Some Japanese rock band named Kishidan recently did an interview with MTV Japan. Most of the time, nobody except maybe really die-hard Kishidan fans (do those exist?) would give a care. But said interview featured the group wearing uniforms resembling the clothes members of the SS wore in Nazi Germany. This has spurred Jewish human…
My mind isn’t nearly as sharp as it once was but I swear last I checked Twinkle Twinkles online presence they only featured three songs, not the current six. So unless I pushed out the memory of what songs appeared in the group’s MySpace-provided music player to make room for my weekly grocery list, these…
Gotta do this quick because I HAVE WORK but a few of the highlights of the Fuji Rock lineup: – Arctic Monkeys – Deerhoof (!) – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (!) – Warpaint (!!!!) – Atari Teenage Riot – Wilco – Yellow Magic Orchestra – Mogwai Full list here.
So Summer Sonic went and released the first batch of performers for this year’s festival, which you might recall happens over two days in Osaka and Tokyo. Let’s break this down shall we. – Whoa, this one is interesting. Los Angeles rap clan OFWGKTA or better known as Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All…
Last year’s Lick The Star E.P. showcased Nu Clear Classmate not as an up-and-coming buzz band bloggers should check in with when a full-length dropping, but as a group with a fully-formed sound all their own. In just under 20 minutes the Tokyo duo breathed legitimacy into the idea of “suicide pop,” a phrase coined…