Station To Station: Music Station For May 7 2010 Featuring KAT-TUN, Ikimono-gakari And Al Bundy

ByPatrick St. Michel

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV7SMFwgs3k&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Try not to be hypnotized by this video. I think I’d be OK if YouTube stopped allowing new videos, because none will ever top the power of Al Bundy groovin’ to Major Lazer. Transcendent. Anywho, onto the J-Pop. Ikimono-gakari “Arigato” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeySj-pyvlk&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Despite having a run time of just six minutes, Ikimono-gakari’s “Arigato” feels like…

Station To Station: Music Station Lineup For 03/12/2010 Featuring NEWS, YUKI And Ikimono-gakari

ByPatrick St. Michel

Ikimono-gakari “ノスタルジア” – This is basically a ballad, but let’s take the “glass half full” approach and look at “ノスタルジア’s” positive attributes. Unlike most J-Pop ballads swelling to the brim with strings and peaks, Ikimono-gakari keeps things rather understated. Only some acoustic guitar strums and keyboards accompany lead singer Kiyoe Yoshioka’s vocals. Something about this…