Station To Station: Music Station For March 9. 2012 Featuring Arashi, Kou Shibasaki And HY

ByPatrick St. Michel

Programming note! Next week marks my first week of temporary unemployment, and as a result I decided to go to this year’s South By Southwest music conference. Pretty excited, especially to pig out on tacos and see The-Dream in a church. Since I’ll be in Austin next week, though, expect only sporadic updates around here….

Station To Station: Music Station Lineup For 03/12/2010 Featuring NEWS, YUKI And Ikimono-gakari

ByPatrick St. Michel

Ikimono-gakari “ノスタルジア” – This is basically a ballad, but let’s take the “glass half full” approach and look at “ノスタルジア’s” positive attributes. Unlike most J-Pop ballads swelling to the brim with strings and peaks, Ikimono-gakari keeps things rather understated. Only some acoustic guitar strums and keyboards accompany lead singer Kiyoe Yoshioka’s vocals. Something about this…