The Japanese avant pop prodigy has a new EP/DVD, but good luck finding it on an English language retail site. The Rum Hee minisite's flash heavy, so instead head straight to its title track's Michinori Saigo-directed video on YouTube. EP... CONTINUE READING NEW SHUGO TOKUMARU - "RUM HEE"»
Posted on April 21, 2009 in (0 comments)
Tags: Deerhoof | Shugo Tokumaru
Prodigal pop amalgamist Shugo Tokumaru plays all his instruments (unless he's being backed by the National and Beirut dudes) and multi-tracks his way into rarified space, spinning contemporary and classical Western music forms into a patchwork of highly original, often... CONTINUE READING NEW SHUGO TOKUMARU VIDEO - "CLOCCA" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on February 19, 2009 in (6 comments)
Tags: Phoenix | Rachel Goodrich | Shugo Tokumaru
The last time we pleaded with you to get obsessed with pop savant Shugo Tokumaru came in relation to the fantastical, Beatles-indebted toy-factory waltz of "Green Rain." Like the best of Shug's material it features him on so many instruments... CONTINUE READING SHUGO TOKUMARU DOES "GREEN RAIN" ON IGGY, JOINED BY MEMBERS OF BEIRUT AND THE NATIONAL ONSTAGE»
Posted on January 26, 2009 in , (14 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Bumbershoot | Jason Mraz | Shugo Tokumaru | The National
Shugo Tokumaru completed his tour with Magnetic Fields and went home to Japan, but not before recording a Daytrotter Session, which went to tape in October. Take a listen (and don't forget "Green Rain"). ... CONTINUE READING SHUGO TOKUMARU DAYTROTTER SESSION»
Posted on November 17, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Shugo Tokumaru | Stephen Malkmus | The Kills
You'll often come across references to Cornelius when people talk up Shugo Tokumaru. At first blush it may seem lazy -- both artists come to us from Japan, see -- but it isn't for lack of imagination. Actually it's on... CONTINUE READING NEW SHUGO TOKUMARU - "GREEN RAIN"»
Posted on August 21, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Shugo Tokumaru