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Takako Minekawa’s New Album Is a Soft Spoken Comeback

Now available in our store: The hushed, luminous return from the Japanese experimental pop icon, now available on vinyl with beautiful packaging and artwork by Ippei Matsui. You’ve […]

Takako Minekawa’s New Album Is a Soft Spoken Comeback

Randall Roberts

Now available in our store: The hushed, luminous return from the Japanese experimental pop icon, now available on vinyl with beautiful packaging and artwork by Ippei Matsui. You’ve […]

Artwork by Ippei Matsui.

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