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It’s impossible to get into the Japanese music scene even a little without encountering the world of idols, and by extension, alt-idols, which basically is the combination of idols with alternative music genres (see: Babymetal). It’s strange and fascinating and actually quite entertaining live – I saw Planet After The Rain at a shoegaze showcase […]
In honour of Ladytron’s piecemeal tour in support of last year’s Time’s Arrow finally making it to Toronto tonight, here’s a look at their breakout single from 2001 debut 604 – if by “breakout”, I mea the first sone of theirs I heard and not any kind of actual chart/commercial success. “Playgirl” appeared as the […]
Japanese dreampop and shoegaze as a scene is hardly dour, but Kyoto’s MoritaSaki In The Pool bring an extra level of fun and whimsy to things without getting too twee or saccharine. That, and their dual boy-girl vocals from Riku Ishihara and Natsumi Heike, is their unique selling proposition and looks to be in full […]
Ride have had a busy year touring their new record Interplay since it dropped at the end of March, so far covering the UK, North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, and with another run of UK and US dates coming this Fall – and that’s not covering another North American run at the very start […]
After the initial dissolution of Tokyo Shoegazer in 2013, three of the remaining members opted to continue playing together and formed a new band, CQ, that was less constrained by genre – after all, when you’re called Tokyo Shoegazer, some assumptions on the part of the listener are inevitable. As drummer Hiroshi Sasabuchi told The […]
I do like it when my personal Instagram, wherein I share pics from my ever=aging concert photo archives, intersects with this blog because it usually means I can save myself some writing on one end or the other. Case in point – today’s release of Velocity Girl’s UltraCopacetic, which revisits and rejuvenates their 1993 debut […]
Every once in a while I remember that I will be seeing Hammer Head Shark not once but twice in a couple months when they come to town as part of Next Music From Tokyo, and get super-excited. More excited than my single post on the band to date would imply. So to properly increase […]
Following a break to return home to the UK to recharge, The Chameleons kicked off the second leg of their Strange Times North American tour last week, running through next week before breaking again for a final run of US dates in October. I’m particularly looking forward to tomorrow night’s show in Toronto as last […]
The Cure have no shortage of greatest hits compilations, but 2001’s Greatest Hits was probably the most comprehensive, what with the band not really having anything you could call a hit after it came out – none of Bloodflowers, The Cure, or 4:13 Dream really tore up the charts. First pressings of Greatest Hits came […]
Deary have been canny enough about the timing of their new releases that I don’t think, “oh I just posted them a couple weeks ago” – it’s been over a month since they unveiled their last new single “The Moth” so I’m totally fine with shining the spotlight on the follow up, “Selene”. Of the […]
