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Podcast Description
A bi-weekly, Japanese music-focused radio show covering all genres hosted by Nihongaku's Jonathan McNamara. For show notes, blog posts and random musings from one Japanese music-obsessed writer, visit rockoutjapan.com.
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CleanNihongaku Radio Episode 16: FLiP, Urbangarde and S****y Chinese Food | Ready for your next dose of Japanese music goodness? I've got new music from FLiP, Sheena Ringo and Urbangarde. Hop to it! Want more Nihongaku Radio? Check out previous episodes right here on Nihongaku. You can also find the show on Ani.me, a great site for all your anime, manga and Japanese cultural needs. You can also subscribe to the podcast feed via iTunes. Nihongaku Radio Episode 16 Intro: "Rusty Nail" - X Japan (Buy it!) "Cherry Bomb" - FLiP (Buy it!) "Jiyuu E Michizure" - Shiina Ringo (Buy it!) "After the Heart Rain" - Megumi Nakajima (Buy it!) Break: "Fellows" - Nujabes (Buy it!) “Veranda de Bell Lyre” - Kohei Dojima (Buy it!) "Getto Kuru" - Za Tako-san (Buy it!) "Be a Man, Serve the World" - Hondalady (Buy it!) Break: "Spiritual State (featuring Uyama Hiroto)" - Nujabes (Buy it!) "Japanese Meets Chinese in USA" - Electric Eel Shock (Buy it!) "Window Shopping" - Boris (Buy it!) "U Sei Yori Ai Wo Komete" - Urbangarde (Buy it!) Break: "Rainyway Back Home" - Nujabes (Buy it!) "Giri Giri Surf Rider" - Halcali (Buy it!) "Strawberry Chips" - Halcali (Buy it!) "Long Kiss Good Bye" - Halcali (Buy it!) Break: "Lion" - May'n & Megumi Nakajima (Buy it!) | 5/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNihongaku Radio Episode 15: This Chocolate Disco Smells Delightful | In this episode, we'll hear new music from Piko, Plastic Girl In Closet, and Nisshoku Natsuko. So let's get to it! Want more Nihongaku Radio? Check out previous episodes right here on Nihongaku. You can also find the show on Ani.me, a great site for all your anime, manga and Japanese cultural needs. You can also subscribe to the podcast feed via iTunes. Nihongaku Radio Episode 15 Intro: "Ichiaku Tayou" - Psycho le Cemu (Buy It!) "Rusty Nail" - X Japan (Buy It!) "Inner Light" - Shocking Lemon (Buy It!) "Ama no Jaku" - Piko (Buy It!) Break: "Shift & Escape" - Haruomi Hosono (Buy It!) "Love Is Fun" - Plastic Girl In Closet (Buy It!) "Harmonia" - Choucho (Buy It!) "Human" - Nisshoku Natsuko (Buy It!) Break: "EX-Boy" - Towa Tei (Buy It!) "Music Video Orchestra" - Omodaka (Buy It!) "Sakana no Mabataki" - YMCK (Buy It!) "Behind The Mask" - Yellow Magic Orchestra (Buy It!) Break: "False Echo" - Haruomi Hosono (Buy It!) "Edge" - Perfume (Buy It!) "Dream Fighter" - Perfume (Buy It!) "Chocolate Disco" - Perfume (Buy It!) Break: "Lost Second" - Technoboys, Pulcraft, Green-Fund (Buy It!) "Skill" - JAM Project (Buy It!) | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNihongaku Radio Episode 14: Keep It Metal, Baby | You'd better pray to whatever deity you hold dear because on this episode, we've got Baby Metal. I don't know what sick, Akiba-frequenting, J-Pop-obsessed mind cooked up the idea to start a grade school girl dance troupe backed by heavy metal, but I simply can not turn away from it. Neither, I suspect, will you. There's a ton of other new music on this episode from the likes of Perfume and Asian Kung-Fu Generation. We'll also hear from three of bands represented by Buffalo, New York-based Good Charamel Records. They've got a new band called Tricot that I'm pretty stoked about. There's also TsuShiMaMiRe and Molice. Speaking of Molice, they have a new site out for their brand-new album, Neugravity. A few things I mentioned during the show: If you want to get into some of the Good Charamel bands, you might want to check out their new sampler album I Love J-Rock II (which I mistakenly refer to as "I Heart J-Rock II" on the show). Don't miss this epic music video for Asian Kung-Fu Generation's "Haruka Kanata." While you're at it, here's a little more information about the band's music festival, Nano-Mugen Fes. Want