expect delay
I’m going take a break with the band obits for a bit in favour of some good news – specifically the official announcement of this year’s Next Music From Tokyo lineup, aka the best live music weekend of the year. While there had been some discussion last year of TWO separate showcases this year, reality […]
I like a little bit of online synchronicity as much as the next guy – probably more – but the way this post lines up with my first one on Okayama’s 揺れるは幽霊 – or yureruwayurei – is pretty funny. That one chose to showcase「鯨骨群衆」off their debut EP mnemeoid from earlier this year, and was able […]
Keeping up with Japanese bands when you don’t have any real kind of understanding of the language is… imprecise at best. You have a fighting chance with the acts who exist at least at a cursory level in English, but those who transact mainly in Japanese kanji will always remain, at some level, a mystery […]
