Arashi “Troublemaker” – A college friend of mine once told me Arashi was her favorite Japanese boy band because they debuted the same year she started junior high in Japan. After spending more time with Arashi’s music and the current-day junior high school girls who adore them (I’m a teacher, gutter-minded people), everything suddenly makes…
A calm image before we embark on the terror below. Kanjani8 “ツブサニコイ” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ltV–Mkzr0″] Earlier this week, the founder of Johnny’s Johnny Kitagawa was attacked at his home, where he barricaded himself from his assailant until help could arrive. Now, we don’t condone violence around here even against people responsible for some of the worst music…
Not much commentary on this one – Toss And Volley make schizophrenic electro music that’s both kind of danceable but also really strange. Imagine Black Dice reducing the volume about 60 percent and trying to play a dance club. Just listen to the songs on their MySpace page. The tracks range from the skipping madness…
In the past month, Korean pop outfits 2NE1 and Wonder Girls both called it quits. Those announcements came after a few other notable breakups in the world of K-Pop, and after months that saw the landscape of Korean music shift in a new way. It happened a while back, but January felt like it was…
So I stayed up way past my bedtime on a Sunday night to watch the Women’s World Cup Final and not only was treated to the best game of soccer I’ve ever seen…and that’s not some weird jab at the sport, it genuinely was the most thrilling match I’ve ever seen, albeit that’s a small…
Lullatone Spinning Mobile from lullatone on Vimeo. Lullatone continue their minimalist march to becoming the new Babies ‘R’ Us with their latest offering, the Lullatone spinning mobile kit. As the video above reveals, you can arrange the shapes however you’d like and your kid will love it! Adorable stuff, which you can buy here.
