Watch it here. Over-analysis later.
How, exactly, do you take the reigns back on things you can’t control? Or, less flowery — how do you reclaim your narrative? Your view might vary, but I think it’s fair to say Kyary Pamyu Pamyu has been perceived to be treading water since she released her last album. Key word is “perceived,” as…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AztSMDU9s5Q”] Lot of news coming out of the Pop-Office, uh, office at the moment. They recently posted a new song called “You Found Me (Primitive Version)” (maybe that means, like, a demo?), which is sorta a change-up from this Nagoya group. Up until now I’ve associated them with bleak, 80’s rock packed tight with a…
After missing Music Station last week (gasp!), I’m sad to announce this week’s edition will be rapid fire as I need to pack for a brief vacation. Sorry! But most of these songs speak for themselves. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” At long long long last, one of 2012’s best pop songs is going…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV7SMFwgs3k&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Try not to be hypnotized by this video. I think I’d be OK if YouTube stopped allowing new videos, because none will ever top the power of Al Bundy groovin’ to Major Lazer. Transcendent. Anywho, onto the J-Pop. Ikimono-gakari “Arigato” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeySj-pyvlk&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Despite having a run time of just six minutes, Ikimono-gakari’s “Arigato” feels like…
Sometimes an idea is so absurd it turns genius really fast. The Lasttrak…who mainly remix anime theme songs into, like, dub burners or EDM bruisers…take an extremely popular song from the trio King Cream Soda made for the cartoon Youkai Watch and mashes it up…with Daft Punk. It somehow works, and, honestly, to close out…
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu turns 20 next week*, and to celebrate she has a new single called “Furisodeshon,” which you can hear above. Sonically, it sounds like Yasutaka Nakata is returning to his early-Capsule days, as the music sounds like something off of S.F. Sound Furniture or before. And yeah the video is pretty great, especially…