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Make Believe Melodies’ Favorite 2019 Japanese Albums: #40 – #31

ByPatrick St. Michel January 7, 2020

#40 Universe Nekoko Kimi No Youni Ikiretara Bump into someone walking down the main shopping arcade in Koenji and you have pretty good odds that they play in either a shoegaze band. Few styles have persevered in Japan like this corner of rock, and as a result standing out from the field can be a…

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Not A Calm: Kiki Vivi Lily’s “Copenhagen”

ByPatrick St. Michel July 1, 2019

The general chillness of Japanese rock over the last two years appears to have gotten so laid back as to drift off into stranger places. The past month saw Tempalay put out their zonked-out opus With Love From The 21st Century and Half Mile Beach Club’s first stab at a bigger audience with their alien…