Hey Rob, there seem to be a number of people promoting the transition of talented Japanese rock into at least the American "slipstream" (?), the not-quite-mainstream, but diverse and open crowds. I haven't checked out which bands you linked to in your YouTube collection, yet.
However, I did have the opportunity a few months back to see Mono a Japanese "post-rock" band with a wonderful love of the slow-build and loud/quiet dynamic in a layered string-oriented rock band. (They were one of the bands that drew to me to the event in the first place as I had read about them on the internet just prior to the event (Terrastock 7).) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_%28Japanese_band%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrastock -- --Max Battcher-- http://worldmaker.net _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
