Distraction Therapy – Between the Everyday and the Unreachable

Rob Watson's Media Podcast by Rob Watson

Aug 5, 202657:37Society & Culture

This edition of Distraction Therapy moves through several layers of contemporary Japanese music culture: independent guitar music, established melodic rock, singer-songwriter pop, bilingual British-Japanese avant-pop, [....

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