Like most pop music, Pizzicato Five’s catchy tunes often told upbeat stories of love. But what kept Pizzicato Five’s music from being completely cynical and commercial was Konishi’s genuine love for the genres and songs he was copping and turning into his own, along with a love for the...

I felt something familiar when I turned on Hyouka for the first time. Perhaps it was the snide narrator mixed with the Kyoto Animation production that brought to mind nostalgic memories of Haruhi. Or maybe it was the SHAFT-like manner in which information was presented that conjured up flashbacks...

While a fair amount of Omokage Lucky Hole songs tend to fall into either the categories of uncomfortably seedy comedy, dark biting satire, or both, a lot of their songs also tell pretty serious and dire stories about tumultuous relationships between men and women. OLH songs can paint pretty...