Cycles Per Second 01/21/26: Bandcamp, etc. Links

On this week’s show: Finds from my trip to Japan! Records and CDs from new-to-me Japanese artists, including indie pop from Shizuoka (herpiano), punk from Okinawa (The Questions), and more bands from pop (Cycling In Marmalade) to punk (Dirty Rogues, Childish Tones) from Tokyo and beyond. New Aussie bands (Station Model Violence, Season 2), German (post)punk (Dead Finks, DBR, lucky loose), and the return of Paul Haig and Malcolm Ross of legendary Scottish post-punks Josef K in a brand-new band (Land Surveyor).

Many Japanese bands aren’t on Bandcamp, so here’s a wide variety of links to places to listen, buy and learn more about those and other artists heard on the show…

PLAYLIST:

Dead Finks – Anodyne
https://deadfinkera.bandcamp.com/album/new-plastik-abyss

Station Model Violence – Heat (Single Version)
https://stationmodelviolence.bandcamp.com/album/station-model-violence

Rocketship – I’m Lost Without You Here
https://rocketship.bandcamp.com/album/a-certain-smile-a-certain-sadness-30th-anniversary-edition

Special Friend – Breakfast
https://specialfriend.bandcamp.com/album/clipping

Season 2 – Abundance of Power
https://upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com/album/power-of-now

The Questions – I Want You
https://soundflatrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-questions-best-answer

Dirty Rogues – Great Deep Kiss
https://www.youtube.com/@dirtyrogues

Childish Tones – My Brain Is Happy Sad
https://timebomb.co.jp/products/rs-004

herpiano – VHS/TONIGHT
https://herpiano.bandcamp.com/album/three

Cycling In Marmalade – Torch
https://note.com/tweegrrrlsclub/n/n77494bb84e20#d4df12de-2403-45ba-858d-b0be60992851

Land Surveyor – Serious (Riley & Coe session)
https://youtu.be/ADSZUOBdiJA