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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 –…
Self-Promotion Plus: Writing About Post-Earthquake Music In The Atlantic And Reviewing Twinkle Twinkles For The Japan Times
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF12h19h5uo”] March 11 is coming up, marking the one-year anniversary of the earthquake/tsunami. I wrote an article for The Atlantic about music after these disasters, and it features all sorts of names you might know – EXILE, Neon Cloud, Goth-Trad, Rankin’ Taxi…list goes on. Read it here, and make sure to watch all the videos…because…
New Vanilla Beans Song And Video: “älskar dig”
When it comes to idol-pop duo Vanilla Beans, the new video accompanying fresh material is just as if not even a little more vital. If you shut your eyes and just listen to the pair’s newest “älskar dig,” you’d hear a breezy pop song dusted with some strings and the sweet dual singing they’ve clung…
New Tofubeats: “Don’t Stop The Music” Featuring Chisato Moritaka
Tofubeats already has one great album and a handful of well-produced singles for other artists under his belt this year…and, welp, he has another gem now with “Don’t Stop The Music.” Here, the Kobe producer embraces a more laid back structure compared to the often manic tracks on this year’s Lost Decade, letting the music…
Listen To A Little Bit Of A New Perfume Song, “Glitter,” Via A Kirin Commercial
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIlHa0rs_4Q”] Perfume really love the fake fruit taste of Kirin, as they’ve gone and debuted another new song in a commercial for an adult beverage. Following “Laser Beam,” “Glitter” can be heard a bit in the above ad. Listen above, and hopefully soon a full stream of the song will appear.
Her Ghost Friend Prep New Album Cosmic Counterpart, Preview Some New Songs
Her Ghost Friend occupy one of the stranger niches in modern J-Pop music. They are, distinctively, pop…there are clear, catchy choruses supported by twinkly instrumentation and Shinobu Ono’s lovely sing-rapping. Yet they aren’t quite in that hallowed upper crust of mainstream music, rather caught somewhere between front-row-at-Tower-Records and indie. They’ve released two great albums…a solid…