more Nihongaku Radio? Check out previous episodes right here on Nihongaku. You can also find the show on Ani.me, a great site for all your anime, manga and Japanese cultural needs. You can also subscribe to the podcast feed via iTunes. Nihongaku Radio Episode 14 Intro: "Wonderland" - Flip (Buy It!) "Rachel" - Molice (Buy It!) "Bakuretsu Panie-san" - Tricot (Buy It!) "Theme of Sara" - TsuShiMaMiRe (Buy It!) Break: "Sad Sad Kittie" - The Pillows (Buy It!) "Iine!" - Baby Metal (Buy It!) "Saigo no Bansan" - Flip (Buy It!) "Daydream" - Sadie (Buy It!) Break: "Stalker" - The Pillows (Buy It!) "Spring of Life" - Perfume (Buy It!) "Chyoudo Iino" - Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (Buy It!) "Ano Koro" - Sayonara Ponytail (Buy It!) Break: "Come Down" - The Pillows (Buy It!) "Kakatode Ai Wo Uchinarase" - Asian Kung-Fu Generation (Buy It!) "Butterfly" - Asian Kung-Fu Generation (Buy It!) "Haruka Kanata" - Asian Kung-Fu Generation (Buy It!) Break: "Beautiful Morning With You" - The Pillows (Buy It!) "Sharp#" - Negoto (Buy It!) | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNihongaku Radio Episode 13: Take a Few Capsules and Call Me In the Morning, Hondalady | There's a lot of brand new music in this show. We'll hear the latest from Capsule, T-ARA and Hondalady. Also, prepare yourselves for a real throw back in our third set from Miyoko Yoshimoto. A few things I mentioned in the show: "Born to Walk" is a great new song from nuxx's album Lettre Mois. If you dig the song, you're going to love the music video. Go check out AbstractJapan right now. More Japanese music podcast goodness. Want more Nihongaku Radio? Check out previous episodes right here on Nihongaku. You can also find the show on Ani.me, a great site for all your anime, manga and Japanese cultural needs. You can also subscribe to the podcast feed via iTunes. Nihongaku Radio Episode 13 Intro: "Tsumetai Ame (Instrumental)" - Bonnie PinkMi "Feelin' Alright" - Capsule (Buy It!) "Born to Walk" - nuxx (Buy It!) "Gimme A Break" - HONDALADY (Buy It!) Break: "The Egg and I" - Yoko Kanno (Buy It!) "Bach No Senritsu Wo Yoru Ni Kiitasei Desu" - Sakanaction (Buy It!) "Clockwork" - Sekaiichi (Buy It!) "Yumemi Gallop" - SHAKALABBITS (Buy It!) Break: "Cat Blues" (Mr. Scruff Remix) - Seatbelts, Mr. Scruff (Buy It!) "Amai Keiken" - The Yellow Monkey (Buy It!) "Roly-Poly" - T-ARA (Buy It!) "Kokoro No Tobira" - Miyoko Yoshimoto (Buy It!) Break: "Time to Know ~ Be Waltz" - Seatbelts, Hideyuki Takahashi (Buy It!) "Kokudou Ni Go Sei" - GAGAGA SP (Buy It!) "Wasurerainai Kimi Yo" - GAGAGA SP (Buy It!) "My First Kiss" - GAGAGA SP (Buy It!) Break: "The EGG and YOU" - New York Musicians (Buy It!) "Gatchaman No Uta" - Masato Shimon (Buy It!) | 4/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNihongaku Radio Episode 12: After SXSW, I Need a Space Vacation | Yes, it's true. Somehow I've survived another SXSW here in Austin, Texas. I've spent the last five days fighting exhaustion while rocking out to a non-stop barrage of Japanese music showcases. As per usual, I'm wiped, currently in possession of a massive stack of CDs I did not previous own and yet totally ready for next year. So excuse me if I wax a little nostalgic by playing some of the bands I heard at SXSW on this episode. Don't worry, we've got some brand new stuff to get to as well. A few things I mentioned in the show: Kyarypamyupamyu's video for "Candy Candy" is guaranteed to make you smile. Peelander-Z also has a new video for their song "Star Bowling." Also, if you're wondering if Saito Johnny's cover of "Video Killed the Radio Star" is a cover, it is. It was written by The Buggles. It was also the first music videon on MTV. Nihongaku Radio Episode 12 Intro: "We Go!" - Kitadani Hiroshi (Buy It!) "Zombie Matsuri" - Piano Zombie (Buy It!) "Skirt Kakumei" - Urbangarde (Buy It!) "Sensya" - Lagitagida (Buy It!) Break: "Bike" - Masafumi Takada / Jun Fukuda (Buy It!) "Nirvana" - MUCC (Buy It!) "Yabai Yabai Yabai" - Arukara (Buy It!) "Video Killed the Radio Star" - Saito Johnny (Buy