40. Nanba Shiho’s “Kodona No Kaidan” Because Sakanaction needed even more praise this year – that group’s lead singer Ichiro Yamaguchi helped produce this single, which explains why this sounds so exciting and different from most whizzing-and-whirring idol pap in 2011. The opening synths icicles bring to mind “Rookie,” and the dance-centric beat was all…
L.A.H, the self-titled debut album from Tokyo twee-crunk duo Love And Hates, comes out in early December, but you can hear four tracks from HNC and Moe’s (Miila And The Geeks) rappy project now. The concept behind Love And Hates might seem offsetting at first – rap music done by two Japanese women fond of…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpYS1VElGoc”] It still amazes me that my introduction to HNC and Moe (of Miila And The Geeks) was through their twee-crunk project Love And Hates. Back in the halcyon days of 2009, I never would have guessed the two women rapping over cat noises while wearing mis-matched leg warmers and what might have been Burger…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-m0lagT8FE”] I’m going to pretend Miila And The Geeks ran with this concept because if you aren’t paying attention it sometimes sounds like she’s saying “chew what you want” instead of, you know, the actual lyrics. Enjoy the gluttonous clip above, as lead singer Moe has various foodstuffs crammed into her face. All while one…
The latest edition of the Music Alliance Pact, a project bringing together blogs from all around the world to share great music, is now up! Right here! Check out all the tunes from around the globe below. As for Japan, we decided to highlight a group behind one of the best Japanese albums of the…