June 22, 2006
Gothamist Band of the Week: Japanther
Japanther is: Ian Vanek, Matt Reily
One of the most well respected and truly underground bands in New York, Japanther rarely play traditional venues. You find them in warehouses, lofts, restaurants, basements, bedrooms, bathrooms...anywhere you can squeeze two guys, a bit of equipment, and a mass of sweaty fans. The Bass and Drum Art/Noise/Punk duo are one of the most revered live acts in New York, and this weekend we have two chances to see them. On Saturday, they are playing the Billyburg Short Film Festival at McCarren Pool with MC Michael Showalter. Then Sunday they're playing The Solar-Powered CitySol Festival at Stuyvesant Cove Park. Make it your beeswax to get to one of these shows.
Are you in a local band that deserves this city's attention? Have you discovered a group that needs to be noticed? Email us at jeff@gothamist.com, we're always looking to hear something new.
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when you're dead, it's hard to be bored by a band. there's no music in heaven, only muzak, so any chance i get to hear a new band is an opportunity i embrace wholeheartedly.
that said, japanther are the most pretentious, overrated, boring, and, yeah, hideous performers i have ever seen. the hyper is unfounded.
love, jim
your music was so great jim. stop by the morrison hotel lately?