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Station To Station: Music Station For October 22, 2010 Featuring ORANGE RANGE, Girls’ Generation And Mika Nakashima
God, that singing robot keeps getting creepier and creepier. Read more about the terror here. Now, onto some J-Pop artists a few degrees away from being animatronic! NYC “よく遊びよく学べ” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejG6G3OGmYI”] Already tackled this song in the last edition of this feature, so I’ll leave it to you to click this blue text to see what…
Make Believe Melodies’ Japanese Albums Of The Year: 20-11
I’m not a designer of any sort, so please enjoy this clip art. Something that tends to happen with end-of-the-year lists is writers and publications end up creating narratives for the year that just unfolded. The dominant one for 2014 so far has been “what a horrible year,” which…fair enough, if you followed the news…
Controlled Karaoke: Lullatone Want To Make Your Christmas Even Better…For Only Ten Bucks!
Looking for a good last minute gift for that loved one who happens to love minimalist Japanese music? Or maybe you just want to put a smile on your favorite Japan-based music blogger’s face? Either way, bedtime-pop duo Lullatone have just the solution for you. For ten dollars, they’ll send whoever you want a personalized…
Station To Station: Music Station For March 2 Featuring Ikimono-gakari, TVXQ And Mayu Watanabe (Of AKB48)
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCVxh_BaX08″] That’s some guy dressed up as Jesus running in the Tokyo Marathon. You gotta feel for the dude dressed up as Pac-Man and Minnie Mouse who jog by early in the clip – they were probably thinking “man, I am gonna get so much attention, running in this silly outfit!” Then out comes the…
Station To Station: Music Station For April 30, 2010 Featuring Perfume, KAT-TUN And Zebra Queen
KAT-TUN “Going!” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyu8GtG3G6U&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Oh this one isn’t easy. Usually when I see a Johnny’s band on the list, I’m 99 percent sure I’ll be writing a scathing review. Considering the pop-idol factory produces male idols first and music as a secondary concern, it’s not that ridiculous an expectation. So here we have KAT-TUN’s latest “Going!”…
Controlled Karaoke: Chillwave Has Landed In Japan
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrS4etrxb7s&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Two separate articles about 2009’s favorite stoner genre chillwave appeared in the Japanese media this past weekend, all but guaranteeing a new crop of Japan-based artists staying inside and sampling Italian disco records. English publication The Japan Times ran a primer about the genre, featuring interviews with Ducktails and Memory Tapes. It’s a solid…