Shibuya-kei is the
latest Japanese pop craze. The musicians who sprung forth from the
consumerist feeding frenzy that is the Shibuya district of
Tokyo were given this name. Their influences are disparate, from
Burt Bacharach to urbane
hip-hop. It's also some of the cutesiest music ever. It's a view into a place where the girl-groups never ended. In fact, the
Lolitapop Dollhouse complex Shibuya-kei exists inside gives it its
perverse charm.