Miminokoto - It Will Be New

From Sam....
Gawd!! I hope the walls don’t cave in on us THIS SUNDAY, Strangers!!
Sunday, May 13 will be the loudest Stay Strange yet!! Frank Melendez and Riververb! Also on the bill is the equally loud Actuary from Los Angeles. Plus a rare performance by artist Gerritt Wittmer.
SUNDAY, MAY 13-
RIVERVERB/ACTUARY/GERRITT WITTMER
THE KAVA GALLERY - 2804 KETTNER BLVD - 7PM - $5.00 - ALL AGES SHOW!
Riververb is always in a constant change, and I hear that the latest incarnation is the best so far! Judge for yourself! it’s some heavy stuff! Face morphing grinder sludge. Last time Riververb played, no slayed, the smoke turned black from monolithic chunks of acid-noise.
Actuary shake the shit loose! Los Angeles breeds some sick stuff and this by no means drops the ball. Not only are this tunes in your face, it’s in your skull too! Mean ass nitro venom. Gory!!
Gerritt Wittmer is an artist in the darkest sense possible. I’m not sure what he’ll be doing at this month’s Stay Strange, but if it’s anything like his performance at LUFF, it’s going to be scary!!!

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Miminokoto - It Will Be New
Eric Nielsen 05.03.07
The new lineup for Miminokoto brings the pleasure of the true Japanese underground scene alive. Now Miminokoto is Koji Shimura and Junzo Suzuki. It's got all the mud, time warps and emo Japanese singing to make you feel like you're right there. This album, entitled It Will Be New, is very moving. Junzo is singing and playing guitar while Acid Mothers Temple drummer Koji Shimura burns the drums. The guitar is so perfectly fucked, bashing through strange chord changes and settling into nice two chord changes. It's like an Acid Mothers bath in mellow milk. All the edges of the feelings are there, That Spiral Orbit sets off my morning into an ether world of something that I wasn't aware of when I started my day.
Something that can take me to a mythical place to feel and let go of my preconceptions about things. To experience things anew. The emotion in the voice coupled with the japanese lyrics opens a mysterious door for me. One in which I have just enough experience with to feel enamored about (My band Maquiladora has played live with Koji a few times in Tokyo, we've recorded with Miminokoto and played 3 shows with them in Tokyo. Junzo promotes our shows around Tokyo. His show with Astro was my favorite show of the year last year). This album is perfect. It sounds as if it was recorded live in one day March 22, 2007, shortly before the current AMT US tour.
Miminokoto is one of my favorite Japanese bands. When Nishimura was on bass (he's since retired) and Kawaguchi on guitar they could blow out all the spiders from your eyes. Koji wanted to reinvigorate Miminokoto so he's trying a new lineup (much like AMT does with their multiple versions of groups). Kawaguchi went on to form the New Rock Syndicate and Junzo has been around the AMT family in Tokyo for a while. He books a lot of great shows in Tokyo and also plays with Overhang Party.
Koji made a nice move to bring in Junzo and they made a great CD. Coming in at 5 songs and 33 minutes you can really get your hands around it.