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Controlled Karaoke: The Album Art Of Yoshitomo Nara
Today Slate features a slideshow feature on Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara, coinciding with an exhibit of his art opening up in New York (link in the pic above). If that name doesn’t sound familiar, I’m sure the you’ve stumbled across the style (especially if you’re reading a blog about Japanese music). The slideshow mostly focuses…
New Kaela Kimura: “Chocolate”
http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/xlbtfwkk-chok 投稿者 kk231mj Kaela Kimura slows things down on new single “Chocolate,” a potentially deceiving single working as a, gulp, ballad. How could she be pulling the wool over our eyes, you ask? Well, watch the above video and note how strange everything sounds. Kaela’s voice sounds almost recorded to camera, as the toybox electronics…
Controlled Karaoke: It’s The Season For A Charity Version Of “Imagine”
Ahh, the lights are up, the trees are out and rapid material consumption is in the air. You know what that means…time for big celebrity-group songs. A group apparently dubbed the “anime all-star singers” have released a cover of John Lennon’s “Imagine.” It’s for a good cause (though I don’t know what said cause is)…
Station To Station: Music Station For October 21, 2011 Featuring Perfume, Superfly And Fairies
See that tasty-lookin’ burger above? That’s McDonald’s Japan’s new KBQ Burger, a Korean-inspired offering available in stores starting today. But hey! Any day now that whole “Korean wave” is just gonna recede away yeah? Any day now…… Kazuyoshi Saito “やさしくなりたい” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0oXGhUHvC8″] Kazuyoshi Saito has a new album out soon, yet “やさしくなりたい” isn’t on it. He’s…
New Tofubeats Featuring Hitomi Arai Of Tokyo Girls’ Style: “Come On Honey!”
(Heh, talk about nice timing) Kobe producer Tofubeats’ latest single is here, and after two major-label songs where he hooked up with some older names, he’s teamed up with Hitomi Arai of Tokyo Girls’ Style for new single “Come On Honey!” It’s a shuffling number featuring some nice synth blurts right before the chorus and…
Station To Station: Music Station For March 4, 2011 Featuring NYC, RIP SLYME And Nishino Kana
Before we dive into this week’s crop of pop, give this Los Angeles Times article about Japanese enka star Jero a read. The actual style of music he sings isn’t particularly up my alley – it’s an acquired taste that probably gets better when you actually know the lyrics, which are the main attraction –…