Tag: reviews
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JP ALT’s Best of March ’26
ผ้าอ้อม99999- Junk Pop Right after going mildly viral for their eccentric music videos and chaotic “acid bass” sound, pa-o-mu99999’s debut LP solidifies the band’s position as one of the more compelling acts in the Japanese Hip Hop scene. JUNK POP takes the listener for a ride through post-apocalyptic landscapes, oddly reminiscent of Toxitown, the main location…
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Love, Zombies and Rock ‘n Roll: Revisiting Guitar Wolf’s Wild Zero (1999)
“Love has no borders, nationalities or genders! DO ITTTTT!” Every great band needs a movie to immortalise their exploits on the silver screen. The Beatles have A Hard Day’s Night, the Spice Girls have Spice World, and garage punk power trio Guitar Wolf have 1999’s sci-fi shlock horror masterpiece Wild Zero. Guitar Wolf certainly need…
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JP ALT’s Best of February ’26
Monthly highlight: GEZAN- I Know How Now GEZAN, since formation, have been unruly. Their albums are an amalgamation of different sounds, sometimes so harsh that you want to overthrow the government, sometimes so bright it fills your heart with hope. Meanwhile, the frontman of the band, MahiToThePeople, has been releasing soft folk albums, building a…
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JP ALT’s Best of ’25
JP ALT’s Seb, Emily and Cam pick their favorite releases of 2025. This list is not ranked, and exists to showcase the best projects released in the past year, spanning from mellow indie rock to wildly experimental noise. Seb’s picks The Dresscodes- † For me, the current musical landscape lacks bands like the great 90s…
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SUSUMU HIRASAWA FILES #1- THE MANDRAKE DAYS
The beginnings of Susumu Hirasawa’s legendary career