Chanmina: harenchi / #2021reviews
Ever since the previous generation of Great J-Pop Divas either retired (the one-and-only Namie Amuro), became a shadow of their former self (Ayumi Hamasaki), became increasingly boring (Utada Hikaru) or…
Chai: Wink / #2021reviews
Chai became a surprise international sensation in recent years, thanks to their strangely charming sound, which is both naively childlike and highly sophisticated, incorporating influences from all over the pop…
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu: Candy Racer / #2021reviews
For years, many people have been criticizing pop icon Kyary Pamyu Pamyu for being too predictable, having next to no variety in her music. Which is true after all, but…
Puffy: The Puffy / #2021reviews
For a long while Puffy, the pop duo of Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura was a mainstay of Japan's mainstream music scene, starting with their million selling debut single, Asia…
Capsule: the club pop duo’s first new song and music video in more than six years!
Capsule is back with a new more than six years after their latest release, 2015's excellent Wave Runner album! The duo of Yasutaka Nakata (lyrics, music) and Toshiko Koshijima (vocals)…
FAKY returns with Little More, their third new track for this year
It seems that November is all about J-Pop girl groups as FAKY also returned with a new song around the same time as their friends and occasional collaborators FEMM. The…
A new single, music video and EP from the all new, all different FEMM!
As reported two weeks ago the pop duo FEMM recently returned with a long-awaited new music just to take it down a few days later along with all of their…
BananaLemon featured in new Sims 4 expansion pack trailer
Back in 2018 with the excellent Girls Gone Wild and Look At Me, Look At Me BananaLemon seemed to be building up to be a possible "next big thing", but then…
FEMM: the futuristic pop duo returned with a new single… and then disappeared?
FEMM, the unique pop duo has been silent for quite some time: their last kinda-proper release, an EP called Dollhouse came out in 2018, but even that only contained two…
Towa Tei celebrates the 25th anniversary of solo debut with a reissue and a collection of collaboration works
I am posting about this very late, but Shibuya-kei pioneer Towa Tei dropped two great release, a reissue and a collection of rarities last month. He originally rose to fame…