MASSIVE UPDATE UNDERWAY, STAY TUNED!

Hey everyone out there with your radio chillin' by your side, I am currently in the process of throwing up music reviews, concert updates and more in an attempt to resuscitate this poor site back to life! Yay! Stay tuned as I throw up my adventures in New York City hanging out with Peelander-Z at their studio, grabbing drinks and even crashing a private art showing with Peelander-Yellow showing off some of his personal artwork. Wah?!

Until then, all I have to say is keep checking back (why not follow on my RSS feed?) and be sure to also check out the links section below as I've listed a wealth of sites dedicated to Japanese music so you can stay up on your knowledge...

Playlist for May 3, 2008- LATE START

So here's the playlist for this past weekend's show. I started the show late or as put best by my girlfriend,"How do you show up late for your own show?" What can I say? I was at a BBQ earlier that day with friends and was having too much fun...Alas, there always needs to be a first time for everything and this is mine. Never again...

4:20pm
Bloodthirsty Butchers - "Riyuu" [Guitarist wo Korosanaide]
GO!GO!7188 - "Kunoichi" [FIRST BEST-OF: BEST OF GO! GO!]
Tokyo Jihen - "Ringo no Uta" [Kyouiku]
Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re- "Air Control, Remote Control" [Brain-A-La-Mode EP]

4:40pm
Buffalo Daughter- "Daisy" [The Legend of the Yellow Buffalo]
Advantage Lucy- "Noon" [Noon]
Shonen Knife- "Little Tree (Vivaldi Groove)" [The Birds and the B-Sides]
Supercar- "Drive" [16/50 1997~1999]
Sugar Plant - "Cloudy " [Cloudy]

5pm
Kahimi Karie - "Zoom Up!" [The Best on Trattoria]
Flipper's Guitar - "Groove Tube" [Doctor Head's World Tour]
Guitar Wolf - "SF Tokyo" [Loverock]
Electric Eel Shock - "Japanese Meets Chinese in USA " [Go USA!]

5:20pm
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - "Russian Huskey" [Chicken Zombies]
Zoobombs - "Black Ink Jive" [Welcome Back, Zoobombs]
Polysics- "XCT " [Polysics or Die]
Ex-Girl- "Puyo " [The Revenge of Kero Kero]
Afrirampo- "Artbreakou" [Urusa]

5:40pm
Cibo Matto- "Sugar Water" [Super Relax EP]
World's End Girlfriend- "Garden in the Ceiling" [The Lie Lay Land]
Boredoms - "Hoy" [Pop Tatori]


See you all next week for the last show of this semester. Expect surprise interview spots and rare recordings to be thrown on...sugoi!

Peelander-Z invades KJHK for rare acoustic in-studio set

Japanese garage rock band Peelander-Z stopped by the KJHK shack last Friday afternoon over spring break to perform a rare acoustic set. Based out of New York City, the self-proclaimed "Japanese Action Comic Punk" band came by for their third appearance at KJHK. The group is well lknown in hte underground music scene for their animated on-stage demeanor, their colorful DIY power ranger meets pro wrestling costumes, and their ability to connect with their audiences, demanding nothing less than full interaction with the crowds at each show. Below is a snippet from their live set inside the KJHK shack. Peelander Yellow is on acoustic guitar (courtesy of Program Director Zach White) with P-Red, Blue and Green backing up on clanging pots.


(From left: Peelander Blue, Peelander Green, Peelander Yellow and Peelander Red)

Later on that night, Peelander-Z performed at the Jackpot in front of an energetic crowd that took to their antics like airplane glue to a third-grader.

Playlist for 10.24.07

10.24.07 Playlist for Dodododo!!

10pm

Towa Tei- CHATR feat. CHATR [Last Century Modern]

Fantastic Plastic Machine- Pura Saudade (Optiganally Mix) [Self-Titled]

Ryuichi Sakamoto- Tango (Version Castellano) [Smoochy]

Takako Minekawa- Spin Spider Spin [Fun 9]

Cornelius- Drop [Point ]

10:20pm

Gito Gito Hustler- Silent Man [Love & Roll]

Red Bacteria Vacuum- Sign of Love [Red Bacteria Vacuum EP]

Falsies on Heat- FAT [meaTone]

Chitan Go Kins- Shanghai [Benten Punk Bentoh]

Lolita No. 18- Lolita Channel TV Show [Toriningen- Angel of the North]

10:40pm

Mono- Memorie Del Futuro [Gone]

DJ Krush- Dig This Vibe [Strictly Turntablized]

11pm

Ozrosaurus- Kaze Fuku Douyou [Rhyme and Blues]

Hyena- To Be Crazy

Nujabes- Kumomi [Metaphorical Music]

Kami- Black Film [Megaton Punch]

11:20pm

Shugo Tokumaru- Typewriter [L.S.T.]

Maher Shalal Hash Baz- Joab [Maher on Water]

Pop Chocolat- Hikouki [Visitor]

11:40pm

65 Syndicate- Oshibai no Oshimai [Underground]

World's End Girlfriend- Birthday Resistance [Hurtbreak Wonderland]

Afrirampo- Want You [Kore Ga Mayakuda]

DODDODO- Bold Men [DonomichiDODDODO]

CMJ 2007

The number of Japanese bands showing up for this year's CMJ was small enough to count on one hand, heck even those missing fingers could still accurately represent the few "nippon" artists there. Lets' count them off: Ruins, Bleach 03, and PRE, who actually are an American band with only have a Japanese lead singer so I really wouldn't even count them. Of these three I managed to catch the Ruins at a small show put on by the wonderful people at Death by Audio, a small art space located in Brooklyn. The good news, however, is that this show also had other noise rock bands on the list such as AIDSWolf (Montreal), HEALTH (San Francisco), and other artists that kept my ears constantly destroyed. Anyways, here's some pics below of the Ruins:

Yoshida on the drums (he is what we call a virtuoso)

Yoshida singing

(or rather SCREEEEEAMING and HOWLING
in short, spastic yelps and accented cries........)

