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

ByPatrick St. Michel October 21, 2009

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Spring In Your Step: Mymeans “Souiu Ko To Data”
ByPatrick St. Michel May 22, 2014

It opens like a bunch of kids who listened to Marquee Moon a couple dozen times and went from there, until they let their peppy sides come through and ease back on the stutter-step guitar work. Osaka’s Mymeans soon transition into a springy number that just hops along, aided by the vocals which move at…

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New Yunovation: 072 EP
ByPatrick St. Michel June 21, 2018

Osaka’s Yunovation makes quite a splash on her 072 EP, offering listeners a heck of an intro to what she’s all about while highlighting a great deal of songwriting charm. Advance song “Aruteido Aru” remains the stunner, a confident bit of post-Avec-Avec dance-pop anchored by a unique, youthful viewpoint that signals a welcome changing of…

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New Post Modern Team: “The Girl I Never”
ByPatrick St. Michel June 19, 2014

Osaka’s Post Modern Team have dipped their toes in dance-leaning sounds before, but they completely embrace the groove on new cut “The Girl I Never.” Resembling early-day Phoenix, it’s practically picking up where “I Just Wanna Make Love To You” left off sonically. It is as repetitive as their oldest and best songs, but with…

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Make Believe Melodies’ Favorite Japanese Songs Of 2016
ByPatrick St. Michel December 19, 2016December 19, 2016

Another year draws to a close, and that means its time for the annual rush of year-end blog posts looking back on the year that was. And, again, I try to write an intro to this collection trying to say something original, about putting together lists and what it all means. But at this point,…

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Suiyoubi No Campanella Teams Up With Chvrches For “Out Of My Head”
ByPatrick St. Michel August 4, 2018

Link for video viewable outside of Japan here Well here’s an unlikely collaboration. Chvrches capped off a recent swing through Japan for the Fuji Rock Festival by sharing a new song featuring…Suiyoubi No Campanella (I mean…just KOM_I? Kenmochi Hidefumi involved, because it sure sounds like Chvrches). Hey, now that’s a nice profile raiser. The song…

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New Poncho + Casino Tart: “Take Time”
ByPatrick St. Michel July 3, 2018

Some swift, good juke courtesy of Osaka’s Poncho + Casino Tart on their latest release. The two Satanicpornocultshop members craft a pretty simple but deeply pleasing track with “Take Time,” letting some flute-like sounds do their breezy thing while some helium-ed up vocal samples run over, adding a wooziness to every second of the song….

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