My former student Ryan is guitarist (and media guy) for Starter Kit. Their newest release looks to be 2009’s Unsettled.
Video for their song “Twilight Regret”:
I saw them back in … 2005 maybe?… in Dekalb, Illinois. The keyboardist is a new addition. They’ve stayed in the same hard rock vein with melodic vocals and emotional/internal/relationship-inspired lyrics. They’ve moved a bit away from their former frenetic constantly noodly guitarwork (I liked it!). You can see what I mean about their older stuff here in their first video, for “Tomorrow’s Never Better”:
These guys are a 5-piece band playing live, video game-inspired music in the Kansai region of Japan (Kobe & Osaka). The guys are all really friendly and cool to hang out with, and several of them also DJ.
3 songs by THE GAME SHOP on SoundCloud
ガメオベア!!! STAGE2 Preview #7 DJ : xanadujin from KAZ a.k.a.HIGE on Vimeo.
My buddy xanadujin playing a game music set in Osaka at Bar Guild.
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