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Controlled Karaoke: Ultraman Meets “Thriller,” Acid Trip Ensues

ByPatrick St. Michel December 7, 2009

Just…wow. Good job Japan. You can stop the video at the 2:20 mark, the monsters stop dancing at that point.

kaiju dance
by gariisenab

(Via Japan Probe)

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Modern Meditation: No Kissa’s No Kissa
ByPatrick St. Michel October 26, 2018

Confusion comes naturally on No Kissa. “Vaporwave? Ambient? Screw?” riddles the description for this, the first new release from the project (they describe themselves as an “enigma unit”) of the same name in four years. But this playfulness is what makes No Kissa an absorbing listen, as No Kissa avoid falling into any specific genre…

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New Mom: “Skirt”
ByPatrick St. Michel May 8, 2018

Man, Mom is feeling themselves right now. Following the topsy-turvy, post-net-label funhouse of Baby Like A Paperdriver, the Saitama artist has gotten a little more sweet, first with the chipper “That Girl” and now “Skirt.” It’s a little lighter, powered by a stroll of a beat and some fat keyboard notes — accented by video…

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New Kindan No Tasuketsu: Kindan No Poetry Reading
ByPatrick St. Michel December 15, 2014

Coming from an outfit such as Kindan No Tasuketsu, Kindan No Poetry Reading isn’t that that big a surprise. One thing this band does extremely well is shape shift from song to song, capable of big pop moments and reflective acoustic pickers and Ibiza chillout trakcs. Still…this six song collection is, indeed, a poetry reading,…

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New The Moments: “Stay Away”
ByPatrick St. Michel October 13, 2014

I guess it is Nagoya day on the blog! A Nagoya indie-pop day, at that. The Moments have a new song up on Soundcloud, the drifty “Stay Away.” It’s a straightforward number – guitars rattle off, the vocals deliver ennui-soaked words and the whole thing builds to a very slight but still there release. Simple,…

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Kept Close: Family Basik’s “Music For Absentees” And “Unattractive World”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 12, 2018

Siblings Yu and Rima Kato comprise Family Basik, a project offering up intricate chamber pop. It’s far busier than Rima Kato’s sparse solo work, and often features lyrics with a slightly darker bend (see 2014’s A False Dawn And Posthumous Notoriety, a generally chipper collection speckled with lyrics about death). The duo have a new…

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New Homecomings: “Perfect Sounds Forever”
ByPatrick St. Michel June 16, 2016June 16, 2016

Feels like every month is worth reminding the world that Kyoto’s Homecomings made one of the year’s better indie-pop albums, and thankfully they seem to be releasing music videos for songs off of Sale Of Broken Dreams at a constant enough rate to do just that. “Perfect Sounds Forever” is the latest to get the…

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