Anamanaguchi Performs on LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON Tonight

Anamanaguchi will be making their Late Night with Jimmy Fallon debut tonight, June 17 and will be performing as part of the show's fourth annual video game week.

The band recently finished the first leg of their North American tour and will be starting the second half of their tour, with Kitty Pryde opening, in July. The tour will end with a performance at the Mad Decent Block Party in Columbia, MD at Merriweather Pavilion.

Anamanaguchi is a boy band made up of hackers and producers born & raised on the Internet, currently living in New York City.

On May 14th, they are releasing Endless Fantasy through their own brand new label, dream.hax - their ?rst album since soundtracking Scott Pilgrim vs. The World in 2010.

Anamanaguchi started in Pete Berkman's basement in the suburbs of New York where Weezer, snacks and Super Nintendo lived in equal rotation. At 15, he began experimenting with creating punk music using an 8-bit NES. Following bass player James DeVito to NYU's Music Technology program, Pete met Ary Warnaar who grew up in LA on raves, fashion and lazer tag. Ary began writing for the band, lending a more academic electronic-influence to Berkman's capricious pop sensibilities. Later that year Luke joined as the band's drummer via a MySpace message and then the band had fully formed.

Anamanaguchi is serious about being happy. They're part of a wave of young Internet romantics, nostalgic for a future they know may never come, but can see the seeds of it in the beauty that surrounds them. They're making emotional dance music for the video game generation and aren't afraid to claim it. Anamanaguchi was born past cynicism & indifference; they're in love with the universe and aim to celebrate magic-made-real with their music. The band is interested in breathing life into low-tech machines and making expressive, emotional melodies using the simplest, rawest electronic tones available.

Anamanaguchi is what the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would've been if they were a boy band. Ary is cool but rude, Luke is a party dude, Pete leads, and James does machines (he's responsible for all the DIY sound-and-light electronics the band uses).

Their upcoming album Endless Fantasy is about reality and dreams, being young and searching for agency in an in?nite existence. Its 22-tracks explore dreamworlds of all kinds from polygon forests, to Tokyo drifting hills at 100mph, to the lifestream from Final Fantasy VII.

They teamed up with editors from Tim & Eric to make their first music video, "MEOW" - a fever dream version of "The Warriors" set in the perfect arcade. The video lives as a David Lynch by-way-of John Hughes ode to the Victorious feeling of suburban escapism through friends and fun.

Earlier this month, Anamanaguchi launched a Kickstarter in an effort to self-release their album and fund assets beyond that such as music videos, tour lighting and more. They reached their goal of $50,000 in the first 11 hours and ended the campaign with more than $277,000.

ANAMANAGUCHI

07/12 - La Jolla, CA - The Stage at Porter's Pub ^
07/13 - Los Angeles, CA - Los Globos (DJ Set) ^
7/14 - Phoenix, AZ - The Rhythm Room ^
7/16 - Austin, TX - Red 7 ^
7/17 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada ^
7/18 - Houston, TX - Fitzgeralds's ^
7/19 - New Orleans, LA - Hi-Ho Lounge ^
7/20 - Atlanta, GA - The Drunken Unicorn ^
7/21 - Ybor City, FL - Crowbar ^
7/23 - Orlando, FL - The Social ^
7/24 - Raleigh, NC - King's Barcade ^
7/25 - Richmond, VA - Strange Matter ^
7/26 - Washington D.C. - Rock & Roll Hotel ^
7/27 - Morgantown, WV - 123 Pleasant St ^
7/28 - Rochester, NY - Club @ Water Street Music Hall ^
8/2 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Pavilion (Mad Decent Block Party)
^ w/ Kitty Pryde

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