Plenty of Japanese artists have found ways to help the earthquake/tsunami relief efforts, ranging from Lullatone making all proceeds from digital album sales go to the Red Cross to AKB48 just donating a bunch of money. Now precarious bedroom-artist Shugo Tokumaru has gotten in on the giving. He’s teamed up with TONOFON and made a…
Maybe I’m just drained from news coverage and Tweets screaming something about the end of the world, but to my ears “Hikari Merry-Go-Round” sounds like pure escape from reality. Lily Of The Valley deliver on the song title, as “Hikari” doesn’t really move from any point A to B as much as simply rotate around…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws8SKpjvq2A”] This one requires context. Maia Hirasawa, the Swedish singer who also spends extended periods of time in Japan, has become pretty darn popular in this country. Her single “It Doesn’t Stop” pops up on all sorts of radio stations…indie-approved and the sort of easy-listening stuff middle-aged people love to listen to during car pools…and…
Metrotune continue to fake out listeners by naming new songs after musical artifacts from the 60s. Last time they invoked the Yardbirds, and on new track “Sunny Afternoon” they borrow the title from a Kinks’ tune. Yet as was the case with “Yardbirds,” Metrotune’s latest won’t be featured in any Wes Anderson soundtracks anytime soon….
Starting this Tuesday, thousands of music nerds will descend on Austin, Texas for the music portion of the South By Southwest festival, or every blogger’s personal Shangri-La. Over the course of five days, bands from all over the world will play an ungodly number of concerts at all sorts of wacky times while various fans/writers…