Wamono Nights Brings City Pop to the Dance Floor in Bishop Arts All the rage in Oak Cliff: LadyLove has a night devoted to viral vintage Japanese sounds on vinyl. By Akshaj Turebylu April 9, 2025 ...

Celebrated archival reissue label Light in the Attic (LITA) announces the latest chapter in its acclaimed Japanese City Pop series, Pacific Breeze, which delivers a mesmerizing blend of AOR, R&B ...

City Pop music, a genre that accompanied Japan's economic miracle of the 1980s, is exploding in popularity decades after its upbeat synths, influenced by soft rock, boogie and soul, first hit the ...

Reissue label Light in the Attic has announced the new Pacific Breeze 2: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1972-1986 compilation, the sequel to 2019's Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie ...

Sixties Japanese vinyl was a big thing over there, but not so much 70s and 80s. There was a lot of cultural hesitancy towards City Pop, because the Japanese economy crashed going into the 90s.

The roots of City Pop lie in New Music, a folk-rock hybrid that drew inspiration from the Band, Bob Dylan and the Laurel Canyon set, but crucially featured artists singing in Japanese.

The upswing of city pop likely originates with the Japanese themselves: a few decades ago, domestic crate diggers started critically reevaluating vintage Japanese music, or wamono.According to DJ ...

Primer invites both newcomers and crate diggers alike to find their next favorite album and learn more about the music they already love. In this episode of Primer, radio/tv presenter Linda ...

Tel Liyanto wasn't alive during Japan's 1980s boom, but she loves the "timeless" City Pop hits of the era, now going viral thanks to a new generation of young, international fans.