Make Believe Melodies’ Favorite 2017 Japanese Albums: #50 – #41

Make Believe Melodies’ Favorite 2017 Japanese Albums: #50 – #41

ByPatrick St. Michel

Year-end list season has become a kind of exhausting exercise, at least when giving a cursory glance at the social media feeds of music fans, industry types, writers and more. Reaction to bigger rankings tends to be more “sure, fine” then excited, while Resident Advisor even made a big deal about dropping lists all together…

Such A Nice Talker: Indigo La End’s “大停電の夜に”

ByPatrick St. Michel

Zazen Boy’s influence on modern Japanese rock continues to reveal itself with each passing day, especially to those who fill their hours navigating the elephant graveyard of MySpace where math-rockish groups continue to experiment with hyper-talked vocals. Though a few manage to get it right, a lot also come off as pale imitations hoping to…