[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLy4cvRx7Vc”] This popped up seconds before I was going to go to bed. Harajuku fashion idol turned singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s new song “つけまつける” just hit the web, and you can watch the predictably nutty video above. I like when she pulls the sparkle rope out of her mouth…or maybe I really like the part…
Minneapolis’ duo Elite Gymnastics have become a very strange authority within the American indie music scene – besides releasing blog-backed music sometimes wearing a chillwave mask, they’ve become the group responsible for introducing Korean pop to the American indie-scape. In interviews they’ve pledged allegiance to all sorts of K-Pop stars and recently member James Brooks…
A common complaint thrown at…or, in a lot of cases, a clever way of justifying a legit enjoyment of…J-Pop trio Perfume is all their success comes courtesy of producer Yasutaka Nakata. The line goes that you could stick any three women in the roles held by the current members, and Nakata’s whizz-bang 80’s fetishism/production would…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb3IdLdIc6s”] On the one hand, “Ponponpon” sees producer Yasutaka Nakata return to the sorta pure-pop sound he does exceedingly well with Perfume, and sometimes with Capsule and Meg. Now he’s working the boards for a fashion magazine model turned J-Pop singer, someone called Kyarypamyupamyu. “Ponponpon” sounds like Bugs-Bunnied-up electro-pop, Nakata coming home from the club…