Stuff We Missed Catch-Up Post #3: Cubismo Grafico Five, Misato Kinoshita And Vanilla Beans

Cubismo Grafico Five Half Dozen Not the actual artwork, but a filler photo. A lot of artists behind great albums in 2010 came back with impressive EPs in 2011, highlighted by She Talks Silence and Puffyshoes (well, I guess that was a mini album). Half Dozen isn’t quite in the same league, more of an…

Make Believe Melodies’ Guide To South By Southwest: The Japanese Bands You Should See

Starting this Tuesday, thousands of music nerds will descend on Austin, Texas for the music portion of the South By Southwest festival, or every blogger’s personal Shangri-La. Over the course of five days, bands from all over the world will play an ungodly number of concerts at all sorts of wacky times while various fans/writers…

New Chabe (Cubismo Grafico): “White Cube” And “Rewind (Holiday 91)”

Last year Matsuda Gakuji’s Cubismo Grafico Five project released their best album to date, the accurately titled Double Dozen, which mostly abandoned restraint in favor of 24 rapid-fire tracks bouncing from pop-punk to reggae to art rock. It was a messy triumph, a group of artists embracing madcap energy to craft a dizzying collection of…