Emily Wilder directed this clip for Brooklyn duo Project Jenny, Project Jan's collab cut with whisper-kraut lovers/tourmates Fujiya & Miyagi, from their collab EP The Colours. F&M dominate the proceedings, and their video conceit of choice (kiddy things getting animated)... CONTINUE READING NEW PROJECT JENNY, PROJECT JAN (FEAT. FUJIYA & MIYAGI) VIDEO - "PINS AND NEEDLES"»
Posted on March 2, 2009 in , (0 comments)
Tags: Fujiya And Miyagi | Pearl Jam | Project Jenny Project Jan
Project Jenny, Project Jan are a Brooklyn duo. Neither are named Jenny. Or Jan. It's been a few years since I've seen them live, but their vibe then was decidedly electro karaoke: programmer Sammy Rubin concocting laptop beats, vocalist Jeremy... CONTINUE READING NEW PROJECT JENNY, PROJECT JAN (FEAT. FUJIYA & MIYAGI) - "PINS AND NEEDLES"»
Posted on January 30, 2009 in (4 comments)
Tags: Crystal Antlers | Fujiya And Miyagi | Project Jenny Project Jan | Robin Pecknold
Tellingly, when Fujiya & Mijagi remixed Mercury Rev, they made the dramatic flourishes less fiery, more leveled. The Brighton boys like to keep it steady. That in mind, "Sore Thumb"'s F&M formula didn't come as a surprise when we first... CONTINUE READING NEW FUJIYA & MIYAGI VIDEO - "SORE THUMB"»
Posted on December 5, 2008 in (4 comments)
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Less than 48 hours ago, Mercury Rev's "Butterfly's Wing" took us on a psychedelic trek through a Japanese landscape stocked with rice paper boats and jellyfish, twisty tree branches, dragonflies, kindly whales, and flower pedal rainstorms. Following that Japanese theme... CONTINUE READING NEW MERCURY REV - "SENSES ON FIRE (FUJIYA & MIYAGI REMIX)"»
Posted on October 9, 2008 in (0 comments)
Tags: Amanda Palmer | Coachella | Fujiya And Miyagi | Mercury Rev
Today F&M serve up a third listen to their Transparent Things followup, Lightbulbs, with another one cut for the floor, soaked in low key chugging funk, and synths, and hushed tones. It's not quite up to "Knickerbocker"'s glory (or that... CONTINUE READING NEW FUJIYA MIYAGI - "SORE THUMB"»
Posted on September 9, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: Fujiya And Miyagi | Shaky Hands | SXSW | Wavves
On first listen of the refrain to the new F&M single -- "vanilla, strawberry, knickerbocker glory" -- I had hopes we had just met the world's best motorik-infused tune about triumphant, flavored underpants. Because there was a void in my... CONTINUE READING NEW FUJIYA & MIYAGI VIDEO - "KNICKERBOCKER"»
Posted on August 14, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: Cut Off Your Hands | Fujiya And Miyagi | Throbbing Gristle
Brighton smooth talkers Fujiya & Miyagi's new album Lightbulbs is forthcoming 9/16 on Deaf Dumb & Blind in the States. (It follows 2006's "Ankle Injuries"-birthing Transparent Things.) In advance of the release, Lightbulbs standout "Dishwasher" premiered in this week's 'Gum... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP XLVIII: HEAR NEW FUJIYA & MIYAGI, WIN A PAIR OF RAY-BANS»
Posted on July 30, 2008 in , (4 comments)
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Ah, Fujiya & Miyagi. How many times can you get away with repeating deadpan phrases in hushed tones over a coolly Krautrocking beat? Whatever you thought before this post happened, the answer is "at least one more." Like "Ankle Injuries"... CONTINUE READING NEW FUJIYA & MIYAGI - "KNICKERBOCKER"»
Posted on June 27, 2008 (7 comments)
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The collarbone and ankle injuring trio of Fujiya & Miyagi have already established their preference for animated takes on their own videos; apparently they prefer 'em on videos for their cameos, too. Unfortunately, after twenty seconds of watching the cute... CONTINUE READING NEW BOMB THE BASS (FEAT. FUJIYA & MIYAGI) VIDEO - "BUTTERFINGERS"»
Posted on March 24, 2008 in (2 comments)
Tags: Bomb The Bass | Fujiya And Miyagi
In the spirit of Stereogum being your #1 source for documentation of Lionel Richie appropriation, last year we turned our attention to the spliced genius of Oh Astro's "Hello Fuji Boy" ("Hello" + Fujiya & Miyagi's "Ankle Injuries" + Hot... CONTINUE READING NEW OH ASTRO VIDEO - "HELLO FUJI BOY"»
Posted on March 21, 2008 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Fujiya And Miyagi | Hot Chip | Lionel Richie | Oh Astro
So what do you call a band like Tunng, or Simple Kid, or what have you? Electro folk? Folktronica? UK outfit Half Cousin proffer something else on their MySpace genre list: Acousmatic. Fair and true, whatever those etymological roots conjure... CONTINUE READING NEW HALF COUSIN - "THE ABSENTEE (FUJIYA & MIYAGI REMIX)" & VIDEO»
Posted on October 25, 2007 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Behind The Music | Fujiya And Miyagi | Half Cousin | Lil Wayne
The weekend of insanely good and FREE live music got off to a smooth-grooved start at the weekly Seaport show, this installment bringing UK trio Fujiya & Miyagi, just one of a ton of must-hit shows the South Street Seaport... CONTINUE READING FUJIYA & MIYAGI @ SOUTH STREET SEAPORT, NYC 7/6/07»
Posted on July 9, 2007 in (7 comments)
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It's a dicey mosaic and pixilated scraps of Pin Art portraits for Brighton electro trio Fujiya & Miyagi with this clip for "Ankle Injuries." For those into lyrical extrapolation, the song is about "walking to school as a kid and... CONTINUE READING NEW FUJIYA & MIYAGI VIDEO - "ANKLE INJURIES"»
Posted on May 9, 2007 in , (8 comments)
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Deaf Dumb & Blind is ramping up for the States side release of last year's much-loved record from Brighton's Fuyjia & Miyagi. Sure, we've awkwardly danced a plenty to Transparent Things, but who knew the lyrical depth beyond their eponymous... CONTINUE READING FUJIYA & MIYAGI TALK TRANSPARENT THINGS»
Posted on January 10, 2007 in (3 comments)
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