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The Perfume Department: Perfume Star In New Ad, Tease New Single “Spring Of Life,” Sign To Universal Music Japan, Launch Global Web Site, Plan To Go International, Cause Really Long Blog Headline

Usually, I stay up late on weekdays doing all sorts of work (read: watching YouTube), but last night I decided to read a few chapters of a Joan Didion book and go to bed at a reasonable hour for once. Turned out I missed a deluge of Perfume news – guess who won’t be sleeping…

Controlled Karaoke: Goosehouse Covers Perfume’s “Laser Beam”

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVPcTo5nGnU”] Usually, I hate these sort of YouTube videos of people armed with acoustic guitars and sub-college-a-cappella singing covering pop songs. Yet, I am OK with Goosehouse’s take on Perfume’s “Laser Beam,” which you can watch above. I am not willing to go as far as one YouTube commenter who wrote “might just be better…

Make Believe Melodies’ Top 30 Japanese Albums Of 2011: 20-11

20. Kido Yoji Call A Romance On his debut release, Kido Yoji makes dance music for people who like spending significant amounts of time staring out on bright0lit cityscapes. Call A Romance certainly moves – check the easy-breezy disco shake of the title track, or the irresistible pop of “Hot And Cold” – but beneath…