Kimonos Prep Debut Album, Zazen Boys Plan Small Tour

Mukai Shutoku’s (NUMBER GIRL, Zazen Boys) latest project, Kimonos, will drop their self-titled debut album into stores on November 17. The album…that’s the purdy artwork up top…features Greg Saunier from Deerhoof on drums for one track and some help from other Zazen Boys on other numbers. You can see the full tracklist for the duo’s…

Mukai Shutoku (Zazen Boys) Shows Off New Project, Kimonos

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycRvcVdlxIY”] Zazen Boys 4, the titular band’s last album, saw the spazzy group slowing down ever-so-slightly and introducing more electronics into their sound. Seems like lead Boy Mukai Shutoku wanted to explore this softer side more, because he’s now involved in a band called Kimonos who just posted their debut song “Almost Human.” And it…

Better Capitalize Well We Can: Some Of My Favorite Japanese Albums Of The Decade

Pitchfork just finished up their Top 200 Albums of the 2000s list today and only two Japanese albums from the past ten years placed – Boris’ Akuma no Uta (#197) and Boredoms’ Vision Creation Newsun (#39, but should be higher in this writer’s humble opinion). I realize the folks over at the ‘Fork needed to…