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New Perfume: “Flash”
Sharing a “short version” of anything feels like cheating…why not just wait a week until the full video hits YouTube…but we’ve bent the rules for Perfume before so why deviate from that path. “Flash” is the first non-single to emerge in the run-up to Cosmic Explorer, out worldwide in about two weeks, and finds the…
New Perfume: “FAKE IT”
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52JVrp09Zdk”] There is a very real chance the above video will appear only as a black background. The leak-sniffers seem to be on their A-game for this one, so just keep an open eye if you can’t hear the above. Yasutaka Nakata deserves a lot of credit for his production work, especially the work he’s…
Station To Station: Music Station For February 25, 2011 Featuring Arashi, Aiko And Keisuke Kuwata
This week’s episode of Music Station a.k.a. “the show where we hear the newest Johnny’s singles” comes in a slightly abbreviated form. Whereas the typical weekly showcase features five or sometimes six performers, the February 25 edition boasts only four. Bad news to rabid J-Pop fans and the army of teenage girls who tune in…
New Namie Amuro: “Golden Touch”
(First off, the “interactive” element of this video is hilarious, but also sort of genius, like Google releasing Google Glass a couple years back and now settling on some cardboard specs. Put your finger here, and you can pretend it squirts mustard! Also, a furry relationship sub-story.) Namie Amuro’s switch from Japanese to Japanese/English singing…
Obligatory SMAP Post
A blog focused on discovering the music landscape of Japan wouldn’t be complete without at least a mention of SMAP. I’ve had the chance to listen to a decent amount of SMAP tracks (and have even more to sort through, though I’m in no rush…) and for the most part they aren’t very good. Since…
Station To Station: Music Station For May 25, 2012 Featuring Noel Gallagher, GLAY And AKB48
Tokyo currently has “Skytree” fever, as the metropolis’ welcomed the world’s second-largest structure this week. Take it from someone who watches the news while running on the treadmill at my gym – the Skytree is inescapable, with TV shows doing features about the outside, inside, gift shops, food options and nearby train station (just to…