Japanther
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| Japanther | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Brooklyn |
| Genres | Punk rock, Noise rock[1] |
| Years active | 2001 – present |
| Labels | Tapes Records Wantage USA Menlo Park Recordings We Are Busy Bodies |
| Website | www.japanther.com |
| Members | |
| Ian Vanek Matt Reilly |
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Japanther is a punk rock[2] band from New York City formed in 2001 by two students at Pratt Institute. The members met in Brooklyn. [3] The band consists of Ian Vanek — who plays drums, cassettes, and sings — and Matt Reilly — who plays bass, a Casio SK-1, and also sings. They have recorded with Plan It X Records, Tapes Records, Wäntage USA and the Menlo Park label. We Are Busy Bodies releases Japanther's albums in Canada. Japanther has been featured in Vice, The New York Times, Gothamist, Dallas Observer, Razorcake, and New York magazine among others. In the first two years of the band, they toured nine times.
In April 2006, Japanther teamed up with Aquadoom, a synchronized swimming group at New York University to play the Dangerous When Wet event at the school's Palladium Pool. [1] On July 2, 2006, Japanther played under a plastic tarp in the rain at CitySol, an annual summer music and market series on Manhattan’s East River waterfront (Stuyvesant Cove Park) to raise awareness for environmental issues. [2]
Japanther worked with Dan Graham, Rodney Graham, Laurent P. Berger, and Tony Oursler to create an abstract video installation for the 2006 Whitney Biennial.[4]
[edit] Discography
- The Last of the Living Land Pirates CD-R (2001)
- South of Northport EP (2002)
- Leather Wings (2003)
- Dump the Body in Rikki Lake (2003)
- Japanther/Panthers Split 7" (2003)
- The Operating Manual for Life on Earth EP (2004)
- Japanther/Sneeze Split 7" (2004)
- Japanther/Viking Club Split CD (2004)
- Master of Pigeons (2005)
- Wolfenswan (2005)
- Yer Living Grave EP (2005)
- Don't Trust Anyone Over Thirty (2006)
- Japanther/ The Good Good Split 7" (2006)
- Skuffed Up My Huffy (2007)
- Challenge 7" (2008)
- Chemical X Zine DVD (2008)
- Tut Tut, Now Shake Ya Butt (2008)
- Japanther/The Pharmacy Split 7" (2008)
- Rock 'n' Roll Ice Cream (2010)
[edit] References
- ^ Last.fm tags page for Japanther
- ^ Fischer, Annie (November 20 2007). "Doom, But Not Gloom". The Village Voice. http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0747,fischer,78393,22.html.
- ^ http://fortdrastic.com/?p=1669
- ^ Kimmelman, Michael (2006-03-03). "Biennial 2006: Short on Pretty, Long on Collaboration". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/03/arts/design/03bien.html. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
[edit] External links
- Japanther.com
- Japanther's hidden home at tapesrecords.com
- Japanther profile at Allmusic
- A Review of Leather Wings by Pitchfork Media
- Japanther station at Last.fm
- How to have fun at a Japanther show: See: Dude in red shirt.
- January 2007 Interview on Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
- Japanther article October 2007
- Pop Wreckoning article
- Oberlin article
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