Duo ELLEH have been on a good roll recently ahead of their first EP — capped off with a very nice, very fun live show in Tokyo this past weekend. “New To This” adds to the streak, moving at the fastest pace of any of the songs they’ve put out as to date, and featuring…
There are many things I’m just never going to connect with in a truly direct way, and plenty more things I will never come close to understanding at all. I’m, frankly, too old. That’s not meant as some “lolz oldz get out the way” sort of thing, but rather an acknowledgement that certain things just…
I do not come to defend Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, nor try to find any redemption outside of Easter sales campaigns for “Easta.” It is a forgettable single, as have the bulk of her singles since “Mondai Girl.” Blame it on overbooked schedules for her or producer Yasutaka Nakata, blame it on the necessity to do…
Foodman has transformed into one of those productive types of artists who I have no idea what to do with anymore. Albums and EPs, sure, write those up! But he also just puts out so many interesting, captivating and weird loosies, that this could turn into the Internet’s number-one destination for Foodman news if I…
When Ykiki Beat called it a day, something interesting happened to DYGL. The prior group featured many of the same numbers, and was sort of placed as the mainstream rock effort…whereas DYGL was given space to be more messy around the edges, more garage. But now, with one band done, DYGL takes the spotlight role…