Japanzine Names There Top 10 Japanese Albums Of The 2000s

ByPatrick St. Michel

J.P. DuQuette over at Japanzine counts down his top 10 Japanese album of the Aughts in the publications January issue, available online over here. You got your usual suspects popping up – didn’t Vision Creation Newsun come out in Japan in 1999 though? Wikipedia has my back here – but the real draw to DuQuette’s…

Acid Mothers Temple, Boom Boom Satellites Among Japanese Bands To Play SXSW 2010

ByPatrick St. Michel

Geez, it feels like South By Southwest 2009 just happened. And already a flurry of bands have been announced for the 2010 incarnation of Austin’s biggest music event. A few Japanese bands will be heading out to Texas next March, including Osaka freak outs Acid Mothers Temple and rock outfit Boom Boom Satellites. Joining them…