Event

ROTTURE PRESENTS: JAPANTHER + JAGUAR LOVE

THURSDAY, JUNE 3RD
ROTTURE AND UPPER PLAYGROUND PRESENTS:
"THE TOTALLY SPOKED" ART SHOW AFTER PARTY!
FEATURING:
"THE COIN TOSS TOUR"
JAPANTHER
JAGUAR LOVE
WITH
THE SPROCKETTES
SISTAFIST
DJ NATHAN DETROIT

ROTTURE 315 SE 3RD AVE
21+ | 9PM

Japanther (www.japanther.com) today announced The Coin Toss
Tour, a nine-city West Coast tour with Jaguar Love (www.wearejaguarlove.com) next month.
Says Ian Vanek, "For nearly a decade the members of Japanther and Jaguar Love (as Blood
Brothers) have crossed paths in basements and on stages across the world. Now we are joining
forces to blow doors down the West Coast on a Coin Toss Tour. Don't be late..."
Described as a "Performance Galaxy" by Vanity Fair and "Super hard, incredibly fast and overall
inspiring" by Thrasher, Japanther (www.japanther.com), formed in 2001 by Ian Vanek and Matt
Reilly, has always been a band apart, running the gamut from performance art to punk rock and
back again. Pushing parties to the limit and only stopping short of riots, Japanther returns in 2010
with new member Anita Sparrows (The Soviettes) and Rock 'n' Roll Ice Cream (Menlo Park
Recordings). With Sparrows on board, Vanek and Matt Reilly flew to Los Angeles to work with
producer Michael Blum, whose past projects with Michael Jackson, Madonna (Like a Prayer,
Who's That Girl), Pink Floyd and Suicidal Tendencies seemed a daring fit for Rock 'n' Roll Ice
Cream, an album envisioned by Japanther as a dance party and all the kids are invited. Rock
'n' Roll Ice Cream is an adventure tale of exploring harmonies, writing together, and a little bit of
that West Coast surf vibe whilst lurking a bit towards Japanther's salad days in Brooklyn to draw
on pop hooks and simple drum parts that make skating seem easier and bikes move faster.
THE COIN TOSS TOUR (Japanther & Jaguar Love):