Make Believe Melodies’ Favorite 2019 Japanese Albums: #20 – #11

Make Believe Melodies’ Favorite 2019 Japanese Albums: #20 – #11

#20 Chelmico Fishing Take a moment to appreciate how timing really is everything, and how many artists could have shot down a different path entirely if you wind the clocks back or forward just one year. It’s not hard to picture a reality where Chelmico are closer to idols like Lyrical School or Rhymeberry if…

Oorutaichi Teams Up With YTAMO As Yuuki: Ihati EP 2

Oorutaichi and YTAMO…who put out a lovely album earlier in the year, in case you forgot…sometimes team up as Yuuki, a tape-hiss-accented folk outfit that allows two artists usually pushing themselves in stranger ways to explore more conventional styles. It’s a good premise for a side project, and Ihati EP 2…a sequel to a 2011…

Self-Promotion Plus: Oorutaichi’s Cosmic Coco, Singing for a Billion Imu’s Hearty Pi

Since one can only ride the English teaching gravy train for so long…and this blog isn’t making me rich though it’s fun to write ya’ll!…I’ve started contributing to other publications about Japanese music. This week, I wrote up a live preview of Osaka oddball Oorutaichi for The Japan Times. Go here and read it. Instead…