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Controlled Karaoke: Japanese Duo Do Best Simon & Garfunkel Impression

ByPatrick St. Michel October 1, 2009

They also try out some tunes by The Stylistics and The Gypsy Kings. Dudes got the Garfunkel hair down, though.

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Get DJ Obake’s H Now
ByPatrick St. Michel January 9, 2015

As mentioned earlier, DJ Obake — one half of J-pop outfit Her Ghost Friend — has put together a new solo collection, called H, for American imprint Zoom Lens. And now it is out, and you should go snap that up, because it is good. It’s a chance to get a glimpse at just DJ…

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New PellyColo: “Solar Powered”
ByPatrick St. Michel July 22, 2019July 22, 2019

PellyColo covers a staggering amount of ground over the course of Solar Powered. The creator’s ambition came through clearly on the sci-fi-inspired album Universal Catalog, a number that turned spacecraft flight into jaunty synth-pop jogs. Solar Powered keeps the same star-bound imagery while pulling ideas from Gradius and house music among other places. It’s a…

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Poppin’ Off On A Friday Night: New Sugar’s Campaign, Tempura Kidz And Shiggy Jr.
ByPatrick St. Michel August 5, 2016

Good couple of days for folks who like J-pop, but prefer the artists operating in the middle-class zone rather than the upper echelons (which is not to say Nishino Kana lacks solid moments). A few familiar mid-tier faces released new songs (and accompanying videos) over the last two days. One outfit was Sugar’s Campaign, the…

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New Takuma Of Sugar’s Campaign: “Kuzuha No Sunday”
ByPatrick St. Michel July 25, 2011

Not to judge a place by a Wiki page alone, but Kuzuha city near Osaka looks like a pretty ho-hum locale. I’m sure the ballyhooed Kuzuha Mall delivers on great values and a bomb food court, but rarely is it a good sign that the shopping mall ends up being the highlight. Other points of…

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Dancing After 1 AM Compilation Featuring MIR, She Talks Silence, Extruders And More
ByPatrick St. Michel October 30, 2012October 30, 2012

Call And Response Record’s new compilation album Dancing After 1 AM didn’t need a hook to grab our attention. The 18-track album (full disclosure: released by our friend Ian Martin) features new songs from some of the best rock artists going in Japan. She Talks Silence contribute a shadowy guitar number, while The Mornings jerky…

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New The Insect Kids: “裸足の兵隊”
ByPatrick St. Michel August 1, 2011

Gauging the political intentions of music in Japan can be tricky, especially when you rely on Google Translate and Firefox extensions to figure out what’s going on. Plenty of artists can be direct about their stances, and in the wake of this year’s nuclear situation a handful of anti-nuclear-power songs appeared albeit far from the…

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