FebruaryFeb 5 Thursday 09
ChocolaTommy
If anyone can think of a better romanization for that, do please share.
The first single is in the process of being spread around. I've uploaded it to thesixtyone if you'd like to give it a listen.
Anyone who uses last.fm should help us centralize things by heading over …
JanuaryJan 28 Wednesday 09
Pre-orders
I forgot to mention that you can pre-order Wine To Chocolate at HMV Japan. (You can also find it at Tower Records, but you'll have to order in Japanese.) The shipping is probably ridiculous, but I'm not sure whether we'll be selling the album in our store, considering …
JanuaryJan 5 Monday 09
Compact Discovery
Well, we understand that the master has been burnt and should be winging its merry way to Taiwan for pressing any day now. In a few months it will be available for purchase at brick and mortar stores around the country. Then all that will be left for us to do is wait …
OctoberOct 24 Friday 08
Website Funkiness
I moved things around a bit today, so any of you that are subscribed to any RSS feeds around here should probably update your bookmarks.
Do let me know if anything looks broken.
I should have posted that before I changed anything, but I am a maverick.
(Sorry)
Old Nerdy Bastard
Mr. Z, proprietor of nerdy music blog and mecca Hipster, Please! has at long last released his latest compilation album - Old Nerdy Bastard.
The album is a veritable fudgeload of remixes and mashups of all stripes. Featured on the album are such nerdcore rappists as
On proper wiring
Last Thursday we played at a venue in Kyoto. During sound check, after one song, the MTR we use for our prerecorded sounds suddenly stopped playing anything. We reset it, perplexed, and then it asked us if we wanted to format the memory card. Oops.
We reset it again, …
Touten no Osusume
The first album from Striped Records, the official record label of Sannomiya's heppest alcohol distribution center Tulip Hat (run by Hidari member Daisuke) was released on the 14th.
The album includes tracks from Tissue, BLONDnewHALF, valva, and Hori Yuuji, as well as …
English Review of Shippo
Several weeks ago I went to a show at Kobe's Otoya and slipped a CD into the back pocket of one JP DuQuette, music writer for free English language magazine Japanzine. The wind told me that it watched one sleepless night, as his wandering hand drifted unbidden to the …
Stereofame
I've signed us up for yet another silly music website. We are well on our way to domination.
Only Fools and Horses
Tomorrow and next Friday we will return to the land of forefathers, the mystical city of Kyoto. Do come have a look if you are not full of cheese.
The 25th marks our triumphant return to the pristine and beautiful Suma beach:
This year promises to be as epic as the …
Frontalot
The beloved MC Frontalot's latest effort is now available for preorder. If you are a fan of hip-hop in general or nerdcore in specific, it would do you well to go and purchase it immediately. You can even download the whole album now, if you don't want to wait for your …
MayMay 1 Thursday 08
Radio appearance tomorrow
Tomorrow morning at around 11:30AM, Hidari will be doing some sort of interview on Kobe's KISS 89.9FM. If you are the sort of person who lives in Kobe and listens to the radio, don't forget to tune in.
AprilApr 21 Monday 08
WANTED: 10^3 rabid Hidaritards
I've seen this article pop up a few times now.
Assume conservatively that your True Fans will each spend one day's wages per year in support of what you do. That "one-day-wage" is an average, because of course your truest fans will spend a lot more than that. Let's …
MarchMar 31 Monday 08
Zarigani$
Last Friday, we were in Shinjuku destroying some faces with new associates Zarigani Dollar. They rock pretty hard, so if you live in Tokyo and have the opportunity to see them live, we highly recommend that you do so.
MarchMar 17 Monday 08
Video Party
We've done three acoustic shows in the last few months. Here are a few selections.
Yume:
Wine:
Ohta has also uploaded the dusty old Shojo B music video.
...and rounding things out, a little live sauce.
More random junk can be found on YouTube, if you're so …