URBANGARDE brings in 2020 with retro “Kotoba Uri” MV and new album TOKYOPOP now streaming
URBANGARDE’s new music video “Kotoba Uri” (“Word Seller”) touches base on 80s technopop to bring in the new year, with a VHS-style reflection on pRead More…
Tag: URBANGARDE
URBANGARDE technopop album TOKYOPOP gets deluxe special edition and nationwide tour
URBANGARDE will release a deluxe edition of their next album, TOKYOPOP, scheduled for release on January 1, 2020. The concept album includes neRead More…
Yoko Hamasaki – Interview (2019)
Yoko Hamasaki Interview by David Cirone August 10, 2019 URBANGARDE vocalist Yoko Hamasaki surprised fans in July with the simultaneous releasRead More…
URBANGARDE – Interview (2018)
URBANGARDE Interview by David Cirone July 26, 2018 Japanese “trauma techno-pop” band URBANGARDE has been pushing the envelope for a decade, and tRead More…
Yoko Hamasaki – Interview (2017)
Yoko Hamasaki Interview by David Cirone October 30, 2017 It’s been over a year since the release of Yoko Hamasaki’s second solo album, Blue FRead More…
Yoko Hamasaki – Blue Forest (Review)
Yoko Hamasaki Blue Forest Review by David Cirone URBANGARDE’s musical style and subject matter are so diverse to begin with, it was hard to pRead More…
URBANGARDE interview in April issue of Otaku USA
URBANGARDE vocalists Temma and Yoko talk about their view of Japanese society, social pressures, and the television ban of their video Kuchibiru DRead More…
URBANGARDE – Showa 90 (Review)
URBANGARDE Showa 90 Review by David Cirone URBANGARDE knows how to write a hook. Showa 90’s dark, dystopian view is full of shocking, scary sRead More…
URBANGARDE – Interview (2015) Pt. 2
URBANGARDE Interview by David Cirone September 29, 2015 Your most recent song is about a dark, real-life subject, “Coin Locker Babies.” It seRead More…
URBANGARDE – Interview (2015) Pt. 1
URBANGARDE Interview by David Cirone September 12, 2015 Japanese trauma techno-pop band URBANGARDE made their American performance debut at ARead More…