The Mirraz ““君の料理(レシピNo.2027)” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDDtW4JqJl0″] Another day, another new Mirraz track and video to digest. The latest continues in the same direction as last week’s single “Happy Ice Cream,” putting the band’s rapid-fire-talk-sing vocals against relatively simple albeit sweet music. It’s another strong song from the group, and it’s helping to make their new album On…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHHu8j90oFQ”] 8-bit warriors YMCK join fellow Japanese group Lullatone in jumping on the iPhone app bandwagon. “YMCK Player” allows users to play a video-game-sounding keyboard and even improvise over songs already on your Apple product. The application…which will cost ya a mere 350 yen…also comes with a new YMCK jam. Oh you can listen to…
Rega describe themselves as a “progressive jam band.’ Don’t run in terror just yet – yes, pledging allegiance to “progressive jam” implies this Japanese quartet exists in the same dirty-hair realm of Phish and countless other bands who, given the chance, could play a nine-hour long show. Turns out Rega either don’t know how to…
Three new tracks from Tokyo’s The Harpy’s, an all-girls trio who treat assigned band roles with very little regard. Everyone sings over the dusty garage-rock grooves, and the whole affair ends up sounding like a particularly booze-rich jam session. The three new songs dabble in various styles, from straight-ahead rock (“HER SHE’S”) to weirder fare…
In one of those cruel-not-really-cruel moments a music fan faces more than they’d like, I discovered LSD March were playing in Osaka last night only, oh, four hours before the show. Though I flirted with the idea of throwing all my responsibilities to the side for the night, I chose to be responsible and miss…