I can't believe TMT let me become a staff writer. I'm just Jethro at the Alta Vista trailer park out of Louisville, Kentucky. So I will admit that before I wrote this article, I thought Asobi Seksu were some sort of new energy drink that I could mix my Jack Daniels with. My wife shouted, "How the freak can an energy drink go on tour?" Don't worry: I silenced her with a snack of my little friend "Hand-tonio Banderas." That shut her up.
I decided to do a little detective work, and I got on this thing called the internets to look up the cryptic name. I assume you all have heard of this internets thing. It turned out that Asobi Seksu is a musical band, and their name means "Playful Sex." I laughed so hard that I fell ass-backwards off my stack o' bricks. That was the funniest thing I heard until my dog farted.
Well, I smelled that too!
So who doesn't enjoy cute Japanese women and rock music? And if you don't enjoy these things, then you probably hate America with a passion. I'll even go out on a limb and say that you are probably a terrorist. Why can't you just enjoy a cold beer, a slap of the wife, and a refreshing episode of Blue Collar TV? We aren't bigots like we used to be. It's nice to hear some music with gushy, foreign gibberish in it. Take Asobi Seksu, for instance. This New York quartet play eclectic indie pop in the vein of My Bloody Valentine, with vocals in both English and Japanese. See, there's enough proof we can get along with countries!
And hell, they even have a guy name Haji in the band.
It would be anti-American for you not catch this spectacle of assimilation when the diverse kids head out on a gigantic shaft of a fall tour in support of their fruity new effort, Citrus. They're even playing some shows with those fine young fellows Man Man. You can't get anymore American than that!
I'm gonna go get acquainted with Miss Pamela Handerson Lee, if you know what I mean!
Go America!
09.08.06 - New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
09.14.06 - Boston, MA - Tufts University #
09.15.06 - Ithaca, NY - Cornell University
09.16.06 - Buffalo, NY - Soundlab
09.17.06 - Ottawa, ONT - Babylon
09.19.06 - Montreal, QC - Green Room @
09.20.06 - Toronto, ONT - Horseshoe
09.21.06 - Detroit, MI - Lager House
09.22.06 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
09.23.06 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club
09.24.06 - Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar
09.26.06 - Calgary, AB - HiFi Club
09.27.06 - Canmore, AB Canmore Hotel
09.28.06 - Vancouver, BC - Media Club
09.29.06 - Anacortes, WA - Department of Safety
09.30.06 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey %
10.01.06 - Portland, OR - Holocene %
10.04.06 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Attic%
10.05.06 - Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar %
10.06.06 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo %
10.07.06 - San Diego, CA - Beauty Bar
10.10.06 - Tucson, AZ - Plush
10.11.06 - Albuquerque, NM - House Show
10.12.06 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive
10.15.06 - Indianapolis, IN - Radio, Radio
10.16.06 - Newport, KY - Southgate House
10.18.06 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
10.19.06 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
10.20.06 - Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light
10.21.06 - Durham, NC - Troika Festival
11.11.06 - San Francisco, CA - Riott Festival at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
* with Serena Maneesh
# with Man Man
@ with Dengue Fever
% with Darker My Love