[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHHu8j90oFQ”] 8-bit warriors YMCK join fellow Japanese group Lullatone in jumping on the iPhone app bandwagon. “YMCK Player” allows users to play a video-game-sounding keyboard and even improvise over songs already on your Apple product. The application…which will cost ya a mere 350 yen…also comes with a new YMCK jam. Oh you can listen to…
On one hand, the existence of the terribly named Naked Boyz…a 44-member strong performance group basically taking the AKB48 blueprint and replacing “girls” with “guys”…signals a tiny bit of gender progress in Japan. Now women have a large mass of pop stars to stare at! Yet on the other hand…anything that continues growing the AKB48…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIjtaKwgCpE&hl=en_US&fs=1] Stop motion! Swimming trunks! Funny sunglasses! Playground equipment! All present in this quick, fun video from the dudes in andymori. It’s basically a reminder to enjoy what’s left of the summer. Oh, it’s also a personal reminder that I’ve never mentioned andymori around these parts before despite them being really good. Go listen to…
Well, that’s one way to stay in the public spotlight. Former AKB48 member Rina Nakanishi began her new career in the adult film industry this month, trading in her creepy schoolgirl outfit for…errrm, nothing. All kidding aside, Japan Probe points out how the AKB48 model actively promotes this, making a few girls near the top…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ageg7psn9Cs&hl=en_US&fs=1] I’ll leave it to you, dear reader, to decide whether Luck-End managed to make “Do The Hustle” infinitely cooler by rapping over it or infinitely lamer by rapping over it. Whichever option, it’s a hell of an accomplishment, one worthy of being placed in some sort of time capsule. Preferably, one thousands of miles…