Controlled Karaoke: Idol Group Dressed As School Girls Deliver Anti-Nuclear-Energy Song Of Our Times

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv4gUdn6Lcc”] Well, this is…something. I don’t know much about Seihuku Kojyo Iinkai and Google ain’t helping…but this needs to go viral NOW. A goofy teenage idol group delivering an anti-nuclear-power song that does a lot at once. Let’s break it down: 1. The actual music sounds like “Walking On Sunshine” and/or that generic upbeat song…

Controlled Karaoke: Puffyshoes Sing With Vivian Girls

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7UmO7UUvSE”] Well this just seems right. Vivian Girls recently toured Japan, and if bands were actually toddlers, there is no doubt Vivian Girls’ parents would set up a play date with fellow lo-fi rock outfit Puffyshoes. The two groups met up and recorded themselves singing a bit of Puffyshoes’ “Imaginary Lover.” Watch the clip above…

Controlled Karaoke: Saturday Night Live Japan Parodies Girls’ Generation,

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUmXliVoXlM”] Japan recently got its own version of Saturday Night Live and, this past weekend, the fledgling program did a brief parody of South Korean juggernaut Girls’ Generation, recreating the video for the group’s Japanese single “Mr. Taxi.” Can you spot the joke? Hint, some of them are men. Watch it now, as the YouTube…

Controlled Karaoke: Lil B Samples Spirited Away On New Song “Gon Be OK”

Being surprised by anything weirdo Bay Area rapper and/or Internet meme Lil B does seems like a tough task given the multitude of weird shit he’s put out. Ambient rap record? Check. Songs about being Ellen Degeneris and Miley Cyrus? Check. Rapping over the X-Men theme? Google it. Yet here I am a little tickled…