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Category Archives: Music
XTC interview, March 1999
A recent discussion I read online about XTC made me look on the web for an interview I did with Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding in Tokyo in early 1999 after they had just released the first volume of their … Continue reading
Lenny Kravitz, Nov. 1998, The Japan Times (as “Merle Pangloss”)
I recently realized that almost all of the music reviews I wrote for the Japan Times in the 90s are not available on the Internet, so I will remedy that by slowly, methodically posting them here on my blog. I … Continue reading
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December 2017 albums
Here are the album reviews I wrote for the December issue of EL Magazine, which was distributed in Tokyo on November 25. Beautiful Trauma -P!nk (RCA/Sony) Meaning of Life -Kelly Clarkson (Atlantic/Warner) In our mind there is no better mainstream … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Lahey, Jamila Woods, Kelly Clarkson, King Krule, Maylee Todd, Motorhead, New Order, P!nk, Protomartyr, Sam Smith
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October 2017 albums
Here are the albums I reviewed for the October issue of EL magazine, which was distributed in Tokyo on September 25. The Nordic Mellow -Siv Jakobsen (P-Vine) Lovers -Anna of the North (Different/Hostess) When we think of Scandinavian pop, Sweden … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvvays, Anna of the North, Ariel Pink, Fifth Harmony, Lee Ranaldo, Liars, Mount Kimbie, Neil Young, Nick Lowe, Rat Boy, Siv Jakobsen, The Cribs, The National
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August 2017 albums
Here are the album reviews I wrote for the August issue of EL Magazine, which was distributed in Tokyo on July 25. Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie (Rhino/Warner) Something to Tell You -Haim (Universal) The Southern California sound is sunny, expressed in … Continue reading
June 2017 albums
Here are the album reviews I wrote for the June issue of EL Magazine, which was distributed in Tokyo last week. In-ter a-li-a -At the Drive In (Rise/Hostess) Slowdive (Dead Oceans/Hostess) It probably says more about At the Drive In’s … Continue reading
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Tagged At the Drive In, Erasure, Kasabian, Mary J. Blige, Nadia Reid, Sheryl Crow, Slowdive, The Magnetic Fields
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