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New Nariaki Obukuro Featuring Hikaru Utada: “Lonely One”
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Fuzzed Dessert: Fairy Floss
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New Old Video: √thumm’s “NEU!”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWwNiQ4GiGw&hl=en_US&fs=1&] I totally missed it, but √thumm made a video for their propulsive electro-jam “NEU!” back in December. Since I’m all about late news (or, more accurately, the band’s debut album was an absolute beast) I’m sharing it in all it’s psychy goffiness. The fuzzy yellow rabbit guy from the Coton album cover plays a…