Sacra: ついのすみか (Tsuinosumika) (1991)
What does it mean to be “Japanese”? As I listen to Sacra’s ついのすみか (Tsuinosumika), whom mvns kindly shared the original version of…
October 22, 2026
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Yukarie (塚越優香): Love.sea (1997)
Stop me if I’ve said this before: we all know when we’ve landed on our chosen instrument. Right now, as I’m listening…
October 15, 2026
Súzuki (鈴木貴子): Nuage (1992)
The older I get, the more I appreciate teachable moments. It wasn’t too long ago that I wrote about “The Suzuki’s” self-titled…
October 1, 2026
Fusae Uchida (内田房江): 消えた水族館～内田房江ヴォイスリウム’92 (The Aquarium Vanished: Fusae Uchida Voicerium ’92) (1992)
“An aria of sorcery, set loose.” — from notes on The Aquarium Vanished by Nobuo Ikemiya. When searching for a phrase that…
September 24, 2026
Aki Hano (羽野晶紀): 櫻蘭 (Rolan) (1991)
For lack of a better word, some of the “coolest” albums I own are, for all intents and purposes, those one-and-done records…
August 21, 2026
Joy Salinas: Joy Salinas (1991)
Of all the reasons I keep this blog going, one of them has to be this: we need new heroes. For far…
August 12, 2026
Monica, Carla Vallet, Osny Melo: MERV (1997)
With most of us knee-deep in the dog days of summer, I thought I’d do something different. I think now’s the time…
July 29, 2026
Mix: 97. Your Own Little Paradise (君だけの小さな楽園)
There’s just something about summer that brings out a different side of me. Whether it’s the heat, the scenery, or simply me…
July 14, 2026
Chieko Kinbara (金原千恵子): Silence (2001)
Whenever I think of something to share, I first try to think of why I want to share it. In the case…
July 2, 2026
Gota & The Heart Of Gold (屋敷豪太): Somethin’ To Talk About (1993)
If one can come up with a phrase to chart Gota Yashiki’s life I think it’s this: Choose your own adventure. Dig…
June 25, 2026
MariMari (マリマリ): 耳と目そしてエコー (Ears and Eyes, Then Echo) (1997)
I imagine y’all have been in the same position I’ve been. How do you quantify why something makes you feel a certain…
June 11, 2026
coba (小林靖宏): ROOTS? (ルーツ？) (1995)
There’s a seemingly unwritten line written in music. It’s between those whose aim is to recreate the past and those whose gaze…
June 5, 2026