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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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New Madegg: “Mono U Ni”
ByPatrick St. Michel August 28, 2011

Was literally brushing my teeth when I noticed that Kyoto’s Madegg posted a new track called “Mono U Ni” to his SoundCloud page. Take a listen to this spacey…as in minimalist, not constellations…track below while I wash my face. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/22052464″]

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New The Oto Factory: Recruit
ByPatrick St. Michel November 29, 2017

recruit by the oto factory Funky synth-pop outfit have called on…errrr, recruited?…some friends to help them out on their new release via Ano(t)raks. And turns out guest singers and contributors help boos their music up a level. While not the first time they’ve called on others to jump on their loose-limbed neon grooves, this is…

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New In The Blue Shirt: “Stevenson Screen”
ByPatrick St. Michel August 16, 2017

Bonus songs tacked on to a special edition CD or vinyl issue of an existing album might not normally grab our attention, but when it comes to In The Blue Shirt, we are eager to listen to what micro-level dance tinkering dude gets up to at any time. “Stevenson Screen” comes from the record version…

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Just A Theory: Neco Asobi’s Kimi To Tsuki To Cider
ByPatrick St. Michel September 3, 2018

No group has been more influential this decade than Sotaisei Riron. That outfit’s mix of Showa-derived pop melodies and lead singer Etsuko Yakushimaru’s surreal sing-speak ended up leaving a mark on pop and rock in Japan across the past ten years, ranging from out-right imitation to blueprints towards the mainstream to stranger creations. If you…

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Zazen Boys’ Mukai Shutoku Records Acoustic Number
ByPatrick St. Michel April 3, 2011

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md8sf_lyNy4″] Calling anything Mukai Shutoku does a surprise seems a bit foolhardy – dude has jumped between so many styles during his time in Number Girl, Zazen Boys and most recently Kimonos that sharp turns should be most certainly expected by now. Still, seeing a man who frequently shouts random English phrases (“WEEKEND!” “FRIDAY NIGHT!”…

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Just The Right Cute: Wotoha’s “Cobalt Dreams”
ByPatrick St. Michel June 17, 2019

The right amount of cute can be tricky to pull off in music. The “kawaii bass” wave of the last few years has mostly receded, but twinkly dance-pop numbers still appear frequently, and they can just be too much, relying on high-pitched singing and an abundance of playroom-ready sounds instead of a good idea. Wotoha…

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