New Perfume Video: “不自然なガール” Or “Artificial Girl”
Watch it here. Over-analysis later.
Watch it here. Over-analysis later.
I’ve been mentioning it on Twitter and Tumblr, but might as well get it here too…this week, I’ve been given the digital keys to One Week, One Band, an excellent music blog where writers devote one week to writing about one specific band or artist. I’m going where no other contributor has gone yet –…
Last we heard from Kyoto’s Turntable Films, they were embracing a more muted sound on the disappointing 10 Days Plus One mini album, clumsy folk and awful attempts at Nashville swagger drowning out the few good ideas they had. The halcyon days of “2steps” seemed lost, traded in for a boring approach better suited for…
Terribly named J-Hip-Hop group Funky Monkey Babys (no, really) recently went to China to perform, and thank God some Japanese show filmed this adventure. Now I know those Funky Monkey Babys can speak a sentence or two of Chinese! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s299dME0AE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] (Via Japan Probe)
The Only-Music Review Of Perfume’s JPN The following only deals with Perfume within the context of Perfume – no mentions of outside artists, or outside distractions. Stay tuned for part two, which will tackle those issues. The easiest knock against JPN is that it barely constitutes a new album, more of a glorified compilation disc…
No time for intros, let us get into this. AKB48 “Give Me Five!” WATCH A 34-MINUTE VIDEO HERE (OR SKIP TO 26:31 FOR THE SONG) At long last AKB48 have done what once seemed impossible – they have contributed something good to the music world. This “Give Me Five!” stands as the group’s best single…
Little bit of a rush job this week, as I’ve got lots of other work to get done and this week’s lineup inspires nothing but tepidness in my heart. So…these lil’ snarky reviews might be extra lil’ this week. Just remember…you can be doing all sorts of cool stuff instead of listening to these songs…