Stereogum — Japanese multi-instrumentalist Shugo Tokumaru is getting ready to release his first album in eight years. The good news is we don’t have much longer to wait: It arrives in just a few hours. As a teaser before tomorrow, he’s shared the single �... more info

JamBase — Aaron "Neddy" Stein shares an international edition of RecommNeds featuring releases by Boogarins, Songhoy Blues, Our Solar System, Shugo Tokumaru and Juana Molina. more info

Stereogum — Japanese multi-instrumentalist Shugo Tokumaru went into the studio to record his forthcoming album TOSS with no songs written. Tokumaru is known for his avant-garde approach to his music and took it a step further with the creative formula behind his... more info

Stereogum — Shugo Tokumaru's newest, "Lita - Ruta," is a concoction of layered percussion and rapturous momentum. The song's colorful tilt-a-whirl includes a dizzying amount of instrument sounds that I'm not even sure my mind knows how to register. Is that a bro... more info

Stereogum — Avant-pop experimentalist Shugo Tokumaru released his most recent full-length, In Focus?, back in 2012, and tomorrow he’ll have a new LP out in Japan titled Toss. It’s not clear when the album will be available in the US, but Tokumaru shared a vi... more info

Nialler9 — The Japanese folk musician Shugo Tokumaru has been a long-time favourite around these parts. Tokumaru was one of the first independent artists from far away I discovered via music blogs 10 years ago and I’ve kept tabs on him since. Tokumaru�... more info

KEXP Seattle — “It’s like watching a movie,” DJ Cheryl Waters exclaimed during the elaborate in-studio performance by Shugo Tokumaru. The Japanese musician, famous for using more than 100 different instruments in his album recordings, incorporates so many ins... more info

Nialler9 — Last week, the Nialler9 Radio channel was launched on Deezer and the response has been mega. There’s a good 12 hours of music handpicked by me in rotation on the channel and I’ll be adding to it every week. This week, I’ve added tracks from Joe... more info

Chorus.fm — You can stream *Shugo Tokumaru* (http://www.facebook.com/shugotokumaru?fref=ts)'s new album, In Focus? on Under The Radar (http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/premiere_shugo_tokumaru_in_focus_album_stream/). You can also watch his new music video f... more info

Nialler9 — There’ll always be a place in my heart for the music of Japan’s Shugo Tokumaru. If a man was to toil at making the cutest, brightest, sharpest collection of woodwind and string-based songs to soundtrack the happiest TV show around, it would be Sh... more info