Right above this line of text is the reason I’m missing Music Station this week. For a bad Steven Seagal-DMX (redundant, I know) flick. Then I’m following that up with a Jersey Shore marathon. I’m total trash, I wouldn’t blame you if you never read this blog again. Anyway, lets listen to the artists featured…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bzg8W-TptY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Yasutaka Nakata knows how to latch onto the spotlight. He stood out in 2009 as the guy producing the hit electro-disco of Perfume, and only a month into this year he’s dropped a new single with his personal project capsule. “Love Or Lies” may be soundtracking the J-drama Liar Game, but the song offers…
It’s tough to ignore a band named MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS, but I’ve somehow found a way to do so during my tenure in Japan. No excuses now: the newly three-piece have a video for their new single “ひきずるビート,” and the song is an absolute bulldozer. That extra member paid off, because this track…
Using a covers album as a starting point for a group usually wouldn’t be a good idea, but in the Sweet Vacation’s case it might be the best. The duo (Daichi and May) produce a Euro-laced version of J-Pop that, well catchy, isn’t the most distinct sound around. Cover The Vacation, the group’s covers-only EP…
Turner is a composer out of Kanagawa prefecture dabbling in piano-driven instrumentals. For the most part, this artist’s vignettes carry a very cinematic feel – not in scope, but in a “I could see a little animated rabbit or something walking around a glen while this plays” sort of way. Makes sense, given Turner lists…