[DID NOT ATTEND: October 26, 2025] Osees / DMBQ
Four years ago I saw Osees and really enjoyed the chaotic energy of the show. Since then they have returned every year in mid October. I get a ticket every year and then something comes up–usually involving a birthday party.
This year it happened during a lengthy run of shows that I was seeing and something had to give,
Even though this looked like an especially fun show (if Union Transfer was crazy I can’t imagine how insane they would be at Underground Arts). A couple of days before the show my brother-in-law out in Denver said he saw the set and that it was awesome and he really liked DMBQ as well.
It made me even more bummed that I missed it.
DMBQ is from Tokyo. The name stands for Dynamite Masters Blues Quartet. I love a good rocking Japanese band and this was even more incentive to get to this show. But I just couldn’t do it.
Watching a video of their live set and they are not quite as unhinged as some Japanese bands, but they are sure wild. They’re athree piece and they seem to defy conventional song structure. Lots of solos, and a wild fuzzy insanity around the whole thing. I can’t tell if the singer is singing in English, Japanese or just some made up sounds. It’s amazing. And the guitar player (the singer) is all over the guitar–clearly very proficient at the instrument.
I hope the come back next year.
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