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The Greatest YouTube Clip Of The Year Award

ByPatrick St. Michel December 20, 2011

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The fact this didn’t go even more viral is a sign society needs to be reset and we should all start over. Amazing on at least four levels.

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New Feather Shuttles Forever Featuring Tenma Tenma, Kyooo, Hikaru Yamada, Yo Irie, SNJO And Mari Nishiumi: “Teian”
ByPatrick St. Michel May 24, 2018

Anyone can strike a cool pose, but it’s a lot tougher to let loose and embrace joy. The Feather Shuttles Forever project has used a lot of the same sonic palette as other bands of various stature in the Japanese rock scene — horns, lots of horns — but whereas many of them go for…

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New Sakanaction: “Hasu No Hana”
ByPatrick St. Michel November 13, 2014

Point one – Sakanaction, despite being a very “serious” sounding band, deserve credit for tending to make goofy-fun videos. Just look at how much of a ball Ichiro Yamaguchi is having at the end. OK, the actual song – Sakanaction’s latest single is now out (and has a video), so let’s talk a little about…

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Solo Adventure: The Hair Kid’s “Hikikomori” Featuring ZZIKO
ByPatrick St. Michel August 3, 2016

The most upbeat song about hikikomori since the golden days of Dempagumi.inc, for sure, and just an all around great bit of electro-pop courtesy of The Hair Kid, a producer originally from the New York area currently residing in Hyogo Prefecture. “Hikikomori” is a Yasutaka-Nakata-indebted number, featuring big burbling bass and electronically manipulated vocals courtesy…

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Flushin’: Toiret Status’ Omaru
ByPatrick St. Michel September 27, 2016

It has been a good year for Japanese artists creating catchy music out of chaos. DJWWWW (we will decide on the proper stylization one day, I swear) found beauty in the overwhelming world of pachinko, while Foodman taped together all sorts of sounds to create a wonky and absorbing wonder with Ez Minzoku. Isamu Yorichika’s…

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New Sakanaction: “Bach No Senritsu Wo Yoru Ni Kiita Sei Desu”
ByPatrick St. Michel July 20, 2011

So let’s cover the obvious angle on this first…“Bach No Senritsu Wo Yoru Ni Kiita Sei Desu” serves as the latest testament to Sakanaction’s continual mastery of dance-music elements. They’ve been sneaking in things on singles and songs well before 2010, but last year’s “Identity” seemed like a bit of a breakthrough, the band’s best…

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Digital Overload: Tokinomakina’s “Slave Sekai Ga Kishimu Oto”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 13, 2017

We here are always fond of artists who can turn seeming chaos into something catchy and focused, so hearing Tokinomakina’s “Slave Sekai Ga Kishimu Oto” was a welcome treat today. Tokinomakina is a collaborative project between experimental artist Hiyu Nonaka (who sometimes make music using Pikachu toys, a must click) and Prototype-AI tied together by…

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