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About Me

Hey Hey Punk Rocker!We are The Akanes pronounced "uh (like the 'uh' sound in 'UP') ka (like the 'Kah' sound in 'CAR') Ne (like the 'Neigh' sound in 'NEIGHBOR') and then S (the 'Z' sound in 'CATS') If you still don't get it, that's kindof a huge bummer for me..."Akane" is Japanese and it means "Crimson" essentially and for us its a direct reference to the name of a gnarly heroine from the anime "Ranma 1/2." So I basically took a random name, pluralized it and made it fun and slightly nonsensical. I hold on to the name because it "Sounds Original" according to friends. I'm telling you this 'cuz I might just lose it if I hear "Tonight! Give it up for the Ah-CANEs!" So my obsession with you saying our name correctly aside, we're four pop punk guys in the midwest that are trying to sound like all the bands and styles that were awesome ten years ago.Look forward to our new EP, ERADICATOR! due March 08!

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Member Since: 6/16/2005
Band Members: Emo Nick - Guitar and Vocals, Travis Arey - Guitar, Joe Plumb - Drums & Miguel Luevano - Bass
Influences: Screeching Weasel, Ten Foot Pole, Coheed and Cambria, Blink-182, Lagwagon, NOFX, Jimmy Eat World, Alkaline Trio, The Muffs, Motion City Soundtrack, The Ataris, Teen Idols, No Use For A Name
Sounds Like: A pop-punk Rad-gasm.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Miguel has returned

Miguel is playing bass with us again! I hope you all enjoy lineup change number.....is it eleven? Probably...
Posted by The Akanes on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:51:00 PST

Zolof and The Morning Of cancelled....we hurt inside...

I didn’t really get an explanation as to why but Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer and The Morning Of have cancelled their show with us at the Jackpot tonight. As a direct result of this ma...
Posted by The Akanes on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:50:00 PST

Nicholas Spacek is like a god walking among mere mortals.

Nicholas Spacek at KJHK is responsible for us playing with Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer this week and you should check out his punk rock cast on friday nights called "Sunglasses After Dark" for m...
Posted by The Akanes on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:49:00 PST

Much Thanks to Contagious Graphics

To talk to nice folks about getting some affordable and awesome band merchandise you should go to www.contagiousgraphics.com. They've been amazing to work with so far and as soon as we're able you can...
Posted by The Akanes on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:15:00 PST

ERADICATOR IS FINISHED! "NEW" SONGS UP

We finished the EP and have provided a preview for the CD, enjoy the songs "Rest," "Vicious Circles," and "Kokoro." sooooo rad.
Posted by The Akanes on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:34:00 PST

ERADICATOR!

Expect our new EP, ERADICATOR! This spring. The time to get awesome is now.
Posted by The Akanes on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:53:00 PST

Happy Birthday Joe and Sweet D

So Joe and Sweet D share a birthday (January 19th) and I just now discovered this. I didn't know this because I am an insensitive friend that obviously did not take the time to remember either one's b...
Posted by The Akanes on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:25:00 PST

Dude, did anyone else know this!!??

So I'm doing research on Shonen Knife for a paper in East Asian popular cultures class and I see their current label is Tomato Head records (which I guess put out the first Tsunami Bomb EP). From ther...
Posted by The Akanes on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:14:00 PST

I like you...I’ll probably give you a nick-name.

The Akanes and Sweet D's band "The Algebraist" are doing a split that will hopefully be ready before January. We're thinking it will be 12 songs total and will be recorded with Tim Carlson at Lucy's R...
Posted by The Akanes on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:05:00 PST

New Demo means New Songs!

We just recorded a four song demo with the loveable and Huggable dudes at Mixtape Sound Lab and I just uploaded the new recordings to our myspace page. I am very upset that the song title "I don't com...
Posted by The Akanes on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:16:00 PST