We're presenting a preview of Maximum Fun's newest show Primer. Primer is a music podcast about translation and illumination. Host Christian Dueñas is joined by a different co-host each season to ...

City Pop artists are known for their unique blend of jazz, funk, and electronic elements. They often draw the urban lifestyle and romance of 1980s Japan. This genre appeared during a period of rapid ...

This compilation of extra smooth, funky, and sometimes very odd songs from the heydey of Japan’s technological boom is a broad yet nuanced introduction to the genre of city pop. Japan’s burgeoning ...

Essentially, city pop is Western music that’s been adapted by the Japanese, now coming back to us as a retrospective source of fascination. The head of the internet music label Business Casual once ...