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February 1, 2010Being the type of person who both writes about Japanese music and owns the Carl Sagan – Glorious Dawn 7″...
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January 25, 2010Morning Glory are a pop-punk band from Gifu, Japan. They’re all about fun, and it definitely comes across in their...
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January 6, 2010I’ve been enjoying Ayaka Ikio’s music since I first heard it. She brings a heavy edge to the dance scene...
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December 30, 20092009 has been a good year for Japanese music fans. There have been many great releases and they’ve become easier...
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December 24, 2009Kulu Kulu Garden released Detorake Yuuenchi in Japan in August, and have just made the album available internationally through iTunes...
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December 17, 2009Ogre You Asshole wear their influences on their sleeves, literally. They got their memorable band-moniker when former drummer Arata Nishi...
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December 14, 2009Ian Martin lives in Koenji, Tokyo where he runs his label, Call And Response Records, organizes concerts, and writes about...
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November 29, 2009Mayumi Kojima’s child-like voice could be an acquired taste – her voice is in the same delicate range as Chara’s,...
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November 22, 2009As Hanazono opens with ‘34 DANCE’ it sounds like a bizarre hybrid of Blonde Redhead and Battles. A screeching lead...
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November 18, 2009At the well-known rock-venue, Quattro in Shibuya Tokyo, the experimental, instrumental post-rock band, LITE, took part in the 3-day Parabolica...
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November 14, 2009In an effort to better understand some of the inner-workings of the music business, I’m speaking with distributors, managers and...
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November 4, 2009Daito Manabe is a total nerd in the best possible way. He’s an artist before he’s a musician, but makes...
