buttonEngine Down @ Winston, Amsterdam (31st Mar '05)

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　アムステルダムにて、USはヴァージニア州リッチモンドのバンド、Engine Downの約3年ぶりとなるEUツアー初日を撮影させてもらった。

　前々回（2001年）のEUツアーでは、メンバーが一台ずつ赤の照明スタンドを立てて『To Bury Within the Sound』のジャケットのアートワークを彷彿とさせるライティングをしていたのが印象的だったが、今回のツアーでも彼らは照明設備を自分たちで用意していた。アンプの下や足元から照らされるコントラストの強い光は、最新アルバム『Engine Down』に収録されているアグレッシウ゛な曲にとても似合っていて、ウェブサイトやCDジャケットやTシャツのデザインも全部自分たちで手がける彼ららしいなぁと嬉しくなる。ライヴでは2nd～4thアルバムの曲目がバランスよく演奏され、どこか憂いのあるヴォーカルや、メランコリックなメロディーを後ろからビシッと引き締めるドラムや、深くダイナミックなギターの音など、彼らの持ち味を充分楽しむことができた。というか、私が最後に観た2002年のEUツアーのときよりも、音も佇まいも何倍も逞しくなっている。きっと、メンバー自身が最高傑作と誇れるアルバムを出し、ツアーを重ねてきたことに対する自信や余裕が表れているのだろう。

　この日のライヴを皮切りに、5月中旬までハードなツアースケジュールが続くが、来日は...？　とG.のジョナサンに訊いたところ、「まだ決まってないけれど、僕は日本にすごく行きたいと思ってる。」とのこと。前回の来日公演を観た人も、彼らのライヴを観たことがない人も、この言葉を信じてアルバムを聞き込んで来日を待ちましょう！
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button2005

button Soul Flower Union : (23rd Mar. @ Ebisu Liquid Room)
button The Dillinger Escape Plan : (9th Mar. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button Candiria : (9th Mar. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button EMOK : (9th Mar. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button eastern youth : (2nd Mar. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button Nisennen Moidai : (2nd Mar. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button The Captains : (26th Feb. @ Shinjuku Marz)
button Scissor Sisters : (25th Feb. @ Tokyo Unit)
button The Delgados : (16th Feb. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button Autour de Lucie : (16th Feb. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button The Mars Volta : (8th Feb. @ Ebisu Liquid Room)
button The Shins : (31st Jan. @ Harajuku Astro Hall)
button Sparta Locals : (31st Jan. @ Harajuku Astro Hall)
button Niigata Aid feat. Theatre Brook and more : (23rd Jan. @ Shibuya AX)
button Aqualung : (13th Jan. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button Keiichi Sokabe with ootelesa : (7th Jan. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)

