Ikimono-gakari “Arigato” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nk0uVMV5_A&hl=en_US&fs=1&] The first time I wrote about “Arigato” I focused mostly on the overly long track’s negatives. Though I’d still prefer to see Cheech Marin shoot bad guys while dressed as a priest three times, my imaginary therapist advised me to be a bit more positive about Ikimono-gakari’s latest. As long as we…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z8z4sZjuy0&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Remember Discovery? The nobody-asked-for-this combination of the keyboardist from Vampire Weekend and the lead singer of Ra Ra Riot joined together to release one album which boasted one great song, a bunch of goofy electro-tinged stabs at R&B and one truly horrid cover of the Jackson Five’s “I Want You Back.” The band’s biggest…
What you see above would be the new bra introduced in Japan this week which doubles as a rice farm. Seriously, when this is the news exported to other countries, do you honestly wonder why people think Japan’s just a giant island of insanity? Onto the music! Mayo Okamoto “Sonomama no Kimi de Ite” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hax6v5GcB-w&hl=en_US&fs=1&]…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLDFgD2uP4w&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Let’s get one thing clear right away…the above song isn’t remotely good. It’s some borderline Up With People group therapy bullshit loaded with enough pep to power an aircraft carrier. Imagine AKB48. Now imagine the players in AKB48 replaced with the Lots-o-Huggin’ bear from Toy Story 3. Now imagine those bears exploding, and the…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV7SMFwgs3k&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Try not to be hypnotized by this video. I think I’d be OK if YouTube stopped allowing new videos, because none will ever top the power of Al Bundy groovin’ to Major Lazer. Transcendent. Anywho, onto the J-Pop. Ikimono-gakari “Arigato” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeySj-pyvlk&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Despite having a run time of just six minutes, Ikimono-gakari’s “Arigato” feels like…