西野カナ – to LOVE
Artist: 西野カナ (Kana Nishino) Album: to LOVE Release Date: 06.23.2010 I started listening to Kana Nishino very recently, after I spent an entire week running solely on western pop, which caused this huge craving for some really saturated J-Pop sugar, and Kana seemed like the most tempting source for that fix. I was really impressed with her … Read more
6 active minutes: Tokyo Jihen feat. aoumi_aozora
Unfortunately, all good things come to an end and since Tokyo Jihen is so beyond good, we all knew it would come to an end someday, but it will never leave our music libraries and our hearts! The sole purpose of Tokyo Jihen was already promising enough to make it a project like no other! Uniting … Read more
Plastic Lovers Unite Against Piracy!
The debate between the pleasures (perhaps even the necessity?) of legal and illegal downloads or the purchasing of music have been hot topics as of late because of all the awareness that arose about piracy with the bringing down of MegaUpload, one of the greatest hubs for this sort of activity. This has instigated debates … Read more
Iconoclasm in Music
I think that unless you’re a Brazilian plastic lover, you won’t be very familiar with the craft of the woman above, one of the greatest Brazilians musicians of all-time, Rita Lee. Rita Lee was one of the artists responsible for a pretty big movement in Brazilian music, called Tropicália. Being a movement that rose during the … Read more
東京事変 – color bars
Artist: 東京事変 (Tokyo Jihen) Mini-Album: color bars Release Date: 1.18.2012 color bars is the last release by Tokyo Jihen as a unit and I can’t stress how sad I am about their split. For 8 years now they have been offering us fantastic music and visuals through their incomparable body of work and due to each of … Read more
