Tatsuya Kitani　

w-inds.　

King Giddra　

Giuffria　

Giuffria was formed in the early ’80s by ex-Angel keyboardist Gregg Giuffria. The band included vocalist David Glen Eisley, guitarist Craig Goldy, bassist Chuck Wright, and drummer { ..more

Priscilla Chan　

HAGANE　

Jun Maeda / Nagi Yanagi　

XTC　

XTC was one of the smartest -- and catchiest -- British pop bands to emerge from the punk and new wave explosion of the late ’70s. From the tense, jerky riffs of their early singles to the ..more

Scritti Politti　

Scritti Politti is the primary vehicle for Welsh singer/songwriter Green Gartside. Few figures in pop music can claim Gartside’s distinctive credentials： an artist who began in London’s ..more

Midori Oka　

Katy Perry　

Brandishing a wink, a coo, and cleavage with the aplomb of an assassin, Katy Perry created a distinctly new millennial pop persona： a Disney princess as imagined by Madonna. Flirty and bodacious ..more

Sugar Babe　

Nektar　

The four Englishmen who formed the initial incarnation of Nektar met in Germany and formed the band there in 1969. For a little while in the early to mid-’70s, it seemed like they might take ..more

Godspeed You! Black Emperor　

The instrumental multimedia Montreal group Godspeed You! Black Emperor create extended, repetition-oriented chamber rock. The minimal and patient builds-to-crescendo of the group’s compositions res ..more

Replacements　

The Replacements initially formed in 1979, when Paul Westerberg joined a garage punk band formed by brothers Bob (guitar) and Tommy Stinson (bass) and drummer Chris Mars. Originally cal ..more

Momo Asakura　

My Hair is Bad　

Gentle Giant　

Formed at the dawn of the progressive rock era in 1969, Gentle Giant seemed poised for a time in the mid-’70s to break out of its cult-band status, but somehow never made the jump. Somewhat clos ..more

Kenji Sawada　

Joe Henderson　

Joe Henderson is proof that jazz can sell without watering down the music; it just takes creative marketing. Although his sound and style were virtually unchanged from the mid-’60s, Joe Hender ..more