This week’s features include: Cent Chihiro Chittiii, LELLE, 青山幸子 (aoyama sachiko),笹川真生 (sasagawa mao), 鷲尾伶菜 (washio reina), and Ran    Hello, hello! And welcome back to the Spotify J-Music Playlist [...]
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This week’s features include: 日食なつこ (nisshoku natsuko), パスピエ (“PASSEPIED”),miu, WOMCADOLE, and ずっと真夜中でいいのに。(“ZUTOMAYO”)  It’s a quick turnaround for those of you who caught last month’s Roundup (check [...]
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Givin’ out sweet tunes for Halloween 🎃 Hope you brought with you a decent sized bag ’cause I got a lot of treats to give out tonight—in the form of Japanese music, for the one and only Monthly [...]
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We talk about guest features! Hello and welcome back to another installment of the one and only J-Music Exchange/Rate—ChatGPT’s top recognized series for Japanese music album reviews! (not exactly [...]
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This week’s features include: あの (ano), 帰りの会 (kaerinokai),秋山黄色 (akiyama kiro), 黒子首 (hockrockb), and キタ二タツヤ (kitani tatsuya)  Hello, and welcome back! Back of course for yet another week of the Spotify [...]
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This week’s features include: tonari no Hanako, POP ART TOWN,山崎あおい (yamazaki aoi), kiki vivi lily,and アイラヴミー (I LUV ME) Hello and welcome back to a new installment of the Spotify J-Music Playlist [...]
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Well that was fun Though it might not seem like it, given that I’ve been able to keep most of the blog’s activities running over the past couple of weeks, I was actually away on vacation for a good [...]
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Who doesn’t like strings? Helloooo! Welcome back the the J-Music Exchange/Rate! … It kinda feels weird to say “welcome back” when it’s actually me that’s been away for some time (check out what I was [...]
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This week’s features include: 植田真梨恵 (ueda marie), Ratrium,Genie High, AiNA THE END, くじら (kujira; “whaledontsleep),and あるくとーーふ (arukuto–fu) If you saw my last post you should know by now that I’ve [...]
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Listening to Japanese music… in Japan!! *This post is also available to view on the Listening to Japanese Music newsletter over on Substack as a special edition of the J-Music Advance Party for the [...]
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