J!-ENT’s Dennis A. Amith interviews Hangry & Angry

Hangry & Angry recently announced that they will be performing at Sakura Con in Seattle in April 2009.  I had the opportunity to briefly interview the duo in regards to their upcoming performance and a few other things.

For those who are not familiar with Hangry & Angry, these are the persona characters of former Morning Musume members Hitomi Yoshizawa and Rika Ishikawa.  Hangry & Angry is a group that came from the Planet Nebula and rode their time machine aka “Love Machine”.  The concept is around the clothing line created by designer H. Naoto, illustrations by Gashicon and their music video “Kill Me Kiss Me” performance is supervised by Shazna lead vocalist IZAM and designs .  You can watch the music video here:

Their mini-album “Kill Me Kiss Me” was simultaneously released in Japan and in the USA (courtesy of JapanFiles.com).

A special thanks to JapanFiles.com and J!-ENT’s Michelle Tymon for translations work.

THEE OUT MODS “Rock-n-Roll Pirates” Review

ARTIST:  THEE OUT MODS

ALBUM:  Rock-n-Roll Pirates

LABEL:  7 Samurai Records

available on www.japanfiles.com

ALBUM TRACK LISTING:

1. Treasure Island
2. Umaku Ikanaize
3. Punk a go go
4. Sakura
5. Iikagenni Shiyagare!!
6. GERO
7. Fuck This Shit
8. MY WAY
9. GLORY
10. Rokudenashi
11. It’s your life

Get me up!!

One of the hottest new sounds, THEE OUT MODS are bringing a major ruckus on today’s punk music scene.  The new album “Rock-n-Roll Pirates” is 100% pure energy.  I started listening to the opening track “Treasure Island” on my iPod and could not help myself from wanting to stand up and dance.  The opening guitar riffs were playfully melodic with steadily beating foot on the bass pedal.  Suddenly I hear a powerful voice open forth, “Come on!” as it lead me into an exhilarating voyage.

THEE OUT MODS is composed of three hard-edged members.  Frontline vocal and guitarist SANA has a rough and powerful voice.  She can be strong yet add a flavorful twist by expressing dramatic changes in the vocals.  YOSHIKI on bass exhibits versatility and playfulness on the guitar riffs.  On drums, KENNY manifests an explosive range of ability as well as strong attitude in his playing.

“Rock-n-Roll Pirates” has many interesting titles.  “Umaku Ikanaize” is an awesome song as it exhibits THEE OUT MODS explosive attitude in its music as well as the lyrics.  SANA’s voice is deep, energetic as it gives this song a sexy vigor appeal to it.  “Iikagenni Shiyagare!!” is lightning fast with the bass line running through an awesome bliss.  “GERO”, one of my personal favorite songs is a fun song with very dynamic edges in the percussive end.  “Rokudenashi” is one of the more mellow songs, but through the versatility of the band, it still packs a punch.  The album closes with one of my favorite songs so far, the very creative and exciting “It’s you’re life”.

With so many fun songs, THEE OUT MODS puts together an awesome compilation that would be enjoyable by many audiences.  Judging by these wonderful songs, I am pretty sure they will definitely rock during their live performances.  They have an awesome style that is sexy and rough, which goes along with their music.  If you are into the rock or punk scene, definitely check out “Rock-n-Roll Pirates”!

J!-ENT Interview with BUDO GRAPE is now up!

Hey everyone!

Our interview with BUDO GRAPE is now up!

What I love about this group is that it reminds me of the music I listened to a lot back in the 80′s… the B-52′s, Oingo Boingo, Public Image Ltd. and even Japanese bands such as Jittering Jin, Modern Choki Chokies, Go-Bangs back then.

The group recently performed in the US and their limited print US album “JUICE!” is now available!!!

Anyway, I want to thank JapanFiles.com and David Cirone for his awesome photo contribution for this interview.

Enjoy the interview!