“Japanese girls ‘knock out or pound cake’ band” (This review was written by Murad) After a long awaited nearly three year wait, Japanese all-female hardcore punk quartet Otoboke Beaver finally released Super Champon on May 6, 2022, the follow-up to their 2019 debut album, titled Itekoma Hits. The band, named after a local hotel in Osaka, formed in 2009 while its members were active participants of Ritsumeikan University’s “Rock Commune ”, a school club based on uniting members over a shared interest in, well, you guessed it, rock music. Since the release of their first demo in 2011, they have … Continue reading Review: Otoboke Beaver – Super Champon