MTV Iggy interviewed 2012`s most interesting J-Pop star, and you should read the interview right now. Personally, the biggest highlight is that she listens to K-Pop acts Big Bang and 2NE1…that and she doesn`t seemed particularly pumped to listen to J-Pop. Related – this Japan Times inteview with her. She mentions the K-Pop thing there…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMhjVUmQ6oM”] Welp, April Fool’s Day has arrived for most of the world (totally over that in Japan though) and I won’t be attempting to make any jokes because I’m not technically skilled enough to turn every video into Rick Astley or 8-bit-ize a map. Instead, I’ll post this video The Aprils made, which is a…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y2kYQB5nVA”] The above song, off of rapper Wiz Khalifa’s recently released Taylor Allderdice mixtape, features a beat by Tokyo producer Bugseed from his 2010 album Bohemian Beatnik called “Travelog.” Listen to the original below: [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOw6nEwggag”] Khalifa is definitely rapping over the Bugseed beat. Problem is, the track doesn’t credit Bugseed for the song, but rather…
Most of the time, when I write about AKB48 I’m preparing to sling hate gunk at them over something or other. My history with the group has been overwhelmingly negative, and I would be a liar if I said that sometimes I got excited to write something about the latest messed-up trend they’ve taken part…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVPcTo5nGnU”] Usually, I hate these sort of YouTube videos of people armed with acoustic guitars and sub-college-a-cappella singing covering pop songs. Yet, I am OK with Goosehouse’s take on Perfume’s “Laser Beam,” which you can watch above. I am not willing to go as far as one YouTube commenter who wrote “might just be better…