Anamanaguchi
Buckwild Tour
Special guest Full Body 2
Deluxe at Old National Centre
Indianapolis, Indiana
October 1, 2025

Photo Galleries by Tony Vasquez: Full Body 2, Anamanaguchi

On Wednesday night, the basement of Old National Centre felt less like a venue and more like a portal into another dimension. Anamanaguchi, a New York City-based band, transformed the Deluxe Room into a kaleidoscope of neon colors and pixelated nostalgia, unleashing a relentless blend of guitar heroics and pounding rhythms that pushed their “Buckwild Tour” into sensory overload.

Opening the night was Philadelphia’s Full Body 2, a band that thrives in distortion-drenched dreamscapes. Bathed in soft LED color washes and a haze of fog, the four-piece carved out a half-hour set that shimmered between fragility and thunder. Their sound felt exploratory, riding on layers of feedback and crystal tones. A small but passionate crowd leaned into every moment, swept up in the band’s haze-heavy waves of noise and melody.

The night belonged to Anamanaguchi. From the moment they launched into “Sparkler” and “Lieday,” the room was transformed into a sensory overload of light and sound. Guitarists Peter Berkman and Ary Warnaar traded soaring riffs like coded spells, while James DeVito’s bass rumbled beneath Luke Silas’ propulsive drumming, locking the crowd into a collective bounce.

By the time “Prom Night” and “Rage” hit, it wasn’t just a concert, it was a communal exorcism of joy. The closing stretch, marked by the euphoric pulse, left me feeling joyful in the communal experience. 

In the tight, low-ceilinged confines of the Deluxe, Anamanaguchi turned their music into a weapon of pure bliss.

Setlist: Sparkler, Lieday, Buckwild, Prom Night, Rage, Darcie, Airbrushed, Planet, Another Winter, Fall Away, Miss The Rage, Magnet, Meow, Milku, Hopes and Dreams, Sapphire, Endless Fantasy