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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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Up To Date: Hidenobu Ito’s “Track 2 Track”
ByPatrick St. Michel November 14, 2017

Electronic producer Hidenobu Ito seems to be playing the Bandcamp game in 2017. He’s been active since the late ’90s, and started a page this year, featuring a mix of new tracks and older ones mastered this year, all accompanied by old photos of Japanese women which would make the future funk tag blush. It’s…

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Self-Promotion Plus: Reviewing MiChi’s Therapy For The Japan Times
ByPatrick St. Michel March 29, 2012

Biggest musical surprise of the year so far? MiChi’s Therapy, which I reviewed in The Japan Times today. This is a great album, packed with energetic post-Perfume singles that conceals a forward-thinking edge most J-Pop…and, to be honest, a lot of the indier stuff in this country…lacks. I didn’t expect a fully formed album when…

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New Paellas: “Horizon”
ByPatrick St. Michel May 23, 2019

First off, let’s acknowledge how strange it is to see Paellas prepping for an album on Universal Music. Perhaps I’m just getting weepy with this blog’s tenth anniversary coming in the near future, but seeing them go from playing 4 a.m. at a tiny Shibuya venue to this is pretty cool! Paellas have locked on…

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Away From Here: Saori Kobayashi’s Terra Magica
ByPatrick St. Michel April 27, 2016

Something that I personally have been struggling with lately has been the enthusiasm to seek out new music, both from here in Japan and outside of it. It’s probably something to do with simply getting older and watching that once youthful energy that drove me to stay up until 3 am SoulSeeking the night away…

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New Happy Kuru Kuru: Good Morning Tokyo
ByPatrick St. Michel March 26, 2018

Ehhh, screw it, let’s lean in on this “kawaii” thing for today. Via Attack The Music, idol duo Happy Kuru Kuru shared a new two-song set called Good Morning Tokyo. The pair themselves are quite in line with what most people think of Japanese idol music — cheery vocals that are far from polished, songs…

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New Post Modern Team: By The Sea EP
ByPatrick St. Michel May 21, 2012June 17, 2012

We’ve now reached the point where this new wave of Japanese indie-pop bands are releasing music at such a madcap rate where keeping up with it can be more challenging than actually listening to the music and getting lost in the sound. I guess this could be brushed aside by saying that it’s just indie-pop,…

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