Japanese garage punks Otoboke Beaver have announced the SUPER CHAMPON 2022 Tour which includes their first full-length trek across North America. The band haven't been here since SXSW 2019, when they wowed us at one of our Lost Weekend day parties:
Near the end of the BrooklynVegan x Margin Walker Lost Weekend day party on Friday, the inside stage hosted one of the very best sets of the day, Japanese punks Otoboke Beaver. The room was full of screaming and sometimes-moshing fans, and Otoboke Beaver seriously brought it. They can be fun and bouncy, but they can also be as pissed-off and aggressive as the most ferocious hardcore bands. Frontwoman Accorinrin flailed around stage, stared out into the crowd with menace, and gave the finger to the crowd a few times. During one song, the whole band chanted "Go! To! Hell!" Accorinrin's energy is matched by guitarist Yoyoyoshie, who's like a more punk Angus Young on stage, bashing into her bandmates and crowdsurfing with her guitar several times. As much as it's a spectacle, the songs are there too.