Merpeoples bewitch; The Party's . . . party

Music | FUZZY LOGIC Feb 26, 2010

Merpeoples bewitch; The Party's . . . party

by Simon Bartz

Four cute young women clad in ghostly white robes prance around in a forest holding twigs: No, it's not an outtake from the classic 1973 pagan spookfest "The Wicker Man." Yes, it is the excellent video for the Merpeoples' spankingly sublime song "Sherman." Singer/guitarist Charlotte ...

Sweat to a girl riot; soak up Gypsy jazz

Music | FUZZY LOGIC Jan 22, 2010

Sweat to a girl riot; soak up Gypsy jazz

by Simon Bartz

"What's that smell in here?" I ask The Harpy's in the dressing room of the livehouse Motion, which lies at the butt end of the sleazy Kabukicho entertainment area in Tokyo's central Shinjuku district. "It's the smell of roses," says bassist Maki Sato, her of ...