It!) Break: "Gym" - Masafumi Takada / Jun Fukuda (Buy It!) "Macaroni Italian" - Crazy Ken Band (Buy It!) "Candy Candy" - Kyarypamyupamyu (Buy It!) "Star Bowling" - Peelander-Z (Buy It!) Break: "Shinobu 1 -boss-" - Masafumi Takada / Jun Fukuda (Buy It!) "Kokirikobushi" - Omodaka (Buy It!) "Plum Song" - Omodaka (Buy It!) "Hietsuki Bushi" - Omodaka (Buy It!) Break: "Motel" - Masafumi Takada / Jun Fukuda (Buy It!) "Arashi wo Nakade Kagayaite" - Mobile Suit Gundam The 08th MS Team (Stand By!) | 3/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNihongaku Radio Episode 11: More Japan Nite/SXSW 2012 Musicians Than You Can Handle | We are one week from Japan Nite! That's right, the annual Japanese music showcase that kicks off at Elysium in Austin, Texas during the South by Southwest (SXSW) music conference, is happening on March 16. To mark the occasion, I've collected tracks from all the Japan Nite bands as well as a few of the other Japanese bands coming to SXSW for this special, SXSW edition of Nihongaku Radio. Keeping all the various Japanese music performances going down at SXSW straight is an exercise in futility. To help alleviate that problem, I'm writing a post (come back tomorrow) guiding you through the who, the when and where to make sure you don't miss out on any of these great performances. Also, if you're not going to be in Austin for the Japan Nite showcase during SXSW, don't fret! The Austin show is the first in a tour that will continue through Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles before concluding in Las Vegas. Get to one of those shows! I'd like to extend my gratitude to Audrey Benten and the bands of Japan Nite 2012 who were nice enough to send their music to me for use in this episode. This episode would not exist without you. Thank you very much. By the way, doing two episodes in two weeks was no easy task–and I'm not finished yet! Come back for episode 12 on March 19. I'm giving myself a few extra days in the schedule to recuperate from SXSW. As always, thanks for listening. Want more Nihongaku Radio? Check out previous episodes right here on Nihongaku. You can also find the show on Ani.me, a great site for all your anime, manga and Japanese cultural needs. You can also subscribe to the podcast feed via iTunes. Nihongaku Radio Episode 11 Intro: "Yokubou wo Sakebe!!!!" - Okamoto's (Buy It!) "We Are News In the Dance Floor" - Nokies! (Stand By!) "Drastica" - Lagitagida (Buy It!) "Goin' Home" - Saito Johnny (Buy It!) Break: "Otemoyan" - Omodaka (Buy It!) "Wetboy Elegy" - The Akabane Vulgars On Strong Bypass (Stand By!) "Dystopia" - ZZZ's (Stand By!) "Ogre of the Cherry Tree" (Sakura no Oni) - Kao=S (Stand By!) Break: "Monkeyturn" - Omodaka (Buy It!) "Ninja-High School" - Peelander-Z (Buy It!) "UMA" - Gagakirise (Buy It!) "Scream For Me" - Electric Eel Shock (Buy It!) Break: "Asadoya Yunta" - Omodaka (Buy It!) "LSD" - Trippple Nippples (Stand By!) "You&I" - Pinky Piglets (Buy It!) "If Everyone Can Dance to the Music, the World Will Become a Better Place" - The Rubies (Stand By!) Break: "Bisraam" - Omodaka (Buy It!) "Northern Lights" - Vampillia (Buy It!) NOTE: You may have noticed that a lot of this music is not available for purchase. That totally blows. Until it is, use the following links to hear more from these bands. Electric Eel Shock Official Site Facebook MySpace Gagakirise Official Site MySpace Kao=S Official Site Lagitagida Official Site Sound Cloud Facebook YouTube Nokies! Official Site Peelander-Z Official Site Facebook Pinky Piglets Official Site MySpace Saito Johnny Official Site Facebook YouTube The Akabane Vulgars On Strong Bypass MySpace YouTube The Rubies Official Site MySpace Trippple Nippples Facebook Official Site Vampillia YouTube ZZZ's Official Site Facebook MySpace YouTube | 3/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNihongaku Radio Episode 10: Tokyo Ska Podcast Orchestra | We're two weeks away from the annual Japan Nite showcase at SXSW and I couldn't be more excited. Obviously I've got some tracks from the Japan Nite artists