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The Yoshida Brothers are a duo from Hokkaido, Japan.  They specialize in playing the shamisen but are also famous for taking the traditional art of shamisen playing and adding modern touches to it.  If you have never heard of the shamisen, just think of it as kind of like a Japanese banjo.  They have been around for quite a while but I was recently turned on to them by a friend of mine here in Japan. READ MORE

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There are times when a band will come around and produce an amazing sound in an original way that people look at it and think, “Damn, why hasn’t someone else thought of this before?”  Big Gigantic is one of those bands.  The duo of Dominic Lalli and Jeremy Salken have combined their mulitple talents together to make some amazing new music as well as READ MORE

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DOM is a trio from Worcester, Massachussets.  The band is named after its leader, Dom, who is quite a character himself.  He refuses to release his last name because he “owes money” and he is obsessed with his cat, Bochicha.  Not only is his cat’s picture on the album cover of their EP, but he has named a song after his cat as well, which he claims is the official face-off song for his local hockey team(it isn’t).  READ MORE

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Jamie Lidell is a musical Jack-of-all-trades.  He proved himself as a electronic producer/singer with Cristian Vogel as Super_Collider before going solo.  He is well known for layering his own voice on tracks.  Whether it is beat-boxing, singing lyrics or just singing a melody, he is a vocal one man band.  READ MORE

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I’m a big fan of the duo.  Musical duos are especially good.  Sam & Dave, Hall & Oates, Outkast, and Simon & Garfunkel are some of my favorite artists ever.  Something about the dynamic of 2 people’s skill sets complimenting each other just works for me.  And when two people get together and create something on the same creative and mental wavelength, its magical.  Crystal Castles, is a duo from Ontario, Canada comprised of Alice Glass(vocals) and Ethan Kath(producer).  They are magical.

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LCD Soundsytem’s latest and possibly last album is due out for release on May 18th by DFA Records, even though the album was announced to have been finished on Feb. 23rd.  The band recorded the album in a mansion that had a recording studio in it in the Hollywood hills because the band’s leader, James Murphy, likes to be completely immersed in the album creation process with as little distractions as possible.  To be honest, his dedication and concentration has payed off.

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