Pizzicato Five: Triste
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...
Omokage Lucky Hole: His Load Was Huge
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...
Adventures in Purchasing Obscure Indies CDs: Omokage Lucky Hole’s Melo
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...