二十歳の誕生日を控えるきゃりーぱみゅぱみゅが、成人式を祝うべく、新曲“ふりそでーしょん”のビデオを公開しました!ビデオは上にあります。まるでプロデューサーの中田ヤスタカが初期Capsule時代に戻ったかのような曲。S.F. Sound Furnitureかそれ以前の作品のよう。きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅが酔っぱらったフリをするのが観たいなら、ビデオは楽しんでもらえるはず(観たいでしょ?)。ひょっとしたら追加でもっと書くかも。成人式を迎える皆様!本当におめでとうございます! *UPDATE: Nope, she doesn’t, that would be the 29th actually. Next week is just coming-of-age day here in Japan. D’oh!
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu has a new single out in October, called “Fashion Monster,” but the full song and video came out late tonight (at a good time for Western audiences HMMMMMMMMM). The clip, above, merges The Adam’s Family with Visual Kei…and a bunch of other great imagery one expects from Kyary with each new video. As for the song…well, hopefully I can write more later, but first few plays through this sounds really nice. The 8-bit bloops Yasutaka Nakata works in are great. For now, enjoy a man dressed as a rabbit rocking out on a turntable-equipped keytar.
Let’s hope this trend continues – J-Rock bands backed by relatively well-known labels creating music that also takes plenty of inspiration from the world of dance music. Last year, Sakanaction released what has thus far been the definitive album of this electro-rock wave…and, while we are tossing around hyperbole, the best J-Rock album of the…
After a few weeks off, Music Station thankfully returns this Friday to save me from thinking of one more piece of original content every week. Oh the humanity! It has been awhile, but let’s check in on the world of mainstream J-Pop, shall we? Arashi “To Be Free [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chWKkT49So8&hl=en_US&fs=1] Arashi haven’t been on a winning…
Bob of Osaka indie-pop outfit Ice Cream Shout writes that “Broken By Inertia,” the newest song from his solo project Cloudy Busey, isn’t all that new. “Actually, it’s old as shit,” he writes before revealing the song’s life began about three years ago and that Ice Cream Shout have busted out the tune on the…
Reminder to check out One Week, One Band as my stint writing about Perfume draws to a close. Also, a reminder that I am focusing on that project this week and am just gonna blaze through this feature. Ikimono-gakari “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” WATCH HERE Click the above link, and check out the bizarre voting…
Earlier this year, “anti-idol” idols BiS broke up, leaving behind a legacy containing a handful of extreme videos, a lot of nutty collaborations and a song catalog of mixed quality, albeit highlighted by an absolute beast of a single. Since disbanding in July, the members of the group have started making strides in various solo…
It’s always a very special Music Station when AKB48 come around, so let’s get right into this star-studded edition of Station To Station. Jin Akanishi “Yellow Gold Eternal” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCC7Q9DgsfA”] OK, the track above only goes by “Eternal” but I’m just going to assume it’s the same. Only missing two words! That and I think the…