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…
Before we get into the weekly music mayhem, one note. In the face of the catastrophes that hit Japan one week ago, a lot of J-Pop artists have stepped up and done all sorts of amazing stuff to help out the victims of these disasters. The likes of AKB48, GLAY and pretty much every Johnny’s…
Social media czar Mark Zuckerberg got a new dog this week, pictured above. Yet he’s not the only one with new additions to their life! Music Station this week features a new Korean outfit amidst a bunch of established J-Pop types. But can they got more likes than Beast? EXILE “Each Other’s Way ~旅の途中~” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiuxZ_DYhQM”]…
Before we dive into this week’s crop of pop, give this Los Angeles Times article about Japanese enka star Jero a read. The actual style of music he sings isn’t particularly up my alley – it’s an acquired taste that probably gets better when you actually know the lyrics, which are the main attraction –…
God, that singing robot keeps getting creepier and creepier. Read more about the terror here. Now, onto some J-Pop artists a few degrees away from being animatronic! NYC “よく遊びよく学べ” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejG6G3OGmYI”] Already tackled this song in the last edition of this feature, so I’ll leave it to you to click this blue text to see what…