Another day, another Yasutaka Nakata-produced electro-pop track. At this point, every act Nakata touches ends up baring similar sonic hallmarks – no-free-space electronics joined by digitally manipulated vocals. Meg’s “Secret Adventure” single features all these markers and, like most of Nakata’s work with Perfume and Capsule, sounds like an absolute computer-generated ear worm. It’s not…
KAT-TUN “Going!” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyu8GtG3G6U&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Oh this one isn’t easy. Usually when I see a Johnny’s band on the list, I’m 99 percent sure I’ll be writing a scathing review. Considering the pop-idol factory produces male idols first and music as a secondary concern, it’s not that ridiculous an expectation. So here we have KAT-TUN’s latest “Going!”…
The main talking point when dealing with Soutaiseiriron is usually the band’s relative mysteriousness. Japan Live runs down the band (translates to “Theory Of Relativity” in case you wondered) and their secretive ways pretty well, but here’s the Sparksnotes version – group boasts very few publicity shots, a blank MySpace page and make it clear…
very very smallアップロード者 techmanimoto. – ウェブ動画で有名人の動画をもっと見ましょう。 Easily the most painful 11 seconds of video I’ve seen all week. Poor dude! Lets get to the songs this week… aiko “向かいあわせ” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR1mpvXfu-s&hl=en_US&fs=1&] aiko seems to do one type of song and only one type of song – the piano-driven track that’s not quite a ballad but also…
The Music Station web site started posting what songs the artists will be performing again. Rejoice! Let’s get into it… NYC “Yuuki 100%” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCVObkaCpl8&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Be wary of any musical group cobbled together for the sole purpose of performing the theme song to a volleyball tournament. Last year, Johnny’s Entertainment took two members of tween-heartthrobs Hey!…