Shugo Tokumaru

Exit is the third album from Japanese multi-instrumentalist Shugo Tokumaru. The album garnered universal acclaim by music critics, eventually earning the title of being the fourth best album of 2008. Tokumaru plays more than fifty...

In this article: Exit and Pro Tools

Shugo Tokumaru (born 1980) is a Japanese singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, whose style and influences incorporate elements of pop, folk and electronic music. He is also a member of the pop rock band Gellers. His first solo record,...

In this article: Almost Gold, Exit, Metacritic, P-Vine Records, L.S.T., and Japan

...album, Alina To and Jaclyn Shumate joined the band on violins. Following a tour of Japan with fellow Seattle band Arthur & Yu and Shugo Tokumaru, Grand Hallway released an EP, in February, 2008. Soon after the release of the EP, Roberts and...

In this article: Grand Hallway, Velvet Teen, Jen Wood, Seattle, Washington, Arthur & Yu, and Nada Surf

KEXP, February 10, 2009 - After taking one listen to Shugo Tokumaru's Exit, I couldn't wait to check out his live show. After a little research, I found out that he was not only playing in New York City, but also working with members of...

In this article: The National, Beach Boys, Exit, Beirut, and New York City

...a listen even after the deadlines have come and gone. Here's the mop-up from 2008 some timely, and the rest worth the wait. Shugo Tokumaru, who sings gentle pop tunes on Exit. Sam Phillips, who produced her CD Don t Do Anything.

In this article: Tito Puente, Johnny Flynn, Sam Phillips, Exit, Benin, Funk, Afrobeat, and Swoops

World Cafe, January 7, 2009 - Shugo Tokumaru is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Tokyo. With diverse tastes ranging from Brian Wilson to Sun Ra, he crafts arrangements that can come off like the work of Sufjan Stevens,...

In this article: Sufjan Stevens, Exit, Tokyo, and U.S.

New Music: Shugo Tokumaru: "A Kite of Night" (Daytrotter session) [MP3/Stream] Before finishing up his first-ever U.S. tour, with the Magnetic Fields, and heading back to Japan, Shugo Tokumaru made a pilgrimage to the Rock Island, Ill.,...

In this article: Magnetic field, Exit, Rock Island, Illinois, Japan, and U.S.

THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING Shugo Tokumaru plays more than 50 instruments on his third album, most in a major key and all at a clipped, clockwork cadence. The 28-year-old Tokyo resident has said his source material here...

In this article: Exit, Panda Bear, and Tokyo

Photo by Hideki Otsuka Japanese pop tinkerer Shugo Tokumaru's lovely, labyrinthine Exit was released in his homeland last fall on p-vine records, but a U.S. release has eluded the disc in the months since then. Not for long: Almost Gold...

In this article: Almost Gold, U.S., Exit, Peter Bjorn and John, Young Folks, Tenniscoats, Deerhoof, and Xiu Xiu

October 19, p-vine records will release Tokyo popster Shugo Tokumaru's Exit in his native Japan. No word on a worldwide release of Exit, but it's hoped that the album will come to the States sometime soon. I mean, look at that cover! Hey,...

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