Nihongaku Radio Episode 67: Rolling Stone Missed This Japanese Music
Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Albums list is missing out on Japanese music.
Nihongaku Radio Episode 49: Tonight, Tonight, Tonight!
In this episode we explore the career of Beat Crusaders’ Toru Hidaka and hear from his new band, The Starbems.
Nihongaku Radio Episode 40: The Last Ice Cream
At long last, here’s episode 40! Prepare your ear holes for new music from The Telephones, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and GaGaGa SP. Enjoy! Nihongaku Radio Episode 40 Intro: “Final Wars!” – The ALFEE (Buy It!) “Gonna Be Alright” – Skall … 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 »
Nihongaku Radio Episode 4: Shonen Knifed to Death
Ah! The gods of Japanese music have smiled upon us once more. Nihongaku Radio episode 4 lives! Are your ears ready for the audio ecstasy? Hell, I guess there’s only one way to find out. On to the episode! Something … Read More »
GaGaGa SP, Andrew W.K. and Scandal Steal “My First Kiss”
On Monday, documentary filmmaker Kirby Ferguson released the third episode in his four-part documentary Everything is a Remix. If you haven’t been keeping up with this extremely well-produced series that takes a look at…well, just about everything to understand where … Read More »
Who Is GaGaGa SP?
“Senkou Hanabi” by GaGaGa Sp Four years ago, Shonen Knife had just finished playing their set and I had half a mind to leave. Over the weekend, I saw Shonen Knife play for the very first time at venue called … Read More »