Controlled Karaoke: Snoop Dogg Wants Japan To Know He’s Sorry

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMKjKyZ-lIo”] Famed rapper/reality TV star Snoop Dogg had some Japanese shows scheduled in the near future, but the promoter behind those performances apparently backtracked on half of the money. So the Dogg Father pulled the plug on those shows. Now, he wants his fans in Japan to understand why he canceled the live joints and…

Cornelius Soundtracks A Muji Ad, Makes Commercials Cool As Hell

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4cDnjt88_8″] A more cynical person would hear that Cornelius offered up the music for a new Muji company commercial and say “what a sellout.” Thankfully its 2010 and the concept of selling out via ad opportunities went away long ago unless you are in high school or something, but to this imaginary naysayer I raise…

THE BEAUTY: “Match Point”

Oh expectations. Though sometimes capable of building a promising-looking group into something they can never actually hope to be, resulting in crippling disappointment, they can also sometimes lead one to believe something won’t be all that good and….zing!….it’s actually amazing. Given the artists I followed to reach THE BEAUTY, I fully expected something that would…

Trendy Fuzz: mig

Up front I’ll be honest with you: there are way too many “throwback” garage-rock bands making fuzzy sounding songs that fail to really do anything of interest. This applies to America, England, Japan and probably every other country on the planet. So yeah…mig definitely could be lumped into this increasingly annoying trend given the group’s…