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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is Back with “Invader Invader,” Resistance is Futile
Remember when we said "Ninjari Ban Ban" was the awesomest/cutest Kyary Pamyu Pamyu vid yet? Well, J-pop's adorably-bizarre darling dropped in on YouTube with her new...
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WATAPACHI Take Trap to Japan
Name: WATAPACHI
Where They're From: Tokyo, Japan
When They Started: 2012
Genre: Trap, Electronic
For Fans Of: Bosstone, Yellow Claw, Flosstradamus,...
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The Best Videos of April 2013
This April we lived it up alongside some promising up-and-coming artists from around the world. We danced along with Denmark's Quadron, partied with Stockholm's...
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Josy Coos It Out and Then Cranks It Up
Name: Josy
Where They're From: Tokyo, Japan
When They Started: 2010
Genre: Psych rock meets art punk
For Fans Of: Akabane Vulgars On Strong Bypass, The...
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Josy — “To the Light”
With a crazy vibe somewhere between The Go-Gos and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, the guitar-less quartet from Tokyo tends to leave a distinct impression on anyone who catches...
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Jesse McFaddin of RIZE Stands Up on His Own
Words and interview by Patrick St. Michel
The Togoshi-Ginza neighborhood of Tokyo is a calm residential area boasting one major street flanked by stores and...
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Passport Approved: 10 of Our Favorite Multinational Bands
Back in the day when snail mail was a thing (remember that?) The U.S. Postal service ran a service where you could apply to get a pen pal from another country. While the...
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Pirates Canoe: Americana from the Heart of Japan
Kyoto-based musicians Kanako, Reika, and Sara make roots music with mandolin and fiddle that sounds like it comes from the heartland of the United States. Even if it...
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Pirates Canoe — “Ballerina Meena Jane”
Kyoto Americana trio Pirates Canoe perform their soul tickling ballad “Ballerina Meena Jane” during the Brooklyn leg of their US tour.
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Pirates Canoe Tell Their Story
Reika, Kanako and Sara of Americana band Pirates Canoe tell us how they infuse their music with a Japanese sensibility, the strange way they met, and how they felt when...
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Artist of the Week: Pirates Canoe
This Artist of the Week race was especially feisty with Jez Dior from the US, As They Burn from France, and Japan's Pirates Canoe all vying mightily for the brass ring....
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“Ninja Ri Ban Ban”: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is a J-Pop Assassin
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, reigning princess of J-pop 2.0, has some pretty insane videos out there. The viral power of "Pon Pon Pon" aside, "Fashion Monster" was pretty nuts,...
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This Trombone Cover of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” Might Kill You
Oh, my god. We just died watching Morning Musuko cover "Somebody That I Used to Know." The New York City-based group specializes in big-band style jazz covers of J-pop...
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Artist of the Week: VOTE for Your Favorite!
It's Friday. Let's do this.
Who's going to wear the crown as this week’s new Artist of the Week before the poll closes next week? You tell us.
One of the five...
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ICON: Yoko Ono’s Impermeable Instinct for Creativity
Words and Exclusive Interview by Stephen Greco.
Intense curiosity and a strong commitment to make life the best it can be—those are qualities that can unite human...
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Meet Pirates Canoe: Kyoto Bluegrass Exists, And It Is Divine
Name: Pirates Canoe
Where they're from: Kyoto, Japan
When They Started: 2009
Genre: Bluegrass, Americana
Most Similar: Oh Brother Where Art Thou?...
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Cokiyu’s Our Dream Girl
Name: Cokiyu
Where She’s From: Ehime, Japan
When She Started: 2002
Genre: Ambient electro-pop
Most Similar: MMOTHS, Grimes
Sounds Like: Sugar, spice and...
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Pirates Canoe — “Guitar Blue”
Pirates Canoe, a Japanese folky bluegrass band, transports us to the sixties in “Guitar Blue.” A vintage filter washes over scenes of the band members spinning up a...
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After Five Years Red Bacteria Vacuum Says Hey! Peeps
Japan's Red Bacteria Vacuum have been kinda, like, doing their own thing since the release of Dolly Dolly Make a Epoch in 2009. We were missing them, but now the badass...
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Jesse McFaddin — “Access Violation”
If we’re truly in our last days, Japan’s Jesse McFaddin (of nu metal trio Rize) would probably provide the penultimate swan song. “Access Violation” contains lots of...