I went to a Fujiya Miyagi show at Barnard (Broadway & 116th) last night. Pretty entertaining night.

Escort opened. They’ve got an electronic funk vibe (much like Fujiya Miyagi), but much more upbeat. The highlight was the two female vocalists pounding out soulful vocals, competing for the lead.

Fujiya Miyagi only played for ~40 minutes, and that included a 7 minute encore jam session. They only played songs off the album (aside from the jam), but that’s fine because I really dig every song on the album. The hooks were addictive, especially the bassline hooks.

My favorite song of the night was Collarbone (see video). They really pumped up the energy for the live version, which was particularly noticable in the vocals. It really got the crowd moving in a quick paced indie-shoegaze-hip-bump.

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Here’s what I can only guess is a music video for their song Collarbone: