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New Polysics: “Let’s Dabadaba”

ByPatrick St. Michel February 24, 2011

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New (Kinda) Oomori Seiko Featuring Sayumi Michishige: “Zettai Kanojo”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 19, 2019

Videos that basically pause in the middle to air a commercial or other kind of brand-building content are, almost always, obnoxious. But damn, is the middle stretch of this upload essential. This isn’t the first time Oomori Seiko has crossed paths with the world of Morning Musume, and she’s collaborated with former leader of said…

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Starting Off Strong: Suiyoubi No Campanella’s “Jeanne d’Arc”
ByPatrick St. Michel January 2, 2015

One of my resolutions for 2015 is to keep an eye on Suiyoubi No Campanella, a rapper who I totally zoned over in 2014 despite her releasing a bunch of good songs. I didn’t listen to any of them before someone suggested her “Momotaro” for The Singles Jukebox in December…and I was floored. What Suiyoubi…

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New Sappy: “Sleepless”
ByPatrick St. Michel October 5, 2017

So many Japanese shoegaze bands are just biting My Bloody Valentine…why not make it clear? In the clearest nod to the band since the Yellow Loveless cover project from 2012, Sappy share “Sleepless,” a song lifting a melody straight from MBV’s “When You Sleep.” Blatant? You bet! But they also clearly know it, and are…

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New Metome: Palm
ByPatrick St. Michel November 21, 2016

One of the bigger embarrassments this blog has recorded so far in 2016 was completely missing out on Osaka producer Metome’s Feather. Released via LA cassette label Postgeography, it’s a study in texture, featuring the same sudden swerves defining releases such as 2013’s triumphant Objet, but with Metome deeply interested in how every detail sounds…

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New Satellite Young: “Singing Dream”
ByPatrick St. Michel April 22, 2018

Lyrical cleverness has always been the element of trio Satellite Young’s music separating them from similarly “retro new-wave” artists. Anyone can pen some overly dramatic lyrics and set it against synthesizer melodies before slapping some Blade Runner imagery over it. But Satellite Young ultimately focus on the now through a throwback lens, or at last…

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Relaxing Away: Kakumei Shojo’s (Revolutionary Girl’s) Meikai
ByPatrick St. Michel September 7, 2016

Staring at a to-do list…planted in front of a computer working on something or other…riding a train across the city for a meeting…maybe its a big city thing (or, god forbid, a Tokyo thing), but time always seems sparse. Most of what I listen to in 2016 rarely lasts for all that long…I either listen…

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