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New Boris Video: “H.M.A. – Heavy Metal Addict

ByPatrick St. Michel October 21, 2009

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[Via Pitchfork]

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Skyward: Charles.A.D’s Inception
ByPatrick St. Michel March 1, 2019

A fun exercise is to think about how many obscure Japanese albums from the late 1970s and 1980s are enjoying renewed interest today, and imagine…what will the equivalent be 20 or 30 years down the line? This isn’t just limited to Japanese music (honestly, I feel future decades are going to find a lot of…

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New Heavenstamp: “Waterfall”
ByPatrick St. Michel September 11, 2011

Heavenstamp aren’t good because they represent some sudden break from the Japanese rock mainstream, but rather because they take everything the J-Rock bigwigs have made stereotype and give it emotional CPR. Ignore the press courtesy of indie-leaning mags like Snoozer and blogs (cough), Heavenstamp are J-Rock at their core, doing all the things other things…

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De De Mouse Remixes Some Rapper Named Donnis, Makes His Song A Lot Better!
ByPatrick St. Michel July 6, 2011

I don’t know much about the dude named Donnis…the video for his song “Gone” opens with the Fool’s Gold logo, a nice little label which currently boasts The Suzan. Wikipedia tells me he used to be in the Air Force and was stationed in Tokyo, which you think would be a nice little hook for…

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New Boyish: “Saudade”
ByPatrick St. Michel August 28, 2018

Apologies if this blog has seemed a bit nostalgic lately…that’s partially because many of the artists that were formative for me from 2010 — 2013 when doing this came back with new material that has put me in a weird headspace. And now here comes indie-pop outfit Boyish, a group that started life as a…

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Just Beachy: Subtle Control “Too Young”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 1, 2011

Second Royal Records really has flipped for beach-ready music. The latest sorta-chillwave artist to find sanctuary at the Kyoto label is Subtle Control, who appears on the forthcoming Second Royal Vol. 6 compilation with his song…and his only one at the moment…”Too Young.” It features the same stretched out guitar notes that have become synonymous…

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Soleil Soleil Remixes Rhye: “Open”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 18, 2015February 19, 2015

Rhye are, weirdly, one of those inescapable outfits in Japan. I’ve heard songs by the group in supermarkets and in McDonald’s, and their stark “Open” was on rotation at Starbucks Japan last month (where do you think half these posts get written?). I’d like to think that Osaka house producer Soleil Soleil similarly found himself…

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