in episode 10, right? Wrong! Because I am a complete masochist, I'm inserting a special Japan Nite/SXSW-focused episode of Nihongaku Radio into the regular release schedule. Come back next Friday for that special episode. For now, lend your ears to episode 10 with new music from Do As Infinity, Polysics, Aqua Timez, Bonnie Pink, and Sleepy.ab. Want more Nihongaku Radio? Check out previous episodes right here on Nihongaku. You can also find the show on Ani.me, a great site for all your anime, manga and Japanese cultural needs. You can also subscribe to the podcast feed via iTunes. Nihongaku Radio Episode 10 Intro: "Wonderland" - Flip (Buy It!) "Yozora no Hoshi" - The Stand-Up (Buy It!) "Do Justice To Yourself, Do Justice To Your Life" - The Mad Capsule Markets (Buy It!) "Time Machine" - Do As Infinity (Buy It!) Break: "Nee" - Perfume (Buy It!) "Plastic Lover" - Maki Goto (Buy It!) "Keep Crawling" - Bonnie Pink (Buy It!) "Mecha-Mania Boy" - Polysics (Buy It!) Break: "Love The World" - Perfume (Buy It!) "Mask" - Aqua Timez (Buy It!) "Zoo at 2 a.m." - BIGMAMA (Buy It!) "Andromeda" - sleepy.ab (Buy It!) Break: "Dream Fighter" - Perfume (Buy It!) "Incredible Crisis Opening Theme" - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (Buy It!) "Lemon Drops" - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (Buy It!) "Red Bird Ballad" - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (Buy It!) Break: "Voice" - Perfume (Buy It!) "The Winner" - Miki Matsubara (Buy It!) | 3/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNihongaku Radio Episode 9: L’Arc en Ciel All the Way Across the Sky | We've got a lot of new music to get through this episode. Porno Graffiti has a new track called "2012Spark." Chatmonchy's back with a new theme song for an anime about a roman architect who travels through time to a modern day Japanese bath house. It's crazy! I've also got a new track (and a really old track) from L'arc en Ciel. I mention in the episode that Japan Nite is coming up. If you live in Austin, TX, you're about a month away from the annual Japan Nite showcase at SXSW. The subsequent tour will hit New York, Chicago, San Francisco, L.A., and Las Vegas. For full details, check out the official Japan Nite 2012 site. Want more Nihongaku Radio? Check out previous episodes right here on Nihongaku. You can also find the show on Ani.me, a great site for all your anime, manga and Japanese cultural needs. You can also subscribe to the podcast feed via iTunes. Nihongaku Radio Episode 9 Intro: "Ichiaku tayou (karaoke)" - Psycho le Cemu (Buy It!) "Hannah" - Inoue Joe (Buy It!) "Ano yo love" - 88 Kasyo Junrei (Buy It!) "Terumae Roman" - Chatmonchy (Buy It!) "G" - DJ Okawari (Buy It!) "Uwasa no ano ko" - Midori (Buy It!) "Hanabi" - Skull Candy (Buy It!) "Vector" - Maaya Sakamoto (Buy It!) "Chemical Parade" - MUCC (Buy It!) "Falling Down" - MUCC (Buy It!) "Me ke Saki ni se wo Mukete" - Southern All Stars (Buy It!) "2012 Spark" - Porno Graffiti (Buy It!) "Peacock Romantic" - DJ Okawari (Buy It!) "Ready Steady Go" - L'arc en Ciel (Buy It!) "Flower" - L'arc en Ciel (Buy It!) "Chase" - L'arc en Ciel (Buy It!) "A Cup Of Coffee" - DJ Okawari (Buy It!) "Tobe Gundam!" - Koh Ikeda (Buy It!) | 2/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNihongaku Radio Episode 8: I Can’t Pronounce This | Another episode of Nihongaku Radio!? Duh! This time I get down with some new tracks from The Pillows and Avengers In Sci-Fi before committing J-pop suicide with a little help from Kyarypamyupamyu. A few things I mention in the show: Patrick Benny has an excellent write-up of a Tower Records performance by Kyarypamyupamyu. Check it out and follow his blog. Great stuff. If you liked the Tomato n'Pine take on ZONE and want to hear the original group, head on over to Nihongaku Radio Episode 7. A big shout out to anyone who found the show from Ani.me. If you're not in the know, Ani.me is a fantastic anime, manga and Japanese culture site. Like Nihongaku, it's a labor of love—and it shows. I was fortunate enough to be approached by