Attitude bursts out with smooth rhymes and infectious hooks spun together in a trademark SOUL’D OUT fabric. The trio’s long-awaited new album is here. The Japanese hip-hop trio’s latest release Attitude is surely a trip worth taking.
SEAMO’s latest album Round About has been runnin’ around the charts since its release on October 30th.
Round About is the Japanese rapper’s third album. It’s packed full of upbeat and thoughtful rhymes and definetly leads further into ‘hip-pop’ territory.
After 2 years, Korean R&B star Wheesung (휘성) is back with his highly-anticipated 5th album, Eternal Essence of Music, which is his first release since signing with a new record label (Orange Shock).
Who isn’t a fan of Rush Hour? Better yet, who isn’t a fan of Jackie Chan? Everybody likes Jackie Chan! It’s like a prerequisite for being normal.
Rush Hour 3 is no let down. Being a instant fan of anything Jackie touches and the Rush Hour series on top of that, how could I be [...]
Manga adventures at the bookstore are fun. I go to the store with absolutely no idea what to buy, browse the manga section for however long it takes to find something that sparks my interest, take it home, and read it.
While the term “adventure” may be and overstatement, I find this exciteing nonetheless. [...]
Much of my recent aural energy has been spent indulging in hip-hop, specifically Korean hip-hop. As far as my last.fm account goes, it has had a healthy boost of Korean hip-hop tracks logged for the past few weeks [...]
Precedents everywhere suggest that there are two things great bands will inevitably face — a) The need for an experimental album to test out different waters, and b) An unfounded, usually immature and harsh [...]
A renound and accomplished pianist, H ZETT M is most famous for his roles in the bands PE’Z and Tokyo Jihen (東京事変). H ZETT M is the alias of Hiizumi Masayuki (ヒイズミマサユ機) and his recent solo album, 5+2=11 hit store shelves in January.
Sporting vintage clothes, a bow tie, a painted blue nose, and a [...]
I finally had the oppurtunity to watch ACIDMAN’s live DVD! and world tour final 20060409 is a recording of ACIDMAN’s concert performance at Zepp Tokyo on April 9th, 2006. The DVD was released July 19th and I’ve been itching to see it ever since. As expected, this DVD had everything ACIDMAN fan such as [...]
If a musician releases a self-titled ablum, it’s usually their debut. Japanese indie band Sparta Locals breaks that trend though. Their self-titled album is actually their 5th release, their most recent. Sparta Locals by Sparta Locals was released September 6th, 2006.
Sparta Locals is a rather impressive album. The band blends the definitive elements with [...]
