[Feature] Yamashita Tatsuro

The value of Yamashita Tatsuro's analog records has been rising around the world for some time now, but at this long-awaited time, analog records and cassette tapes from his RCA/AIR days will be reissued. This is a valuable interview in which Yamashita Tatsuro himself looks back on those days and speaks at length. We will examine the unique appeal of that era from a modern perspective.

■ Yamashita Tatsuro Long Interview - Looking back on the turbulent six years of the RCA/AIR era that formed the foundation of his current career (Noji Yuko)
■ Daoko Interview - A 26-year-old rapper/artist talks about the appeal of Yamashita Tatsuro (Takaoka Hiroshi)
■ Night Tempo Interview - A Korean DJ/producer talks about his overseas reputation (Matsunaga Ryohei)
■ Listening to RCA/AIR albums from a modern perspective (Shibasaki Yuji)
■ Yamashita Tatsuro and his era from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s (Amatatsu Yasufumi)


[Feature] The National It

has been 24 years since the band was formed in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The National, now a leading force in North American rock in both name and reality, has completed their ninth album, "First Two Pages of Frankenstein." With the release of this album, which also features Taylor Swift, we look back on the band's great achievements.

■ The band's entire history and new spirit of inquiry engraved in their first new album in four years (Amanoh Junnosuke)
■ Original album guide (Akao Mika, Igusa Nanami, Okamura Shino, Kizu Takeshi, Shimizu Yuya, Fushimi Shun)
■ 19 must-listen albums to get to know The National (Amanoh Junnosuke, Igusa Nanami, Okamura Shino, Kizu Takeshi, Shimizu Yuya, Fushimi Shun)


□ Ezra Collective - One of the UK jazz's leading live bands comes to Japan (Hara Masaaki)
□ Go-Go Penguin - A confident work from a trio with a new drummer (Takahashi Afi)
□ Enter Shikari - British four-piece releases an energetic new album (Onojima Dai)
□ tha BOSS - The second solo album from THA BLUE HERB rapper (Niki Makoto)
□ BOSCO - Japanese old-time fiddler/banjo player (Igarashi Tadashi)
□ New Standard 2020s - 40th Edition Rave Music (Kondo Maya, Ishida Masataka, Oishi Hajime, Onojima Dai, Sakamoto Tetsuya, Takakuwa Daiki, Tosa Ariake, Aburana Masashi, Watanabe Kengo)
□ Dirty Projectors + Bjork (Murao Yasuo)
□ The Tallest Man on Earth (Hayasaka Hidetaka)
□ Melati ESP (Oishi Hajime)
□ Dominic Miller (Hirokawa Yutaka)
□ Ralph Towner (Ishikawa Masao)
□ Designing a Life (Mine Daiki)
□ Toshi The Groove (Nishizawa Hiroo)
□ Why Did Ito Kou Die in Prison? (Shida Ayumu)
​​□ Special Edition "Takahashi Yukihiro: The Trajectory of a Talented Romanticist" (Takahashi Osamu)
□ Special Edition "Urban K-Pop" (Matsumoto Takuo)


Front Line
◇ Depeche Mode
◇ Daughter
◇ Mike Viola
◇ Matthew David
◇ Hana Hope
◇ Ihara Kantaro
◇ Emi to Ger
◇ Remay
◇ Shitamachi no Natsu


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