Hiroshima Mon Amour | zh

Hiroshima is an American jazz fusion/smooth jazz band formed in 1974 by Sansei Japanese American Dan Kuramoto (wind instruments and band leader), June Kuramoto (koto), Johnny Mori (percussion and taiko), Dave Iwataki (keyboards) and Danny Yamamoto (drums). Named for the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the band is best-known for the fusing of Japanese music and other forms of world music into its playing. Its early jazz-pop R&B sound gave the group a huge following among the African American community and they are regarded as musical pioneers among the Asian American and Japanese American community[citation needed]. Hiroshima's debut album in 1979,...
Post War Glamour Girls are four screaming charmers formed in late 2010. Heavy hitting and dry witted, they create songs which swell up and boil over into brooding, thumping masterpieces reminiscent of Tom Waits, Grinderman and ‘Moon and Antarctica-era’ Modest Mouse. Wearing their hearts firmly on their sleeves, PWGG live shows are a gripping affair. The sets are laced with reckless abundance as songs tinker into a clatter and clatter into a roar before collapsing in a proud heap on top of the audience. The band came to life at the beginning of 2011, with performances at a series of...
Glamour to Kill are: Antonio Glamour to kill-vocals- Luis to kill -guitars & logic/audio- Juan Tormento -keyboards & computer- They have a night-clubbing relationship since ten years. They always wanted to make music together and finally they did it. They started in Berlin (capital of the universe) in 2002...composing and playing in all kind of places, clubs and parties. Some of them: "JUNCTION-BAR", "HOUSE OF SHAME","BLACK GIRLS COALITION", "Teddy Gala -LIQUIDROM-", "MARABU ROCK NIGHT -Sage Club-", "FELLOW TUBES -Big Eden-", "WHITE TRASH", "SQUEEZE BOX -Big Eden-", "Club RIO", "etc..." ELECTRONIC-GLAM-ROCK is the sound...The obssesives Luis´guitars becomes machines with soul of...
In a culture of people obsessed with shit celebritys and a town where heroin is the cheapest in the UK, where laddism wasn't a phase but a way of life, where casual racism breezes by beneath a Chemical Skyline. Teessides own big mouthed Rock 'n' Roll superbastards, The Oxfam Glamour Models are exploding with the kind of rent-a-quote "everything else is shit" soundbites that nascent careers are made of. The Oxfam Glamour Models dont come from Sheffield, dont smoke crack, and dont wear silly hats. The Oxfam Glamour Models dont love New York, dont listen to Duran Duran and dont...