Archive for March, 2010

Mar
29
Live Clean Stay Young – “Nagaremon”

Live Clean Stay Young get animated in their Beavis and Butthead-ish video for  “Nagaremon.” This is the first single off their upcoming self-titled album out April 7th,…

Mar
24
THE BAWDIES – “HOT DOG”

The latest BAWDIES single confused the hell out of me upon first listen. Sure, we all know that the band specializes in that classic 50′s/60′s rock’n’roll sound.…

Mar
24
The Collectors break their mirror image

I’m not going to lie and say that I knew The Collectors were a Japanese mod-rock band that has been rocking us upward of 23 years. It’s…

Mar
23
SPACE SHOWER MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS ’09 winners

Of the over 4000 music videos produced in 2009, 70 were nominated, and now 16 have won big at the 13th annual SPACE SHOWER MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS.

Here’s…

Mar
22
Tokyo Jihen – “Noudouteki Sanpunkan”

I was reminded how neat “Noudouteki Sanpunkan” (能動的三分間, Active Three Minutes) by Tokyo Jihen (東京事変) is when I sung it last night at karaoke. Great song. Great…

Mar
19
Canada prepares for Japanese Music invasion

You lucky Canadians. First Sidney Crosby sneaks a puck past Ryan Miller to steal the Olympic hockey GOLD medal from the U.S. THEN you get an AWESOME…

Mar
18
Rest in peace, Nujabes

It’s been confirmed on through Hydeout Productions’ official website that legendary and internationally renowned hip-hop producer Nujabes has passed away.

Mar
17
HONDALADY – Sneaker Mon Amour

HONDALADY describe themselves on their mysapce page as techno/breakbeat/House track with Japanese Vocals. Very well said, because I don’t know what else to call it. But I do…

Mar
16
DE DE MOUSE meets Final Fantasy, gets illustrated for new album

Innovator and electronic musician extraordinaire DE DE MOUSE trades in his table-top synths for a key(board)blade.

DE DE MOUSE’s new album, A journey to freedom comes out simultaneously in…

Mar
15
bloodthirsty butchers – “ocean”

After almost 3 years, long-standing Japanese indie/punk icons bloodthirsty butchers make a triumphant return to both the limelight and major label King Records with the recent release…

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