Seems most of Japan missed the film PCU, because most concerts feature tons of fans being “that guy” wearing a t-shirt from the band playing that night. It’s a weird flip-around, realizing you, the dweeb wearing another group’s swag, might actually constitute the minority. Self-consciousness doesn’t seem to exist at Japanese shows, replaced by real…
I fully expect The Island Of Curiosity to be just as great an album in the fall as it is now. Come the freezing chokehold and increased heating bills of winter I’m sure Halfby’s latest album will be an excellent escape. But I’m positive he made this as a pure summer album, meant to serve…
Poor, poor MEG. She’s the J-Pop sibling doomed to average-ness, not nearly as popular as sister Perfume and not remotely as cool as brother Capsule. If techno-disco-pop mirrored a Wes Anderson film MEG would be the mediocre family member who isn’t even a glorious failure. Her latest full-length Maverick comes in the middle of the…
Seeing that Cubismo Grafico Five’s new album Double Dozen drops this Tuesday, reviewing the group’s “Life Is Like A Season” 7″ release a scant day before the official LP release is like writing a blog post about a fancy restaurants breadsticks before the main course. I love breadsticks, though, so consider this a super-tiny preview…
Earlier this year, popular foreigner-catering ad-vessel Japanzine named Keikaku.net one of the best Japanese music websites. A fine choice, seeing as it is one of the most thorough spots dealing with Japanese artists. But also a troublesome one, as Keikaku at the time hadn’t updated in almost six months. The writer made note of this,…