Make Believe Melodies’ Favorite 2017 Japanese Albums: #50 – #41

Make Believe Melodies’ Favorite 2017 Japanese Albums: #50 – #41

ByPatrick St. Michel

Year-end list season has become a kind of exhausting exercise, at least when giving a cursory glance at the social media feeds of music fans, industry types, writers and more. Reaction to bigger rankings tends to be more “sure, fine” then excited, while Resident Advisor even made a big deal about dropping lists all together…

Good, But Strange, Vibrations: Casio Toruko Onsen’s “Biwako Wanwan Oukoku”

Good, But Strange, Vibrations: Casio Toruko Onsen’s “Biwako Wanwan Oukoku”

ByPatrick St. Michel

What are the hot trends in Japanese music right now? You could point to a few musical similarities, or you could try to deduce something larger from big songs such as Daoko’s big breakout hit, or Hoshino Gen’s gloopy TV theme song. Yet I would say what’s happening now is nothing specific, that things are…