{"id":16511,"date":"2012-09-22T11:19:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T16:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=16511"},"modified":"2012-09-22T11:19:49","modified_gmt":"2012-09-22T16:19:49","slug":"the-experimentation-of-japanese-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2012\/09\/22\/the-experimentation-of-japanese-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"The Experimentation of Japanese Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0The host of Audio Origami reviews new albums in the world of Japanese Rock<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This month at least two very noteworthy albums have been released in the J-rock genre.\u00a0 On Sept. 19\u00a0the indie rockers, OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, released their fourth LP entitled\u00a0<em>\uff11\uff10\uff10\u5e74\u5f8c<\/em>\u00a0(<em>100 years later<\/em>).\u00a0 Originally they were described as music reminiscent of American bands such as Modest Mouse, Television and Built to Spill.\u00a0 Between this album and their previous one, it is clear that they have drastically changed their sound to exude a more funky, soft, poppy feel.\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t say that I\u2019m too pleased with their new direction, however I always appreciate experimentation, and their new album is very listenable.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they have not released this one in the states yet, and I haven\u2019t been able to come across any talk of it on any English sites.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a link to the video for the track,\u00a0<em>\u591c\u306e\u8239\u3001<\/em>meaning\u00a0<em>Ship of the Night:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mL0udrilL-I\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On the heavier, crazier side of things, we have a new album from Zazen Boys who have a reputation for strange, complex rhythms and rapidly changing time signatures.\u00a0 As of late, they\u2019ve taken on a more electronic, danceable sound.\u00a0 Their new album was released in the states Sept. 9\u00a0and is entitled\u00a0<em>Stories.<\/em>\u00a0 I always enjoy hearing what these guys are up to.\u00a0 If you enjoy math rock or anything weird and experimental, then give this a listen.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a link to a track off the album entitled\u00a0<em>\u30cf\u30fc\u30c8\u30d6\u30ec\u30a4\u30af(heartbreak)<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w3t9OkqpkdM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Audio Origami airs every Friday from 10-12 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The host of Audio Origami reviews new albums in the world of Japanese Rock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4332,"featured_media":16513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1095,1098,1096,1097],"class_list":["post-16511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-audio-origami-2","tag-japanese-pop","tag-ogre-you-asshole","tag-zazen-boys"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/image2.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}