Half Japanese – Lollipop Magazine

Jad Fair – Teenage Fanclub – Words of Wisdom and Hope – Review

June 14, 2002

Half Japanese frontman’n’seminal indie rock legend/geek meets up with Scot shoegazers who were famous for, like, five minutes back in the early 1990s.

Half Japanese – Fire In The Sky – Review

April 1, 1995

Half Japanese are a genre in and of themselves, so everything they’ve done has been unmistakably them, and the flavor doesn’t change much over the years.

Half Japanese – Greatest Hits – Review

April 1, 1995

Half Japanese have made a lifestyle of inelegance, led by guru Jad Fair. Greatest Hits spans a 12 album career and includes plenty of unreleased material.

Half Japanese – Greatest Hits – Review

February 1, 1995

It ranges from feedback spoken word humor, powerpop with a twisted vocal style, hints of country twang, to Bossa Nova and punk noise tossed in for flavoring.