Last Sunday I had the absolute pleasure of going to see “Lucky Kilimanjaro”, one of my favourite Japanese bands. Like I’ve mentioned before, it took me a while to get into Japanese bands properly, but since first hearing the funky bassline…
I don't have a huge amount of time this week to write an actual article, so I'll put a couple of translations of a band I'm off to see in Fukuoka this week. The first up is "Burning Friday Night". The second is "Paradise". Enjoy! 今週時間…
I was at karaoke with a group of friends when I first heard the chorus of this song. The way the group belted out “mou ikkai” (”One more time”) was like how English people grab their best mate and shout “So sally can wait” if they catch an…
I came across this tune through the God-like app, Spotify. It always delivers new bands to me that I wouldn’t have found for myself. This song was released in 2020 for the anime “Keep your hands off Eizouken!”. I haven’t seen it yet, but i…
I’m lucky enough to have tickets to go and see Glim Spanky in November with a friend. They’ve been on my ‘to see live’ list for a while now and after watching an online concert of theirs that desire only intensified. Their music harks back…
This song was released in the year 2000, so it’s fair to say 21 years on, that it’s a bit of an oldie now. I feel like I’m a bit late to the party by just discovering this tune, but I love it. It instantly transports me to a sleepless nigh…
I love living in Japan, I really do, but it’s taken me a while to get used to Japanese popular music. Japan is slow to change to anything and music is no different. I’m often left thinking many artists are stuck with a style more akin to 2…
I first found out about this Okinawan singer via the Instagram account of a too-cool-for-school type Nagasaki local I follow. I was shocked to see she was playing the only club in town, “Beta”, in September when I’d written it off as somew…
I was recommended this band by my Japanese co-worker. It really impressed me how he came to know an English band that, despite classing myself as a music nerd, didn’t know so well past their name. Their name is how you say, “true feelings”…
