The Tokyo Concert Experience

I’ve moved around a lot, all my music collection is stored in a hard drive, but wherever I go I always bring the first two Nuggets boxsets with me. To me it sounds kind of derogatory to just label that Lenny Kaye compilation as “primal”, because it shouldn’t be viewed as a relic. Those two compilations managed to encapsulate an energy that is representative of rock music of both old and new. Throughout his career Ty Segall has followed that example. Keeping with the Nuggets parallel, his records are like compilations based on their eclecticism. His latest one, for example, has influences ranging from soul, proto-metal, the British invasion, psychedelia and Neil Young-isms. Freedom’s Goblin is the title and it was showcased at this Tokyo show. It was announced as his first ever in Japan. The opening bands was labelmates The Silence, a foursome lead by Masaki Batoh, previously from Ghost. The bass was really high in the mix and the songs were all in the same mid-tempo, but no...