Last night my friend Tay­lor had me lis­ten to Yel­low Magic Orches­tra, a Japan­ese band from the late 70s, early 80s. I really can’t explain how excel­lent they are, except to say that they may be the Japan­ese DEVO (although, slightly sub­dued). Check this video:

Yel­low Magic Orches­tra — Rydeen

After exhaust­ing all of their videos on youtube, I ran into this band. A more mod­ern, pop ver­sion of YMO, Poly­sics. Self described as “tech­ni­color pogo punk”. There are no words, just watch.

Poly­sics — I My Me Mine

Poly­sics — Black Out Fall Out