Will anything be more depressing than the story behind the above photo? Let’s find out! Miliyah Kato “Heart Beat” Since this song is a Coca-Cola tie-in track with the 2012 Olympics, I figured the line you hear at the beginning of the song was saying “I was going to London.” It seems to actually be…
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…
December already? Well, let’s make the remaining bits of 2011 count by…listening to J-Pop together. KAT-TUN “BIRTH” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlYS7Vve26M”] KAT-TUN seemed quiet for a while, yeah? Well, here they are again with something called “BIRTH” which an astute person would assume signals a change in style, a fresh start, an escape from the womb-like chambers of…
Wrote that headline and realized this episode of Music Station falls on a Friday the 13th. Who knows what spooky surprises await! Oh, another appearance by Kanjani8? IT REALLY IS CURSED. aiko “恋のスーパーボール” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0-QP1z05Gc”] Sadly, the video above is only a short commercial for aiko’s new single, so it seems a bit unfair to make…
AKB48 “チャンスの順番” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONCCENIlSXE”] Since AKB48 usually ends up being my whipping posse whenever I write about them, let’s mix it up and start with some positives. The video for this new single isn’t nearly as creepily voyeuristic as some of their other 2010 clips. Plus, it even has a halfway decent idea…a giant rock-paper-scissors league/tournament…