-Kinney meets Lightning Bolt in a duo fronted by Amy Klein of Titus Andronicus) - http://hillyeye.bandcamp.com/
PS XO (Experimental Brooklyn rockers) - http://www.myspace.com/psxony
The Homewreckers (Down and dirty pop-punk, straight outta Brooklyn) - http://www.myspace.com/wewreckhomes
Uzuhi (Body-rockin’ Japanese spazz-core) - http://www.myspace.com/uzuhi
Care Bears on Fire (New York’s youngest all-girl, punk-rock troublemakers. Think Joan Jett ca. 1975) - http://www.myspace.com/carebearsonfire

Japan All Night! will also feature Japanese food and flower arrangements, homemade ice cream by Spoon’d (http://www.spoondicecream.com/), art, jewelry, and crafts — all for sale to benefit Second Harvest Japan.
Second Harvest Japan (http://www.2hj.org/index.php/eng_home) brings safe, nutritious food that would otherwise be wasted to the over 650,000 Japanese citizens who need it. The organization is a vital source of food for people living in the disaster zone.

*Descriptions by Amy Klein

Live Review: Outernational / The London Souls / Uzuhi @ Santos Party House 4-2-10

“1-2-3-smile,” said singer Gosha of Uzuhi. I couldn't help but follow his words and be mesmerized by the joyous nature of the band. From that point on I was hooked. The way he paid attention to and interacted with the crowd was pretty amazing. His energy simply lit up the room. The band was wild, sweet, and fun. Keyboardist Tsubasa had a stuffed animal rabbit in front of her. She said that she was sick but the crowd made her feel better. “I love you,” she said. At one point Gosha grabbed the rabbit and danced around with it. This band was a raucous rock 'n roll Japanese punk band. I never saw a band, especially a punk band, be so happy and lively. The audience loved it. Heads were turning and it was overall a great time. When the band finished they told the crowd to come close to the stage so they could take a photo. We all gathered and, of course, smiled. That moment was pretty priceless.

The London Souls switched things up a bit. The New York rock 'n roll band, who recently opened for Joe Perry (of Aerosmith's) new project last November, were in full form here. Shades on, hair poofy, the singer had a smooth vibe, dressed to impressed, and to my memory hardly spoke to the crowd. I got a Hendrix meets Kravitz with some soul vibe from them. The music was compelling, driving, and all the goodness of rock-and-roll. However, it wasn't particularly original. What stuck in my head me was the line “Are you gonna let your man push your around?” In other words, women don't let you're man push you around. Right on. Original or not, it's great to hear the spirit of rock-and-roll come alive and capture an audience.