Category: Music

Omokage Lucky Hole@LIQUIDROOM 9/17/2011

Saturday, September 17th: After an exciting dash through Tokyo’s rough and tumble “Electric Town” with Shingo of the Heisei Democracy, I found myself in a section of Tokyo completely unknown to me: Ebisu. I had partaken of the neighborhood’s eponymous beer in the past, and was aware that Misato...

Capsule’s World of Fantasy: Not Exactly a Killer Wave

Rewind a bit back to March: Capsule was gearing up to release their new record–the boldly titled KILLER WAVE–but given the events of March 11th, the duo couldn’t exactly put out a disc with a title like that. As such, KILLER WAVE was changed to WORLD OF FANTASY, and...

Straight Into Your Heart: Laser Beam

Since their 2009 album Triangle, Perfume has bombarded the masses with a flurry of singles, each disc exuding its own musical personality. Could this variation in styles be due to the differing commercial endeavors these songs are paired with? Perhaps! But while it’s easy to write a group like...