Bossman75

  “Japanese girls ‘knock out or pound cake’ band” I can always rely on my buddy Mel to introduce me to some anomalous bands that would otherwise have slipped under my radar, and last week we got to see a band we've been speaking about for a while now, Otoboke Beaver. "Otoboke Beaver おとぼけビ～バ～ are a punk-rock-garage quartet from Kyoto, Japan. The band’s name is taken from a local ‘Love Hotel’ and they describe themselves as: “Japanese girls ‘knock out or pound cake’ band”. Crazed, deranged garage, punk-rock-pop at break-neck speed and everyone sings. The band of mid 20’s talented musicians make easy work of the complex arrangements, reminiscent of jazzy riot grrrl/Queercore NYC punks ‘God Is My Co-Pilot’ or Barry Hogan (ATP) favourites’ ‘Afrirampo’.They only sing in Japanese, and often in Kyoto slang." There's no better place to see a band with this type of intensity and punk dramaturgy than the historic 100 Club. You're close enough to see every band m...