The Couch Sessions » Japanese Cartoon http://www.thecouchsessions.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:22:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New Music: Japanese Cartoon (Lupe Fiasco) – In The Jaws Of The Lords Of Death http://www.thecouchsessions.com/2010/07/new-music-japanese-cartoon-lupe-fiasco-in-the-jaws-of-the-lords-of-death/ http://www.thecouchsessions.com/2010/07/new-music-japanese-cartoon-lupe-fiasco-in-the-jaws-of-the-lords-of-death/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:43:15 +0000 Stone http://www.thecouchsessions.com/?p=19534

As most of y’all know Lupe Fiasco’s Lasers has been delayed until who knows how long. As an album that promises to be more left-field than his last album, I’m not surprised.

But while we wait for the album to leak (let’s be serious) we can at least get lost in Lupe’s side project Japanese Cartoon. The band (which Lupe swears up and down that he’s not a member of) just dropped a 9 song EP out of the blue called In The Jaws Of The Lords Of Death, blending electro, hip-hop, and punk rock into a really tight package.

Although the group isn’t pop-friendly I really wish they would do some more marketing on this project. With the MIA backlash in full effect it looks like it could fill the hipster music void that’s steadily increasing. Check it. (via Hypetrak)

Japanese Cartoon – In the Jaws of The Lords of Death by Hypetrak

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Hmm…I think I like this track the first time I heard it. Now, not so much. We blogged about Japanese Cartoon, the Lupe Fiasco side project  back in January, and they just dropped the video for their track Army Music this week. Even though Lupe swears up and down it’s not him singing, I won’t believe it until I see it. If it is Lupe, then the dude should drop that British accent ASAP. The video is actually rather dope, but the sound just sounds too damn repetitive for my tastes. I’m still going to keep tabs on this project, however, because I do see some glimmers of hope for the future.

]]> http://www.thecouchsessions.com/2009/04/video-japanese-cartoon-lupe-fiasco-army-music/feed/ 0 Truth or Bad Internets Rumor: Lupe Fiasco as Japanese Cartoon? http://www.thecouchsessions.com/2009/01/lupe-fiasco-as-japanese-cartoon-uk/ http://www.thecouchsessions.com/2009/01/lupe-fiasco-as-japanese-cartoon-uk/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:10:14 +0000 Stone http://www.thecouchsessions.com/?p=3406

So I haven’t even gotten over my New Year’s Hangover, and I already came across the first Internets rumor of 2009. Apparently some people are beliving that Lupe Fiasco is mascorading as a singer with a bad British accent in a post punk band called Japanese Cartoon. I orginainally dismissed this as bunk, but apparently its gathering major steam in the blogosphere.

The tracks that are posted to the MySpace page are…..alright. Nothing spectacular. Still, if any rapper can pull this off it would be Lupe. It seems like the dude has been dying to break out of the hip-hop shell for a while now and this might be the way to do it. And the dude has branced out as well by signing Chicago electro band Hey Champ to his 1st and 15th Label. Still, I won’t belive this until I get real confirmation.

So, is this Lupe or some aspiring UK shoegazer trying to get attention. As your friends at Fox News would say…..We Report, You Decide? (via DJ Rooftop)

myspace.com/japanesecartoon

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