I gotta thank ANN for this one: Last year they reported on some crazy-ass K-ON! matchmaking event that went down in Tokyo held by the all too appropriately named dating service “I’m Single.” Me being the kind of dude who often complains to his friends about lacking companionship–often times...

Who in 2008 would have thought that in the far off year of 2012 the then indies group Supercell and pixiv celebrity Huke would be the driving force behind a Noitamina show? Well, I’m sure some record executives and TV producers thought such things to be possible, but what...

About two years ago I wrote an article on the Japanese indies band Omokage Lucky Hole. It’s not a great article–it’s written alright, but the translations of the titles and my understanding of the songs’ contents are pretty poor. I haven’t gotten that much better over the past two...