Not the most upbeat week in Japanese news – car crashes, dead pandas, Ichiro Ozawa in general. So here is a quick (so many songs this week) edition of this feature to turn that proverbial frown upside down. Or make it sag a bit more, who knows. Ikimono-gakari “Kaze Ga Fuiteiru” NHK is Japan’s equivalent…
For the next few weeks, Station To Station will be happening on Thursday nights for various reasons that will be revealed in due time. Don’t worry – our irrational hate of Sexy Zone won’t be going anywhere. Anne “Ai Wo Anata Ni” WATCH HERE New night, but same old boring material. This might be a…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCVxh_BaX08″] That’s some guy dressed up as Jesus running in the Tokyo Marathon. You gotta feel for the dude dressed up as Pac-Man and Minnie Mouse who jog by early in the clip – they were probably thinking “man, I am gonna get so much attention, running in this silly outfit!” Then out comes the…
Reminder to check out One Week, One Band as my stint writing about Perfume draws to a close. Also, a reminder that I am focusing on that project this week and am just gonna blaze through this feature. Ikimono-gakari “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” WATCH HERE Click the above link, and check out the bizarre voting…
First Station To Station of 2012, rejoice rejoice! Been a long time since we have journeyed into this sketchy sonic territory, but Music Station doesn’t disappoint this week, giving us a surprisingly wide variety of J-Pop (and K-Pop!) to sample and eventually stick our tongues out at. Let’s get the rust off. Ikimono-gakari “いつだって僕らは” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGttchG98RI&ob=av3e”]…