Ani.me to see if I'd be interested in sharing Nihongaku Radio with their readers. A little syndication if you will. From now on you'll be able to find the show by going to Ani.me or (as always) by checking it out right here on rockoutjapan.com. Here's to more listeners and more shows! Nihongaku Radio Episode 8 Intro: "Long Kiss Good Bye" - HALCALI (Buy It!) "Revival" - The Pillows (Buy It!) "#DIV/0!" - BIGMAMA (Buy It!) "Sonic Fireworks" - Avengers In Sci-Fi (Buy It!) Break: "Fellows" - Nujabes (Buy It!) "Tsukematsukeru" - Kyarypamyupamyu (Buy It!) "Yume no Kakera" - Tomato n'Pine (Buy It!) "Black Party" - 80kidz (Stand By!) Break: "Spiritual State (featuring Uyama Hiroto)" - Nujabes (Buy It!) "Under Wonder" - Shonen Kamikaze (Buy It!) "Fire Cracker" - Ellegarden (Buy It!) "Giri Giri Surf Rider [HALF RIDER remix] Remixed by Halfby" - HALCALI (Buy It!) Break: "Rainyway Back Home" - Nujabes (Buy It!) "Firecracker" - Yellow Magic Orchestra (Buy It!) "Kai-Koh" - Yellow Magic Orchestra (Buy It!) "Rydeen" - Yellow Magic Orchestra (Buy It!) Break: "Prayer" - Nujabes (Buy It!) "Getter Robo" - Sasaki Isao (Buy It!) | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNihongaku Radio Episode 7: I Think I’m Going to Be Polysick! | Holy hell! It's the first podcast of 2012. My resolution for the new year: listen to more Japanese music. It's important to make achievable goals for oneself. This time we've got a mix of new tracks and old favorites. And for the first time ever on the cast, we'll hear some live tracks. I mentioned in the podcast that I would leave some links in the show notes to a bit more information about Polysics. Here's a Polysics concert review I wrote in 2010 for Phoenix New Times. I also wrote a Q&A with Polysics for Phoenix New Times shortly before Kayo, the band's former keyboardist, left. Nihongaku Radio Episode 7 Intro: "Yuke! Tiger Mask" - Tiger Mask OST (Not Available) "Pride" - HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR (Buy It!) "Himitsu Secret" - Shonen Kamikaze (Buy It!) "Secret Base ~Kimi ga kureta mono~" - ZONE (Buy It!) Break: "ブタモグラは螺旋の夢を見るか" - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Original Soundtrack (Buy It!) "Danielle-san wa penki nuru" - Za Tako-san (Not Available) "Hey Now" - Zukuna Sisters (Buy It!) "Break into the Light Remix" - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (Buy It!) Break: "ボインVSボイン" - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Original Soundtrack (Buy It!) "Kamome" - 9mm Parabellum Bullet (Buy It!) "Free" Tokyo Shoegazer (Buy It!) "I'm Happy But You Don't Like Me" - Asobi Seksu (Buy It!) Break"ラブリーボイン" - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Original Soundtrack (Buy It!) "Let's Dabadaba" - Polysics (Buy It!) "Kaja Kaja Goo" - Polysics (Buy It!) "Electric Surfin' Go Go" - Polysics (Buy It!) Break: "お前の×××で天を衝け!! ～初めて見た地上ver.～" - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Original Soundtrack (Buy It!) "Yuusha wo Tanjou!" - Yuusha Ou Gaogaigar (Not Available) | 1/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNihongaku Radio Episode 6: Shonen Knife Is Coming to Town | Christmas music from Japan? You must be mad! Think again ye desirers of Yuletide songs from the Far East. Japan does crank out some good Christmas music and we've got three examples of on episode seven. Someone has to write some new Christmas tunes. We Americans sure as hell aren't doing it. I mentioned a few things worth noting in this episode. If you dig Shonen Knife's Christmas single, "Sweet Christmas," you'll be happy to hear that you can download another Shonen Knife Christmas song for free. Also, if you missed the non-remixed version of "Knocking On Your Door" by Kiyoshi Sugo, you can hear it on Nihongaku Radio Episode 5. Nihongaku Radio Episode 6 Intro: "Everlasting (Less Vocal) - Kylee (Buy It!) "Graffiti" - Gackt (Buy It!) "Inner Hysteria" - JinnyOops! (Buy It!) "Don't Say F**k" - Electric Eel Shock (Buy It!) Break: "Bisraam (instrumental) - Omodaka (Buy It!) "Knocking On Your Door (TeddyLoid Ally Remix)" - Kiyoshi