Nippon.

I'm not sure what it is about Japanese artists half the time, but they always impress me more than their American/European counterparts.  For example, I remember listening to stuff like Don Caballero back in the day and Do Make Say Think and others of the indie/post/instrumental/math-rock variety.  But there were always better bands in this style of music, and they're always Japanese.  Same goes with experimental music.  Weird.
I thought about this while checking out this band Mudy On The 昨晩 (Sakuban).  It's sorta mathrock stuff but it's so much more infectious and catchy and better written than American stuff.  I really don't know why that is.  Same thing goes for bands like sgt., Toe, Mirror, We're From Japan!, Mono, etc.  Sure, we have Don Caballero, Ghosts & Vodka, the Constellation records family of bands, etc. here but they're nothing compared to the Japanese bands in this particular department.  Maybe one day I'll figure this out.  Until then, I'm going to enjoy this more without knowing why.