Blog: Trust Me on This

Last April, when I still lived just above City Hall downtown, I took a late-night walk to the Bowery Ballroom for the Tokyo Police Club show. Some hours later, as I returned to my apartment, I found myself wondering why I was walking down the deserted Bowery alone in the dead of night - and here is the long answer. Back in 2006, I started hearing about an EP called A Lesson in Crime by a postpunk band named Tokyo Police Club. I don't remember ever hearing any stories about the origins of the band's name, [...]