Until recently, only the hippest, most avant-garde American 8-year-olds have been down with J-pop (that’s Japanese pop, for us old fogies) stars Puffy AmiYumi’s peppy, contagious blend of punk, garage ...

“We ain’t no Harajuku Girls/We just straight-up rock ‘n’ roll,” Puffy AmiYumi sings on “Call Me What You Like,” the opening track from their eighth studio album. The song primarily expresses the ...

Tokyo-based pop duo Puffy AmiYumi may be one of the most misrepresented J-pop bands in North America. Back home in Japan, the unit is known simply as Puffy (apparently to the consternation of the ...

Most of the times Japanese pop-punk duo Puffy AmiYumi has played in Los Angeles, it was in small clubs in front of audiences consisting largely of bohemian hipsters and “J-pop” cultists. Those same ...