This is more of a public service announcement than any substantial write-up, but rising folk-pop artist Nohtenkigengo released his first major album, Never, last week, and it is very much worth your time, especially if you like the sort of extra-oomph music of someone like Shugo Tokumaru. Here’s his latest video, for the song “Fever.”…
Fall is here, and here’s the first Music Alliance Pact of the season. MAP, if you are stumbling across this for the first time, is a monthly feature wherein 30-plus blogs from around the world share one song from their representative country. Make Believe Melodies covers Japan, and this month we put the spotlight on…
So much going on recently that it seems necessary to catch up on some of the things that have buzzed by in recent days (and because all of the albums that just arrived online deserve more time to grow). So, here’s some new stuff out of Japan: – Hokkaido producer Parkgolf reworked “Tonight Tonight” by…
Whimsy might not actually be the right word for what Nohtenkigengo does. Sure, the bulk of the music this solo project creates involves the sort of instruments that make one’s twee radar go off like mad, including xylophone, accordion and all sorts of other cutesy sounds. This sonic choice…along with the voice singing all the…