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.
Proof I’m not the only male on the planet who likes Perfume way too much. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyvhYv75nUw&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Check ’em doing “Dream Fighter” and “Love The World” as well. At least I think it’s the same bunch of kids…or maybe everyone wears a mask when prancing around to J-Pop?
J-Pop doesn’t need to be torn down and built back up. There are lots of bad projects selling lots of albums – this week, Kanjani8 moved more than 200,000 copies of a song, making it the highest-selling single of 2014 thus far – but plenty of great stuff appears on the charts too…and even just…
A friend and I ventured deep into the bowels of the Nagoya underground back in August, a place not quite subterranean as much as just a giant shopping mall with absolutely no natural light sneaking in. We came in search of sushi, but found ourselves staring down a Barbie-pink store entrance complete with window offering…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLYVRSIvtpY”] You know how sometimes you go to a party or some other laid-back social gathering and there is some dude/dudette who makes a funny joke or maybe talks in a silly voice for a second and it kills? Like, everyone burst out laughing and loves it. Then said person decides “hey, I like this…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfgB3bX0sLg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=fr_FR&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Two of Japan’s best musicians got a chance to shine on one of the Internet’s best live-music shows this week. La Blogotheque’s genius “A Take Away Show,” where bands perform stripped-down songs usually in public places, featured Shugo Tokumaru and Tenniscoats performing in the streets of Tokyo. Tokumaru, who managed to sneak a new…
This week’s episode of Music Station a.k.a. “the show where we hear the newest Johnny’s singles” comes in a slightly abbreviated form. Whereas the typical weekly showcase features five or sometimes six performers, the February 25 edition boasts only four. Bad news to rabid J-Pop fans and the army of teenage girls who tune in…