On March 7th, I'll be on Indiana University's WIUX to talk about some of the Japanese bands that will be appearing at this year's South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. Global Riffs, hosted by IU Telecom prof Mark Deuze, is broadcast every Wednesday from 08:00 to 10:00 AM. The show features independent rock, pop, metal, techno, and lo-fi tunes from all over the world. I'll be on around 9 AM. You can stream it in high or low quality.

For you visiting WIUX listeners, welcome to the site! Here are links to the bands we're talking about:

The Emeralds
50 Kaitenz
Pistol Valve
Asakusa Jinta

These bands will tour the US before and after SXSW, hitting Cambridge, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Austin, Los Angeles, San Fancisco, Seattle. The Chicago show is at the Empty Bottle on March 14.

We're also talking about Red Chamber.

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