Sugo (Download It!) "Utopia" - Carnation (Buy It!) "Marching Band" - Asian Kung-Fu Generation (Buy It!) Break: "Monkeyturn (Instrumental) - Omodaka (Buy It!) "Kokoro no Sports" - Perfume (Buy It!) "Nukegara" - Aiko (Buy It!) "Love Recipe" - Gummy (Buy It!) Break: "575 -Original Instrumental-" - Perfume (Buy It!) "Sweet Christmas" - Shonen Knife (Buy It!) "Christmas" - Judy and Mary (Buy It!) "Homemade Christmas" - Maaya Sakamoto (Buy It!) Break: "Voice -Original Instrumental-" - Perfume (Buy It!) "Ore wa Great Mazinger" - 水木一郎, コロムビアゆりかご会 (Buy It!) | 12/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNihongaku Radio Episode 5: The Rock Episode | That's right! Welcome to the rock episode. As you might have gathered, it rocks particularly hard. Don't worry, there's an electro-dance section in there to balance things out. You know I like some bass. Let's get to it, shall we? In this week's episode, I mentioned a few interesting bits I promised to link to in the show notes. First up, if you're interested in a free download of "Flare" by Boris, you'll want to read this. I assert that MAA's video for "Ballerina Brain System" is Lady Gaga-esque. Check it out and tell me I'm wrong. Also, you can check out a remixed version of Kiyoshi Sugo's "Knocking On Your Door" by checking out his site. Nihongaku Radio Episode 5 Intro: "Yokubou wo Sakebe!!!!! (Instrumental) - Okamoto's (Buy It!) "Scream For Me: - Electric Eel Shock (Buy It!) "Driver's High" - L'Arc en Ciel (Buy It!) "Rusty Nail" - X Japan (Buy It!) Break: "Gym" - Masafumi Takada / Jun Fukuda (Buy It!) "Kafuka" - OverTheDogs (Buy It!) "Short Hair" - Base Ball Bear (Buy It!) "Dramatic" - Yuki (Buy It!) Break: "Bike" - Masafumi Takada / Jun Fukuda (Buy It!) "Ballerina Brain System" - MAA (Buy It!) "Fortunate 1 Mark" - Omodaka (Buy It!) "Knocking On Your Door feat. Am" - Kiyoshi Sugo (Buy It!) Break: "Shinobu 1 -boss-" - Masafumi Takada / Jun Fukuda (Buy It!) "Jackson Head" - Boris (Buy It!) "Galaxians" - Boris (Buy It!) "Flare" - Boris (Buy It!) Break: "Motel" - Masafumi Takada / Jun Fukuda (Buy It!) "Macross" - Fujiwara Makoto (Buy It!) | 11/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNihongaku Radio Episode 4: Shonen Knifed to Death | Ah! The gods of Japanese music have smiled upon us once more. Nihongaku Radio episode 4 lives! Are your ears ready for the audio ecstasy? Hell, I guess there's only one way to find out. On to the episode! Something worth mentioning: the song "Brain Diver" by May'n is actually the opening to an anime called Phi Brain Kami no Puzzle. Nihongaku Radio Episode 4 Intro: "Follow Your Dreams (Instrumental)" - Valerie Stevenson (Buy It!) "Midori No Obachan" - Sex Machineguns (Buy It!) "Messiah" - Hystoic Vein (Buy It!) "Jade" - X Japan (Buy It!) Break: "A Left Foot Trapped in a Sensual Seduction" - Yasushi Ishii (Buy It!) "Glitter" - Perfume (Buy It!) "Brain Diver" - May'n (Buy It!) "Darlin'" - BENI (Buy It!) Break: "Survival on the Street of Insincerity" - Yasushi Ishii (Buy It!) "Hajimete Kimi To Shabetta" - GaGaGa SP (Buy It!) "Omoi Sugo Shimo Koi no Uchi" - Southern All Stars (Buy It!) "Behind The Mask" - Yellow Magic Orchestra (Buy It!) Break: "Certain Victory Lotus Sutra Tune" - Yasushi Ishii (Buy It!) "Perfect Freedom" - Shonen Knife (Buy It! *Click on the album called Free Time) "Top of the World" - Shonen Knife (Buy It!) "One Week" - Shonen Knife (Buy It!) Break: "The Japanese Alphabet Road With Chinese Bellflower's Sweet Smell" - Yasushi Ishii (Buy It!) "Mazinger Z" - Ichiro Mizuki (Buy It!) | 11/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNihongaku Radio Episode 3: FLiP It and Reverse It | How long does it take to drive a moving van from Tempe, Arizona to Austin, Texas? Try about 18 hours. That was the grim reality I faced less than a weekend ago. Of course, that reality was made even more grim by the fact that your standard moving van comes equipped with a radio. That's it. Put your CDs in a box and kiss them goodbye. They won't do you much good until after you've arrived. That said, there