Pop, dance & mannequins: an interview with FEMM
FEMM is clearly one of the most interesting Japanese pop acts from the last few years: their unique take on electro pop with a bit of a hip-hop influence here…
Charisma.com, weddings and… toothbrushes!?
is a pop / hip-hop / electro duo and also, they are one of the most interesting and unique JPop acts from the last several And ever since they started…
Girl rock, Europe & anniversary – Scandal interview
Japan's most successful all-girl rock band Scandal just started its longest European tour so far on the 10th of September and they will be on the road till the end…
Babymetal to support… the Red Hot Chili Peppers in UK!?
When, after their solo show at Wembley Arena earlier this year, you thought that the Babymetal phenomenon can not get any more they announced that in December they will be…
Bed-In: Rich – a tacky time travel with Tokyo’s trashiest duo
I guess everyone has those guilty pleasure kind of favorites. Things that you know are bad by all standards, but still you just can't stop loving them. For me Bed-In's…
How LDH and their acts are changing the face of JPop
In the HiGH&LOW review, I called that the best and most important JPop album of the year. The "best" part was explained there, but why is it oh-so-important? To understand…
HiGH&LOW – the JPop album of the year
It might sound like a rushed statement to call anything the "... of the year" while only seven months passed, but in this case, it is a pretty sure bet,…
Jintana & Emeralds delivers yet another dose of dreamy, Hawaiian exotica with Mirage
Jintana & Emeralds plays '50s inspired dreamy music, that takes us right back to the heydays of Exotica, with its tropical, Hawaiian flavor and steel guitar sound. The band, featuring…
FEMM: Neon Twilight / Countdown – two new songs and videos from Japan’s strangest pop duo
FEMM, a duo that claims that they are "mannequins" is one of the most interesting things that showed up in Japan's pop music scene in the last few years and…
Jumbled rock & diversity – an interview with Tricot (2016.03)
Tricot, the Japanese all-girl trio that mixes complex, irregular rhythms with a soft, pop sound came back to Europe in early 2016, so I did an email interview with them…