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The Second Manifesto of Néojaponisme
Maybe websites are not the answer. In the old age of our second decade (website years are like dog years), print may be a better match.
Mix: The Best of Shibuya-kei, Volume One
The time has been right for a new mix that showcases, celebrates, and reintroduces the best tracks from Shibuya-kei’s peak years: dj david, mon amour - “The Best…
2016: Don't Look Back
We are not doing an annual look back piece this year, because nothing really happened in Japan. But maybe that is what makes Japan so great right now.
Pizzicato Five Discography: Canon and Posthumous 1998-2006
Ametora author W. David Marx listened to every single major release from legendary Shibuya-kei band, Pizzicato Five, so you don't have to. Here are his thoughts over a…
The Pizzicato Five Discography: Canon 1994-1997
Ametora author W. David Marx listened to every single major release from legendary Shibuya-kei band, Pizzicato Five, so you don't have to. Here are his thoughts over a…
The Pizzicato Five Discography: Canon 1991-1993
Ametora author W. David Marx listened to every single major release from legendary Shibuya-kei band, Pizzicato Five, so you don't have to. Here is Part Three.
The Pizzicato Five Discography: Pre-Canon 1985-1991
Ametora author W. David Marx listened to every single major release from legendary Shibuya-kei band, Pizzicato Five, so you don't have to. Here are his thoughts over a…
The Pizzicato Five Discography: Introduction
Ametora author W. David Marx listened to every single major release from legendary Shibuya-kei band, Pizzicato Five, so you don't have to. Here are his thoughts over a…
The Plastics and Copy Anxiety
W. David Marx looks at the rise of the Japanese New Wave band, The Plastics, and how anxiety about Japanese copying of Western culture inspired their sound and…
The Year 2015 in Japan
2015: Living Through Inexorable Change / W. David MARX Ever since the Japanese economic miracle came to an end in the 1990s, Western analysts and critics have spewed…