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That’s A No No!: Damn It! | Clear And Refreshing

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Idol Music’s Garden of Forking Paths: Yurumerumo! 8217;s “Hamidasumo! 8221; and Perfume’s “Pick Me Up”. Hikashu: Ikitekoi Chinmoku →. April 21, 2015 · 2:15 pm. That’s A No No! As a seemingly eternal fixture of the perpetual time loop that is Tokyo’s mod/garage scene, you don’t really imagine a band like That’s A No No! All this means that a band like That’s A No No! Have had to develop their character and style within a much tighter framework than most bands. Barrelling along at a furious pace. There...

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Hikashu: Ikitekoi Chinmoku | Clear And Refreshing

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That’s A No No! Strange Boutique (February 2015) Snobbery →. April 23, 2015 · 2:37 pm. Occupying a respectfully regarded but also somewhat at-a-distance position on the fringes of the Japanese music scene, Hikashu are in the midst of one of the most productive periods of a career that is rapidly approaching forty years, releasing material at a faster rate than the music scene can really process, imbued with a level of inventiveness, imagination and creative energy that few younger bands can match. In par...

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mmm: Safe Mode | Clear And Refreshing

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Pika: Ryu no Sumika. Shallazurutaralli: Z:die Z:die →. March 17, 2015 · 12:49 pm. CD/R, CGCG Publishing, 2014. One of those unexpected pleasures that you can only get from impulsively purchasing a CD because you liked the jacket, Mmm seems to be a singer-songwriter and participant in various bands and musical projects, but. Is a decidedly solo work and possessed of the sort of up-close intimacy you’d expect from that. Meanwhile, opening track. The Return of Hamunaptra. In fact, throughout. At you). T...

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Idol Music’s Garden of Forking Paths: Yurumerumo!’s “Hamidasumo!” and Perfume’s “Pick Me Up” | Clear And Refreshing

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That’s A No No! April 14, 2015 · 3:29 pm. Idol Music’s Garden of Forking Paths: Yurumerumo! 8217;s “Hamidasumo! 8221; and Perfume’s “Pick Me Up”. In this day and age where pretty much any musical or fashion subculture is ripe for co-option and exploitation by the idol scene, it’s worth taking a step back and looking at where it all kicked off. Tokyo Newwave of Newwave ’98. Compilation album and bands like Polysics, Spoozys and Motocompo. Perfume were cute, colourful, cool and contemporary, but at the sam...

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Shallazurutaralli: Z:die Z:die | Clear And Refreshing

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Idol Music’s Garden of Forking Paths: Yurumerumo! 8217;s “Hamidasumo! 8221; and Perfume’s “Pick Me Up” →. March 24, 2015 · 2:21 pm. CD/R, Pong Kong Records, 2014. If you like your retro 80s synthpop cheap, catchy and sparse, Shallazurutaralli is for you. It’s a musical space a lot of other groups have been before, certainly, but there’s a sincerity, melodic craftsmanship and minimalist purity in these six songs that ensures they claim a small part of that territory for themselves. Enter your comment here.

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Tokyo Damage Report » TRANSLATION OF 2006 JOHNNY’S JIMUSHO EXPOSE

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E-book now on sale! HOW TO TELL JAPANESE SYNONYMS APART. TRANSLATION OF 2006 JOHNNY’S JIMUSHO EXPOSE. April 27th, 2010 Category: music liveshows. This article is from the 2006 issue of “heisei nippon no tabuu taizen”. Modern Japan’s taboo journalism collection of 2006). Sort of the Japanese equivalent of the “top censored stories of 2006” like they have in America. JOHNNY KITAGAWA: THE PUPPET-MASTER OF THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD. In July 2005, in Sendai city, some teenage tarento (talent: Japanese English f...

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Clear And Refreshing | Pop, indie and underground music in Japan | Page 2

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Newer posts →. January 22, 2016 · 12:03 pm. Top 20 Releases of 2015: No.6 Batman Winks All Babies Sleeping. CD, self-released, 2015. I’ve already written about. S music in some detail, so rather than repeating myself here, check out my review from a year ago. Everything in there still stands. I. You can hear it in the noise and disjointed rhythms of. The backing vocal squeaks of. Blind But The Brightest Light. A minor Tokyo indie anthem. Tagged as 2015 Top 20. January 21, 2016 · 4:05 pm. CD, Drriill, 2015.

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ifmartin | Clear And Refreshing

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Music journalist/columnist for The Japan Times, owner of Call And Response Records and organiser of various live and DJ parties around the Tokyo indie music scene. February 12, 2016 · 8:44 pm. Interview: The Bathhouse Show. For those of you in Tokyo tomorrow (Saturday, February 13. Here’s the interview in The Japan Times, so please check that out. There is also a sense that through this approach, it might be possible to point a way towards a new way of thinking about and doing music and art in Tokyo as w...

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A Valentine’s gift from Call And Response Records | Clear And Refreshing

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Guardian Song of the Week: Mothercoat, Trickster. A bit about Call And Response Records and some polite begging →. February 14, 2014 · 2:58 pm. A Valentine’s gift from Call And Response Records. Every couple of years or so, my label Call And Response Records. I’m not sure where the idea of asking every band to cover Black Sabbath’s. Came from, but I’m pretty sure it was partly inspired by the compilation. A Houseguest’s Wish. In which 19 bands took turns covering Wire’s. And indeed Wire’s own album.