[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr_ADm9r9v8″] The Cigavettes try oh so hard to push you away, but manage to somehow always do just enough to keep you hanging around. Last year, they released an album of defrosted Beatles-inspired tunes that grew tired after one listen…but said release had just enough moments of inspired sunny pop one couldn’t really muster up…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVWSbW7xz7s”] Being an alternative-rock band probably isn’t an easy life. They usually don’t receive the big budgets most mainstream J-Pop acts get, but they often still have enough commercial ties where they can’t run into the wilderness and really cut loose. Standing out in a very crowded field, then, becomes difficult, and a lot of…
Last we heard from Kyoto’s Turntable Films, they were embracing a more muted sound on the disappointing 10 Days Plus One mini album, clumsy folk and awful attempts at Nashville swagger drowning out the few good ideas they had. The halcyon days of “2steps” seemed lost, traded in for a boring approach better suited for…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AztSMDU9s5Q”] Lot of news coming out of the Pop-Office, uh, office at the moment. They recently posted a new song called “You Found Me (Primitive Version)” (maybe that means, like, a demo?), which is sorta a change-up from this Nagoya group. Up until now I’ve associated them with bleak, 80’s rock packed tight with a…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMhjVUmQ6oM”] Welp, April Fool’s Day has arrived for most of the world (totally over that in Japan though) and I won’t be attempting to make any jokes because I’m not technically skilled enough to turn every video into Rick Astley or 8-bit-ize a map. Instead, I’ll post this video The Aprils made, which is a…