Warming up to the 70s.
ZeZeZaZa- “Ponpidon”
I still don’t know what a “ponpidon” is but it’s been redone in all its dreamy glory for ZeZeZaZa’s first official CD. Shoegaze is off to a good start this year with this and Plastic Girl In Closet.
Archive for the ‘J-Rock Fridays’ Category
J-Rock Fridays Vol. 69
April 20, 2012Sexy time.
Turntable Films- “Misleading Interpretations”
Stabbed in the heart and he still makes it to the show on time! After their stellar debut mini-album, Turntable Films made it into my most anticipated for 2012 and “Misleading Interpretations” does not disappoint. It is sad though to see they’re a trio now, which must be a recent development as I can hear former keyboardist Nozomi Funada all over this track (I think she even has a cameo in this video?).
J-Rock Fridays Vol. 68
April 6, 2012Okay, the Hunger Games gag didn’t bring in any new readers so I’ll drop the act for now. I think Bertoia won?
ar- “Akasaka Nice Day”
Looks like ar added a guitarist…and autotune? since the last time we saw them. Not the kind of band I expected to turn to dance rock but it’s growing on me.
J-Rock Fridays Vol. 67
March 23, 201212 new videos for the 12 districts of Panem. May the odds be ever in your favor lol!
Phono Tones- “The World Is Yours”
Did you know Asian Kung-Fu Generation’s drummer has an instrumental side project? Here’s their first PV starring a bunch of cute cats!
J-Rock Fridays Vol. 66
March 9, 2012Get your kicks on J-Rock 66.
Quattro- “Last Dance”
Quattro may have lost half their band to The Mirraz, but they’re back with a vengeance with their fourth-coming album.
J-Rock Fridays Vol. 65
February 24, 2012Fun fact: J-Rock Explosion turns 5 years old today! I didn’t plan anything special but here’s a new J-Rock Fridays.
ASPARAGUS- “Analog Signal Processing”
Second PV from Asparagus’ 5th album, which only took 5 years to come out. Good to have you back.
J-Rock Fridays Vol. 64
February 10, 2012Presenting the best J-Rock videos of the week…
GRAPEVINE- “Rakuen”
Leave it to GRAPEVINE to take a seemingly innocent song and make a traumatic video about a group of men up against the wall waiting to get gunned down. At least they went to “heaven.”
J-Rock Fridays Vol. 63
January 27, 2012Happy Friday!
Limited Express (has gone?)- “we love this country like banana.”
Limited Express is back singing a song about surviving nuclear bombs and earthquakes and bananas of course. Go Japan!
J-Rock Friday Vol. 62
January 13, 2012First new J-Rock Fridays of the year and we’re already so behind!
ent- “Airwalker”
STRAIGHTENER fans, Atsuhi Horie is back with the full-length debut of his solo project ent. “Airwalker” takes over where Welcome Stranger left off, brilliant indie pop with some electronic glitch. I don’t know what the astronaut’s about but it’s giving me Doctor Who deja vu.
Best of 2011: J-Rock Fridays
January 6, 2012Last year I asked you to vote for your favorite videos every (other) week on J-Rock Fridays. You didn’t do a very good job, but I did manage to compile a top 10 with your top voted videos and my own. So without further ado…
10. The Flickers- “White Heat”
The Flickers came out of nowhere with “White Heat.” It’s unfortunate they couldn’t keep up the flame on the rest of their mini-album, but I’ll hold this as promise.
9. 6eyes- “Big Saturday Night”
Hookers! “Big Saturday Night” has become my weekend anthem, even though I rarely go out on the weekend or at all really.
8. The_AIU- “CPU”
I bet most boys would love to have Ms. Ratna as their CPU. So sweet.
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