Note: This will be the final regular update around these parts for a bit…starting tomorrow (hopefully!) we will share MBM’s top 20 Japanese albums of the year. And then we will go on a vacation where posts will be more infrequent. Fittingly, we end with Especia. Osaka idol outfit Especia – who take cues from…
Earlier this year, “anti-idol” idols BiS broke up, leaving behind a legacy containing a handful of extreme videos, a lot of nutty collaborations and a song catalog of mixed quality, albeit highlighted by an absolute beast of a single. Since disbanding in July, the members of the group have started making strides in various solo…
A little bit back, Sakanaction released the video for “Hasu No Hana,” a slow-burning number that made the most of repetition. Now comes the other side of their most recent single and…it is pretty different! “Sayonara Wa Emotion” skitters from the start, both via the beat and the drippy-droppy synths that pass over it. All…
Rising pop singer Yun*Chi is a fan of netlabels, and that fact comes through especially clear on her latest single “Wonderful Wonder World,” which features one song produced by Maltine act bo en (and hey, she’s had Avec Avec remix in the past so…). She’s probably happy Trekkie Trax wunderkind Carpainter remixed the aforementioned single…
Point one – Sakanaction, despite being a very “serious” sounding band, deserve credit for tending to make goofy-fun videos. Just look at how much of a ball Ichiro Yamaguchi is having at the end. OK, the actual song – Sakanaction’s latest single is now out (and has a video), so let’s talk a little about…