A band lending a song to a commercial isn’t particularly worthy of breaking news in 2011. It especially isn’t something you’d lead with when the tune in question is an unheard new song…an instrumental, probably unfinished version at that. I mean, this should be less newsworthy than even those insufferable Pomplamoose Hyundai ads. Lullatone, though,…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyD5nt7Kpao”] Charlie Shuichi Sakuma loves Ukraine. So much in fact he learned how to play the bandura and now serves as a promoter of Ukrainian culture all over the world. NDTV recently featured a short feature about Sakuma, and you can check it out above. (Via Japan Probe)
Sebastian X have always been about wearing emotions on their sleeves, and not just little splashes of it either. Last year’s Bokura No Fantasy (fun fact: this blog’s unlucky #26 album of the year) featured tracks seeping out feeling, like someone took a stick of lipstick and drew a portrait on your cuffs. This year’s…
A lot of words get mushed together on Hoshina Anniversary’s new track “Everybody Plays The Music.” Yet it’s the titular phrase that manages to escape unscathed and take center spotlight, emerging from the throbbing electronics to serve as the song’s (intelligible) chorus. The rest of “Everybody Plays The Music” features sliced-up vocals (or French???) that…
Somebody in the Japanese government make Friendly Hearts Of Japan an official cultural ambassador. Dude clearly is up for the job – he isn’t calling himself just Friendly Hearts, but Friendly Hearts Of Japan like he’s already a valued export sitting in a World Market in Chicago. Besides having a proud name, FHOJ also make…