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NME Agenda - This Week In Music

NME Agenda - This Week In Music

Check out NME's top five things to do this week.

NME Agenda - This Week In Music

NME Agenda - This Week In Music

Check out NME's top five things to do this week.

Goldhawks 'Running Away' - New Video

Goldhawks 'Running Away' - New Video

Watch 'Running Away' from the London five-piece, out December 7.

Passion Pit Video Exclusive 'To Kingdom Come'

Passion Pit Video Exclusive 'To Kingdom Come'

The Boston-based five piece turn into mad scientists for their amusing new promo for 'To Kingdom Come'.

NME Agenda - 20 April 2009

NME Agenda - 20 April 2009

NME brings you the five biggest things in music this week, including the Camden Crawl, The Specials, PJ Harvey and the movie trailer for 'Where The Wild Things Are'.

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YouTube Pizzicato Five Videos

U-MV053 - Pizzicato 5 - Twiggy Twiggy

U-MV053 - Pizzicato 5 - Twiggy Twiggy (04:14)

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Pizzicato Five - Sweet Soul Revue

Pizzicato Five - Sweet Soul Revue (05:22)

The Pizzicato Five perform their shibuya-kei classic!

Pizzicato Five - Baby Love Child

Pizzicato Five - Baby Love Child (03:19)

Baby Love Child by the Japanese pop group Pizzicato Five

PIZZICATO FIVE It's a Beautiful Day PV

PIZZICATO FIVE It's a Beautiful Day PV (04:31)

イッツ・ア・ビューティフル・デイ PV ********* records,tokyo

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Pizzicato Five Biography

Pizzicato Five (often known simply by the initials P5) is a Japanese pop group best known to audiences in the West in their later incarnation as a duo of Maki Nomiya and Yasuharu Konishi. The group, widely credited (along with Flipper's Guitar) with spearheading the shibuya-kei movement of Tokyo in the 1990s, is known for eclectic and energetic compositions that often sound like "new" releases from the late 1960s hipster scene. The catchphrase "A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular" captured the group's ironic stance and eager attitude. The group broke up in March 2001.

Pizzicato Five was a hugely prolific group during its 16-year-long existence, usually releasing at least an album each year in addition to various EPs and remix albums.

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Pizzicato Five Discography

Pizzicato Five albums.

  • Ca et la du Japon - 31/03/2006 (columbia*readymade/JP)
  • Sweet Pizzicato Five - 31/03/2006 (columbia*readymade/JP)
  • Overdose - 31/03/2006 (columbia*readymade/JP)
  • This Year's Girl - 31/03/2006 (columbia*readymade/JP)
  • Romantique 96 - 31/03/2006 (columbia*readymade/JP)
  • ????????????? - 31/03/2006 (columbia*readymade/JP)
  • Pizzicato Five(TM) - 31/03/2006 (columbia*readymade/JP)
  • ????? ???? - 31/03/2006 (columbia*readymade/JP)
  • Soft Landing on the Moon - 28/04/2004 (GT music/JP)
  • Couples - 28/04/2004 (GT music/JP)
  • Bellissima! - 28/04/2004 (GT music/JP)
  • By Her Majesty's Request - 28/04/2004 (GT music/JP)
  • The Fifth Release From Matador - 14/11/2000 (Matador Records/US)
  • ????????5??????? - 14/11/2000 (Matador Records/US)
  • Playboy & Playgirl - 20/04/1999 (Matador Records/US)
  • Happy End of the World - 09/09/1997 (Matador Records/US)
  • Great White Wonder: Rare Masters 1990-1996 - 21/10/1996 (???????????/JP)
  • Bossa Nova 2001 - 01/06/1993 (???????????/JP)
  • ??????????????? - 21/07/1989 (CBS Sony/JP)
  • On Her Majesty's Request - 21/07/1989 (CBS Sony/JP)

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