It’s a slow quiet build for Azuma Madoka’s “キボウ。” but you know it’s going to explode at some point. Azuma Madoka belts out with the help of smashing pianos, electric guitars and crashing cymbals and you can’t help buy try to soar through the clouds in this hopeful track. It reminds me of a U2 … Continue reading »
You gotta remember.. I’m forever your girl! Hey Baby! Moms be looking good. TEAM美魔女 or TEAM Bimajo is made up of a bunch of winners of a magazine contest. Give them a high five and clink champagne glasses with these ladies, just don’t ask them their age, because they are “Forever Girl.” Heck yeah! Sophisticated … Continue reading »
With the force of 1000 Superflys you can take over the world! Actually you probably only need the force of Superfly’s megavoice. But that’s not that fun, so let’s show a video of multiple Superflys, lots of them. Heck let’s make them polygonal and video game like too! I force you to rock out! Peep … Continue reading »
Hideki Kaji likes wearing hats, pretending he’s a child on an Octopus playground or a captain of a sea-faring vessel. That’s probably why his imaginary girlfriend Ryoko Hirosue keeps escaping him. Enjoy the PV for “B&W Marble Chocolate” which feels very 60′s POP in nature. I dig it! This track is on Hideki Kaji’s new … Continue reading »
Tortoise Matsumoto is stuck in the daily grind. Watch his daily routine in the PV for “Blanco.” Listen to the very wordy single and then get it stuck in your head too. It’s a damn good song. The PV is cool too the way it combines multiple versions of himself projected on a screen giving … Continue reading »
Hitomi Shimatani is heading home in this extended clip for “故郷.” If you think this is your standard JPOP, you are dead wrong. Hitomi Shimatani is rocking the JAZZ FLUTE through most of this adult contemporary single. I’ve been needing more jazz flute in my diet, and I think this track will satiate that desire. … Continue reading »
Folky band Soul Flower Union tease us with a clip from their latest “Kiseki no Nagisa.” Sounds like an uplifting song to me! I hear accordian, but not see one in the band, so I guess that sound is coming from the synthesizer, maybe? Eh. Just enjoy it. This single is slated for 12.21.2011. CDJapan … Continue reading »
Here’s a short clip that you’ll just love love love. Actually, its a slow one from the band Love Love Love entitled “Uso no Tsuki Kata.” From the PV clip, I honestly can’t tell if this couple/non-couple are moving into or out of this apartment. *headscratcher Still, check out this single from triple love over … Continue reading »
Wow. Beautiful Humming Bird brings nature indoors with a gorgeous song in “Tabibito.” It’s lite and airy, slightly hippie-fied with a little country western feel to it. This has Lilith Fair written all over it. Very good stuff. Big props to 小池光子. Her vocals are amazing. Horizon is Beautiful Humming Bird’s first album in 4 … Continue reading »
It’s a Polaroid moment for Jun Shibata as we take a walk through a bunch of photos in the clip from “Sakura Biyori.” Some of these photos are actually used as alternate covers for Jun Shibata’s new album Boku Tachi no Mirai. This album is out today actually 8.3.2011, so snap it up at Yesasia … Continue reading »
