The Bunker presents Japanther, USAISAMONSTER, Miracle Of Birth, Satamile, and Sara Walker at subTonic
Free downstairs, $5 upstairs
Japanther is one of our favorite New York bands. Maybe one of our favorite bands in general. They play a super high energy peculiar dimension of rock, spinning threads between pop and noise. Right this moment we're listening to a rare Swedish Japanther 7" and cutey keyboards bubble atop fuzzy Jesus and Mary Chain guitars a-la Psychocandy brilliance. The other side is speedy stereo vocal lo-fi power pop. Elements of Faust, Joy Division, and The Fall run amok, but not in any sort of 'derivative' sense. Rather Japanther spins a whole new world with some solid listening history. Ever evolving, always spectacular. They are also excellent humans. Once they said this: "We built a house from cardboard and bubblegum and have just been tryin to keep the roof from caving in." Special Bonus: Japanther is shooting a video at Tonic tonight, and Thurston will be singing with them! http://www.tapesrecords.com/secretsight.html USAISAMONSTER is another great duo who you need to see. They are making huge strides in the noise-rock underground, with a tour with Lightning Bolt under their belts and an album due out on Load in 2005. They are super psyched for this gig, as it is rare that they get to play in a venue with good sound in NYC. http://www.usaisamonster.com/ Miracle of Birth is a friend of Japanther who we do not know too much about. He is a solo drummer with lots of effects who makes glorious noisy dub. Sounds hot! Satamile's record label has really picked up lately, with over 20 releases in the last three years. Satamile has earned an international reputation as one of the best modern electro labels. This is all electro, no clash ... fukt up machine-funk for the dancefloor. Although Satamile has been playing many gigs around the world lately, he rarely gets the chance to play in his hometown. http://www.satamile.com When she's not slaying the Direct Drive drum'n'bass dancefloors as Doomer, Sara Walker throws down some of the meanest, funkiest electro-breaks sets we've ever heard. Now that Filter14 is gone and Static is on hiatus, this is a rare chance to catch Sara Walker in breaks mode.