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Amongst the bright neon lights and garish mechanized crabs of Osaka’s Dotonobori district looms Kaela Kimura. The J-Pop star leaps behind a candy shell of colors appropriate for the city’s top tourist destination, part of her black shirt digitized as if to hide something. No ad save for the famous Glico Man comes close to…
New Music Video: LANDS “BANDAGE”
I declared LANDS “Bandage” the best song featured on the an episode of Music Station I didn’t watch, but only found a measly minute-or-so long clip of the song to judge. The full clip just made it online, clocking in at nearly six minutes. Shockingly, though, the song doesn’t lose anything despite a very risky…
Controlled Karaoke: New Male Version Of NMB48, Osaka Spinoff Of AKB48, Coming Soon
Turns out the whole 48-member-pop-group trend will never die – based off the success of AKB48-copy NMB48, someone had the idea to start up an all-male version for the Osaka area to rake in that sweet sweet teenage girl/lonely housewife money. Auditions to be in this new performance troupe go down late this month, and…
Station To Station: Music Station For August 27, 2010 Featuring Perfume, WEAVER And BIGBANG
WEAVER “僕らの永遠～何度生まれ変わっても、手を繋ぎたいだけの愛だから～ “ [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giAj_iHUwdQ”] First, props to WEAVER for giving their new single a name so long it couldn’t fit on a Butterfinger wrapper. That takes some balls. Unfortunately, that testicular fortitude doesn’t surface anywhere on the actual song. This single…not gonna copy/paste the title…seems custom made for feel-good radio stations moms tune into and…
The Perfume Department: Perfume Star In New Ad, Tease New Single “Spring Of Life,” Sign To Universal Music Japan, Launch Global Web Site, Plan To Go International, Cause Really Long Blog Headline
Usually, I stay up late on weekdays doing all sorts of work (read: watching YouTube), but last night I decided to read a few chapters of a Joan Didion book and go to bed at a reasonable hour for once. Turned out I missed a deluge of Perfume news – guess who won’t be sleeping…
Missed The Station: 12/11/09 Featuring Keisuke Kuwata and Ayumi Hamasaki
Keisuke Kuwata – “君にサヨナラを”: So, Southern All Stars are apparently famous in Japan. They pretty much boast a top-notch J-Pop resume. Not to mention they’ve been a fixture in Japan’s music scene since the late 70s. One member of the steadfast Southern All Stars, Keisuke Kuwata, recently released a single and will be on the…