Actually what would really help illustrate just what the hell I'm trying to explain about a Ruins show can easily be seen in a short live clip. Enjoy. (P.S. hope you can already guess the sound quality will not be up to Hi-Def standards...and.......how should i put this...tilt your head to the left might help as I haven't installed my movie editor just yet, thanks.)



Okay so by this point you are noticing that Ruins consists of only one guy on drums. Well, the truth is that the Ruins used to be a bassist and a drummer but since the two some how ended up on bad terms, they don't tour together so Yoshida (the drummer and creator of the band) tours with a sampler that has all the bass lines from the songs and drums over them to recreate their songs live. Still, this performance was sick and truly ridiculous in trying to watch Yoshida's arms go all over the place. Definitely check this band out if you have not yet heard them.

the Ruins- __________ (from Tzomborgha)

What did end up saving the CMJ Music Marathon this year was the non-associated Japan Girl Nite show that followed the night after everything was coming to end. This show I'll cover in a separate post with plenty of pics and live clips....Go Japanese girl punk bands, Go...

Playlist for 10.10.07

Dodododo!! Playlist 10.10.07

10pm

Gito Gito Hustler- No Money [Happy Today]

Buffalo Daughter- Silver Turkey [Captain Vapour Athletes]

Polysics- Plus Chicker (981018 mix) [Hey Bob, My Friend]

ni-hao!- Surfin' Rockin' Summer girl [Blue]

Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her- A Shotgun and Me [Red Talk]

10:20pm

Cibo Matto- I Know My Chicken [Viva! La Woman]

Yuko Nexus6- N.S.K.K.

Takako Minekawa- Fantastic Voyage [Fun 9]

Psycho Baba (Mjayo Gharana Group)- Raga Gurijhari Todi [Shock City Shoppers]

Cornelius- Magoo Opening [Fantasma]

10:40pm

Gito Gito Hustler- Life Goes On [What's My...!?]

GITO GITO HUSTLER INTERVIEW

Gito Gito Hustler- Bye Bye Bye [What's My...!?]

Gito Gito Hustler- Ambition [Gito Gito Galore]

P-Model- Kameari Pop [In A Model Room]

11pm

DJ Krush- Dub-ble time [Krush]

Ken Momotarou- Chigendayo [Excalibur]

Ozrosaurus- Its One Day [Hysterical]

65 Syndicate- When the First Cry [My Way Only Way]

11:20pm

Hifana & Kotobuki- Session Champroo [Hifana Presents Nampooh Cable]

DJ Scotch Egg- Scotch Sundance [Scotch Hausen]

Prof. Chinnen- Tanglang [Hifana Presents Nampooh Cable]

DJ Scotch Egg- Scotch Egg [Scotch Hausen]

11:40pm

Cappablack- Evil Clap [Facades & Skeletons]

DODDODO- track no07 [greatereat]

Kiiiiiii- Dance cader Biber hill pop [Kiiiiiii]

YMCK- sakana no mabataki [Family Racing]

Melt Banana- We Will Rock You [Dynamite with a Laserbeam]

Playlist for 10.3.07

Playlist for 10.3.07

10pm

Melt Banana- Crow's Paint Brush (Color Repair) [Bambi's Dilemma]

GO!GO!7188- Ukifane [Japan Nite Sound Sampler 2007]

AIR- 24 Years Old [AIR]

Standing Earth & Touching Air Lotusful [Shock City Shoppers]

Zoo Bombs- Jumbo [Welcome Back, Zoobombs]

10:20pm

Flower Travelin' Band- Louisiana Blues [Anywhere]

10:40pm

Nobukazu Takemura- Proverb [Reich Remixed]

Ex-Girl- Disco 3030 [The Revenge of Kero Kero]

Boris with Michio Kurihara- Starship Narrator [Rainbow]

11pm

Mousouzoku- Project Mou [Project Mou]

Ozrosaurus- Area, Area [Rollin' 045]

Hannya- Sign [Nekosogi]

DJ Ryuuki- Safe Crackin' feat. Hyena & 65 Syndicate [My Way, Only Way]

11:20pm

KEN- Momotaro [Hydropanic Excalibur]

Nujabes- Final View [Metaphorical Music]

Takona X- Where's My Hood feat. Maccho from Ozrosaurus [Where's My Hood?]

DS455- Keep it Movin' feat. Big Frost

Ozrosaurus- Star Killer [Juice]

11:40pm

DODDODO- Monzoku Akamaru [DonomichiDODDODO]

DJ Sushi- Pigeon Head Scratch [The Lost Dub Plates]

Polysics- Plus Checker (New Recording) [Polysics or Die]

DJ Scotch Egg- Scotch Attack [KFC-core]

Aaaaa- Untitled [Tsunbosajiki]

KA4U- Weedows XP (Short Edit) [Midi_Sai Hit Parade]