Alright, go ahead and don’t dwell on the image above. Shintaro Katagiri seems to be a big fan of EarthBound, but new track “Airplane” sounds nothing like video game background music. Katagiri saves his game file to go out on a Saturday night (errrr, metaphorically) – “Airplane” is guided by neon streaks of keyboard that…
Perhaps you’ve noticed at your local mall/supermarket…or maybe you just read one of the gillion articles pointing it out that cropped up online this past week…that the Christmas decorations are starting to come out. Which means…only a matter of weeks before J-Pop stars start pumping out holiday songs for us to shudder at. The first…
Special weekend update today. Tokyo fuzz-rock duo Puffyshoes have a new song for your listening pleasure, “Baby Kiss Me.” Not as aggressive as they can get, “Baby Kiss Me” instead finds them embracing the girl-group-ish sound they frequently make eyes at. It’s a simple, bobbing number about wanting to kiss someone who isn’t as keen…
New-album-announcement week soldiers on today thanks to some Amazon Japan sleuthing and, more importantly, timely Twitter updates. Thanks J-Rock Explosion! The Brixton Academy plan to release a new EP, L.O.T., on November 24 featuring three tracks. It follows up this year’s majestic Vivid (review here) and you can peep the tracklist below. 1. Catch It!…
Kyoto folk-tinged rockers Turntable Films already dropped one excellent mini album onto the world in 2010, but that hasn’t stopped them from going and recording a potentially stellar follow-up. 10 Days Plus One, a ten-track album featuring the colorful artwork above, comes out sometime in November. Vague, but all good. Check the song list below….