Big things happening around these parts in the near future, so this will be a relatively quick edition…with picture complete with Japanese buzzword! aiko “Kuchibiru” WATCH HERE, STARTING AT THE THREE MINUTE MARK Here’s an artist who exist in the unoffensive middle, someone who never releases anything terrible but also has failed to release anything…
I haven’t been sleeping much this week, so pardon me if this week’s Station To Station ends up being a bit briefer than others. It helps that I’ve written about some of these songs before. Gonna get at least…eight hours of sleep tonight! NYC “Haina!” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MowDcaiDN0E”] Surprisingly, this new song from unloveable scamps NYC sounds…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMhjVUmQ6oM”] Welp, April Fool’s Day has arrived for most of the world (totally over that in Japan though) and I won’t be attempting to make any jokes because I’m not technically skilled enough to turn every video into Rick Astley or 8-bit-ize a map. Instead, I’ll post this video The Aprils made, which is a…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoK8DaJRDaM”] Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s new song and video “Candy Candy” just hit YouTube, watch it above. Snap judgement – slightly less of a Harajuku head rush than her last two singles, and that chorus is pretty lovely (especially the “sweetie” bit). Expect something more thought out later. As for the video…not nearly as weird as…
The past year saw plenty of worthwhile releases from Japanese artists, from the sort of stuff highlighted at major music stores in Japan to free albums posted on Bandcamp with little fanfare. Yet all 30 albums on this list were special to us here at Make Believe Melodies in some way or another – whether…