Q&A: Molice on Blade Runner, Touring Abroad and Their Latest Album Neugravity
If at first listen, Molice comes off as nonchalant, even apathetic, it’s a rouse. A siren song to lure you in. Don’t fight it and you’ll be rewarded with fuzzy, melancholic jams that speak to your inner being. It doesn’t … Read More »
Boom Boom Satellites to Release New Single, “Broken Mirror,” In June
It’s been entirely too long since the world has had a new single from the Japanese, electronic rock duo that is Boom Boom Satellites. The band released their seventh album, To the Loveless, more than two years ago. Since then … Read More »
Nihongaku Radio Episode 14: Keep It Metal, Baby
You’d better pray to whatever deity you hold dear because on this episode, we’ve got Baby Metal. I don’t know what sick, Akiba-frequenting, J-Pop-obsessed mind cooked up the idea to start a grade school girl dance troupe backed by heavy … Read More »
Nihongaku Radio Episode 13: Take a Few Capsules and Call Me In the Morning, Hondalady
There’s a lot of brand new music in this show. We’ll hear the latest from Capsule, T-ARA and Hondalady. Also, prepare yourselves for a real throw back in our third set from Miyoko Yoshimoto. A few things I mentioned in … Read More »
Japan Nite 2012: Measuring the Impact of SXSW’s Annual Japanese Music Showcase
By quitting time on the last Friday of SXSW 2012, the influx of Austin’s employed barely registers a drop in the pulsating crowd already clogging her streets and bars. So as I double-time it over to Elysium, I hardly notice … Read More »
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