Station To Station: Music Station For May 14, 2010 Featuring KAT-TUN, VAMPS, Funky Monkey Babys And Sticking It To Expo 2010 Shanghai

ByPatrick St. Michel

What you see above would be the new bra introduced in Japan this week which doubles as a rice farm. Seriously, when this is the news exported to other countries, do you honestly wonder why people think Japan’s just a giant island of insanity? Onto the music! Mayo Okamoto “Sonomama no Kimi de Ite” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hax6v5GcB-w&hl=en_US&fs=1&]…

Station To Station: Music Station For May 7 2010 Featuring KAT-TUN, Ikimono-gakari And Al Bundy

ByPatrick St. Michel

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV7SMFwgs3k&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Try not to be hypnotized by this video. I think I’d be OK if YouTube stopped allowing new videos, because none will ever top the power of Al Bundy groovin’ to Major Lazer. Transcendent. Anywho, onto the J-Pop. Ikimono-gakari “Arigato” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeySj-pyvlk&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Despite having a run time of just six minutes, Ikimono-gakari’s “Arigato” feels like…

Station To Station: Music Station For April 30, 2010 Featuring Perfume, KAT-TUN And Zebra Queen

ByPatrick St. Michel

KAT-TUN “Going!” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyu8GtG3G6U&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Oh this one isn’t easy. Usually when I see a Johnny’s band on the list, I’m 99 percent sure I’ll be writing a scathing review. Considering the pop-idol factory produces male idols first and music as a secondary concern, it’s not that ridiculous an expectation. So here we have KAT-TUN’s latest “Going!”…

Station To Station: Music Station For 4/23/2010 Featuring 9mm Parabellum Bullet, SPEED And aiko

ByPatrick St. Michel

very very smallアップロード者 techmanimoto. – ウェブ動画で有名人の動画をもっと見ましょう。 Easily the most painful 11 seconds of video I’ve seen all week. Poor dude! Lets get to the songs this week… aiko “向かいあわせ” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR1mpvXfu-s&hl=en_US&fs=1&] aiko seems to do one type of song and only one type of song – the piano-driven track that’s not quite a ballad but also…

Station To Staion: Music Station Artists For April 16, 2010 Featuring Perfume, NYC And Lady Gaga

ByPatrick St. Michel

The Music Station web site started posting what songs the artists will be performing again. Rejoice! Let’s get into it… NYC “Yuuki 100%” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCVObkaCpl8&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Be wary of any musical group cobbled together for the sole purpose of performing the theme song to a volleyball tournament. Last year, Johnny’s Entertainment took two members of tween-heartthrobs Hey!…