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Category Archives: Music
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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April 2017 albums
Here are the album reviews I wrote for the April issue of EL Magazine, which was distributed in Tokyo last month. SweetSexySavage -Kehlani (Atlantic/Warner) Ensen -Emel (Partisan/Hostess) The question posed by Kehlani Parrish is, How could someone so young sound … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Krauss, Brinsley Schwarz, Depeche Mode, Dirty Projectors, Emel, Julie Byrne, Kehlani, Laura Marling, Run the Jewels, Thundercat
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Lou Reed/Yo La Tengo, Oct. 2000
I recently realized that almost all of the music reviews I wrote for the Japan Times in the 90s and the movie reviews I wrote for the Asahi Shimbun during the same decade are not available on the Internet, so … Continue reading
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February 2017 albums
Here are the album reviews I wrote for the February issue of EL Magazine, which was distributed in Tokyo last month. Oczy Mlody -The Flaming Lips (Warner) Cuidado Madame -Arto Lindsay (P-Vine) Though the Flaming Lips are deservedly famous for … Continue reading
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Tagged Arto Lindsay, Brian Eno, Childish Gambino, Dropkick Murphys, Pete Doherty, The Flaming Lips, The Weeknd, The xx, Tim Kinsella
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Best albums 2016
If 2015 was the year of Black Lives Matter, then 2016 was the year Black Lives Matters mattered, since the meaning of the movement—recognizing that conditioned racism not only still existed, but continued to have a deadly impact—was borne out … Continue reading
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Tagged A Tribe Called Quest, Adia Victoria, Angel Olsen, Beyonce, Bombino, Bonnie Raitt, Brandy Clark, Car Seat Headrest, Dawn Richard, Fantasia, Frank Ocean, M.I.A., Maren Morris, Rihanna, Solange, Tanya Tagaq
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