button2004

button Soul Flower Union : (23rd Dec. @ Ebisu Liquid Room)
button eastern youth : (20th Dec. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button fOUL : (20th Dec. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button Elvis Costello : (8th Dec. @ Tokyo Koseinenkin Kaikan)
button 22-20s : (3rd Dec. @ Nagoya Club Quattro)
button Franz Ferdinand : (24th Nov. @ Ebisu Liquid Room)
button The Beat Up : (24th Nov. @ Ebisu Liquid Room)
button G.Love : (18th Nov. @ Ebisu Liquid Room)
button Bleach : (1st Nov. @ Shimokitazawa Shelter)
button eastern youth : (29th Oct. @ Ebisu Liquid Room)
button The Good Life : (29th Oct. @ Ebisu Liquid Room)
button MOGWAI : (5th Oct. @ Ebisu Liquid Room)
button Part Chimp : (5th Oct. @ Ebisu Liquid Room)
button James Orr Complex : (5th Oct. @ Ebisu Liquid Room)
button Funeral for a Friend : (4th Oct. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button Ron Sexsmith : (30th Sept. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button eastern youth : (15th Sept. @ Shibuya AX)
button Shinjuku Folk : (9th Sept. @ Shinjuku Red Cloth)
button eastern youth : (4th Sept. @ Yokohama F.A.D)
button eastern youth : (1st Sept. @ Chiba Look)
button Jack Johnson : (6th Aug. @ Shibuya AX)
button Donavon Frankenreiter : (6th Aug. @ Shibuya AX)
button The Captains : (21st July @ Shinjuku Marz)
button Salsa Gum Tape : (4th July @ Othuka Red Zone)
button Glastonbury Festival 2004 : (25th - 27th June @ Pilton, UK)
button Bleach : (13th June. @ Shinjuku Club PHASE)
button The Captains : (12th June. @ Motoyawata 3rd Stage)
button Sense Field : (31st May. @ Shinjuku Loft)
button DRUM:KAN : (31st May. @ Shinjuku Loft)
button Running From Dharma : (31st May. @ Shinjuku Loft)
button Steve Kimock Band : (28th May. @ Shibuya O-East)
button ISIS : (10th May. @ Shibuya O-West)
button MONG-HANG : (4th May. @ Shimokitazawa Basement Bar)
button OOIOO : (27th Apr. @ Shinjuku Loft)
button The Get Up Kids : (26th Apr. @ Shibuya AX)
button Saves The Day : (26th Apr. @ Shibuya AX)
button String Cheese Incident : (23rd Apr. @ Zepp Tokyo)
button Jackson Browne : (22nd Apr. @ Bunkamura Orchard Hall)
button The Jeevas : (3rd Apr. @ Shibuya AX)
button Bucky : (3rd Apr. @ Shibuya AX)
button Bleach : (26th Mar. @ Sutdio Z.tv, SF)
button Primal Scream : (16th Mar. @ Shibuya AX)
button Hydro-Guru : (3rd Mar. @ Shimokitazawa Shelter)
button Dashboard Confessional : (19th Feb. @ Shibuya O-East)
button eastern youth : (17th Feb. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button Sake Rock : (17th Feb. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button Farrah : (12th Feb. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button Monastir : (12th Feb. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button Belle & Sebastian : (28th Jan. @ Ikebukuro Adm)
button Ghost : (17th Jan. @ Ikebukuro Adm)
button The Mars Volta : (11th Jan. @ Shinsaibashi Club Quattro)

button2003

button Bleach : (26th Dec. @ Shinjuku ACB Hall)
button Tokyo Pinsalocks : (26th Dec. @ Shinjuku ACB Hall)
button eastern youth : (22th Dec. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button fOUL : (22th Dec. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button British Sea Power : (18th Dec. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button Delays : (18th Dec. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button Yo La Tengo : (4th Dec. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button The All American Rejects : (2nd Dec. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button Bleach
(1st Dec. @ Shibuya Club Asia)
button Black Eyes : (19th Nov. @ Wild at Heart, Berlin)
button The Mars Volta : (17th Nov. @ Gebaeude 9, Cologne)
button Enon : (14th Nov. @ Magnet, Berlin)
button METALLICA : (7th Nov. @ Yoyogi Daiichi Taiikukan)
button MOGWAI : (5th Nov. @ Shibuya AX)
button eastern youth : (27th Oct. @ Shinjuku Liquid Room)
button Cursive : (27th Oct. @ Shinjuku Liquid Room)
button LABCRY : (25th Oct. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button The Cooper Temple Clause : (13th Oct. @ Nagoya Bottom Line)
button Keiichi Sokabe : (30th Sept. @ Shibuya AX)
button eastern youth : (2nd Sept. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button The Back Horn : (2nd Sept. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button Macy Gray : (28th Jul. @ Shinjuku Liquid Room)
button Patti Smith : (16th Jul. @ Akasaka Blitz)
button Ron Sexsmith : (17th Jun. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button Go-Betweens : (9th Jun. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button bloodthirsty butchers : (6th Jun. @ Shinjuku Liquid Room)
button The Ataris : (4th Jun. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)
button Cave In : (29th May. @ Shinjuku Liquid Room)
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