The Last Tokyo Jihen Performance on Music Station

Jan 242012
 

Tokyo Jihen made their last appearance on popular Japanese television show Music Station this past Friday evening. Their final mini-album “color bars” was recently released on the 18th of this month. The 5-track EP features one song written by each member of the band.

Here’s their performance, a medley of their final single “Konya wa Karasawagi (Much Ado About Nothing Tonight)” and their first-ever single “Gunjou Biyori (Ultramarine Weather)”. “Konya wa Kawasawagi” is the track off the new album written by lead vocalist Shiina Ringo.

Tokyo Jihen Fun Fact of the Day: Did you know that Tokyo Jihen’s bassist, Kameda Seiji (亀田誠治), was born in New York City?

Tokyo Jihen is Breaking Up

Jan 102012
 

Today is a very sad day. The band Tokyo Jihen (東京事変) has announced that they are breaking up (site is in Japanese). Tokyo Jihen is a band formed and fronted by my favorite musical artist in the world, Shiina Ringo (椎名林檎). They will have a farewell tour in February, culminating in a last concert on the 29th. My friends saw them in concert a couple of months ago, and now they’re breaking up. I’m going to blame my friends for this one. You bastards!

Best of luck to all the band members in their future endeavors. Here’s hoping that Shiina resumes her solo career soon.

I’ll be writing many posts about Shiina Ringo and Tokyo Jihen in the future. For now, let’s remember them with one of their awesome music videos.