were a few tracks running through my mind during that long haul through the desert; tracks like "Two of Us" by Azusa and "Oh Darling" by FLiP. You'll hear those two and 10 others in this third installment of Nihongaku Radio. A couple of things I mentioned in the podcast: Shonen Knife is currently on tour in the States. If you're in Austin, Texas come on out and see them at Red 7 on Oct. 29. I'll be there screaming like a fan girl and snapping photos. Check out the rest of the tour schedule on their official site. As always, please help me build a better Japanese music podcast by leaving your suggestions and requests in the comments below. Nihongaku Radio Episode 3 Intro: "Crazy Girl" - BENI (Buy It!) "LOVE ME! ～あなたのせいで狂いそう" ("Anata no Sei de Kurisou") - T-ARA (Buy It!) "C'mon, Let's Go" - Kreva (Buy It!) "Two Of Us" - Azusa (Buy It!) Break: "Time to Know ~ Be Waltz" - Seatbelts, Hideyuki Takahashi (Buy It!) "アリアドネの糸" ("Ariadne no Ito") - Do As Infinity (Buy It!) *I mistakenly referred to this song as "Ariadne no Koi" in the podcast. The song is actually "Ariadne no Ito." "Are Ya Ready" - Rock'A'Trench (Buy It!) "Te Wo Tatake" - NICO Touches the Walls (Buy It!) Break: "The Egg and I" - Yoko Kanno (Buy It!) "Explosion!" - Shonen Knife (Buy It!) Shonen Knife's new albums are released in the States by Good Charamel Records. There you can find the Osaka Ramones album I mentioned in the podcast. "Get Back To 8-Bit" - Polysics (Buy It!) "Chu Chu Lovely Muni Muni Mura" - Maximum The Hormone (Buy It!) Break: "Cat Blues" (Mr. Scruff Remix) - Seatbelts, Mr. Scruff (Buy It!) "Oh Darling!" - FLiP (Buy It!) "す・て・き Reaction" ("Suteki Reaction") - FLiP (Buy It!) "カザーナ" ("Kazaana") - FLiP (Buy It!) Break: "The EGG and YOU" - New York Musicians (Buy It!) "Senaka-Goshi ni Sentimental" - Kumi Miyasato (Buy It!) | 10/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNihongaku Radio Episode 2: Does this Clench & Blistah Look Infected? | Man! Two weeks has gone by in a flash! When I put together the playlist for this week's episode, I tried to vary up the genres as much as possible. For example, I don't listen to a lot of hip-hop. Usually I'm content to alternate between Japanese rock bands and electronic groups; or bands that blend the two sounds. On this episode, I said to hell with that. Get too comfortable and you might as well be dead, right? A couple of things I mentioned in the podcast: Read about Kylee and her double life in this post. I wrote about White White Sisters in my review for this year's Japan Nite. Crazy Ken Band's video for "Ippai Ippai is awesome. You can check it out on Tokyo's Coolest Sound. I hope you dig the second episode of Nihongaku Radio. If you do (and especially if you don't), drop me a line. Help me build you a better Japanese music podcast. If you have a request, I want to hear that too. See you on October 1! Nihongaku Radio Episode 2 Intro: "Shakunestu no Circuit"- Eiko Yamane (Buy it!) "We Are Noodles From Sentimental" - Noodles (Stand by!) "Metropolis-2011-" - L'Arc~en~Ciel (Buy it!) "Hello I Love You" - Okamoto's (Buy it!) Break: "Funkin" - Nujabes and Fat Jon (Buy it!) "This Night" - Terra (Buy it!) "Everlasting" - Kylee (Buy it!) "Imperfect Conflict" - White White Sisters (Buy it!) Break: "Sanctuary Ship" - FORCE OF NATURE, Nujabes, Fat Jon (Buy it!) "Ippai Ippai" - Crazy Ken Band (Buy it!) "Movin'" - Soil & Pimp Sessions feat. Maia Hirasawa (Buy it!) "Manatsu no Memory" - Clench & Blistah feat. Fivesta (Buy it!) Break: "Transcendence" - Nujabes and Fat Jon (Buy it!) "Hybrid Rainbow" - The Pillows(Buy it!) "Tabasco Disco" - The Pillows (Stand by!) "Ride on Shooting Star" - The Pillows (Buy it!) Break: "The Space Between Two Worlds" - Nujabes and Fat Jon (Buy it!) "Ideon in Resurrection" - Isao Taira (Buy it!) | 9/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNihongaku Radio Episode 1: Podcast This! | Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to interview Zac Bentz. Mr. Bentz is a critically-acclaimed writer, a musician and a true Japanese music aficionado. None