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Anamanaguchi
Also Playing: I Fight Dragons and Starscream
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Sat Aug 15
10 pm
None Anamanaguchi, I Fight Dragons, and Starscream at Martyrs'
As technology gets more advanced and pop music relies more heavily on Auto-Tune, there is, as always, a counter-culture movement that looks to previous decades for its answers. As the 8-bit genre—music written with synthesizers emulating old-school video-game-system sounds—becomes increasingly prevalent, it also gets flooded with countless me-too bands. New York's Anamanaguchi isn't the first and certainly won't be the last band to crank out original songs that could easily double as the soundtrack to a series of boss battles in Mega Man, but it arguably does it better than its peers. The quartet plays here as part of a just-announced tour behind this year's excellent Dawn Metropolis; leave the Power Glove at home and prepare to head-bang as you're geeking out.
Martyrs' 3855 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL
As technology gets more advanced and pop music relies more heavily on Auto-Tune, there is, as always, a counter-culture movement that looks to previous decades for its answers. As the 8-bit genre—music written with synthesizers emulating old-school video-game-system sounds—becomes increasingly prevalent, it also gets flooded with countless me-too bands. New York's Anamanaguchi isn't the first and certainly won't be the last band to crank out original songs that could easily double as the soundtrack to a series of boss battles in Mega Man, but it arguably does it better than its peers. The quartet plays here as part of a just-announced tour behind this year's excellent Dawn Metropolis; leave the Power Glove at home and prepare to head-bang as you're geeking out.
Updated 12/17/2010