of those are the reason I wanted to talk to him. I interviewed Mr. Bentz because he is the mastermind of what was until very recently a critical pathway to exposing Western fans to new Japanese music: Japanator Radio. On July 30, Japanator Radio and Zac Bentz officially called it quits in a blog post on Japanator.com. By the end, Japanator Radio had served up 169 episodes; that's four years of work. Sadly, except for downloaded episodes tucked away like precious treasure on the hard drives of dedicated fans, that legacy; the work is no longer available. Japanator.com pulled the plug. Blog posts for the old episodes are still there, but click on the streaming or download links and get an error message. In his closing post, Bentz said "I hope I've at least left you with a deeper respect for the modern Japanese music scene, as well as the tools to continue on your own path of discovery. And who knows? Maybe the show will return in the future in some form." I hope it does. For the last two years, I've anxiously waited for every episode. I burned them to CDs to play them in my car. I listened to them while jogging. I found out about a great many bands I probably never would have heard otherwise. Not having another episode of Japanator Radio to look forward to already sucks. And I'm not alone. Western fans are now without a valuable resource; a regular, curated look into modern Japanese music. Decent, regularly-updated Japanese music podcasts are rare even in the vast sea of information that is the internet (believe me, I've looked). So, here's the deal: I'm doing my own podcast called Nihongaku Radio. I'm going to release an episode twice per month. For now, I'm doing a four-set format with three songs each. Mostly I want to focus on newer music and bands that are planning to tour the U.S., but anything's fair game. I'd also like to do some interviews and possibly have a guest or two on the show talking about Japanese music and maybe even a bit of culture. The debut episode features a few tracks and bands I've been writing about here on Nihongaku; bands like Okamoto's, Boom Boom Satellites and Peelander-Z. So give it a listen. Let me know what you think the podcast needs. I promise to listen. I promise to keep improving. I promise to stick to the schedule...at least until Japanator Radio gets back on air. Nihongaku Radio Episode 1 Intro: "Stardust" - Piko (Buy it!) "Pee-Kaa-Boo" - NoaNowa (Buy it!) "A.B.C.Disco" - The Telephones (Buy it!) "So Many Mike" - Peelander-Z (Buy it!) Break: "Rydeen 79/07" - HASYMO/Yellow Magic Orchestra (Buy it!) "Flags" - T.M. Revolution (Buy it!) "Back On My Feet" - Boom Boom Satellites (Buy it!) "Vanitas" - Dir En Grey (Buy it!) Break: "Floating Away" - Yellow Magic Orchestra (Buy it!) "Yokubou wo Sakebe" - Okamoto's (Buy it!) "Maze" - White Ash (Buy it!) "Good Bye Present" - The Pillows (Buy it!) Break: "1000 Knives" - Yellow Magic Orchestra (Buy it!) "Note" - Supreme Sound Recreation (Buy it!) "Jinsei wa Suteiji" - The Ton-Up Motors (Buy it!) "Theme From Lupin III '78" - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (Buy it!) Outro: "Firecracker" - Yellow Magic Orchestra (Buy it!) Note: In case it wasn't obvious in the post, Nihongaku Radio's format is based largely on the format originally created by Japanator Radio and Zac Bentz. | 9/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 16 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
すごいpodcast!!
This podcast made me smile all morning! ^_^
Nihongaku Radio Continues to rock my face!
This podcast came just as hope was fading for a All Japanese Music podcast (after the passing of Japanator Radio) but Jonathan MAcnamara not only took the reigns, but rode this burning Oni out of the ashes and onto the celestial plane. I can't recommend it enough. Come for the J-pop but stay for the Giant Robot theme song!
Listen to it!
So glad I stumbled onto this podcast. My long travel trips and random times of the day have been filled with very enjoyable music.
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