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New Peanut Butters: “Peanut Butter”
Tokyo’s Peanut Butters keep it simple as can be, and the three-song Peanut Butter release via Ano(t)raks only finds them digging their heels deeper into the bouncy-but-somewhat-shady sound of a band still casting a large shadow over the Japanese indie-pop scene. Peanut Butters draw from The Drums, and do so very clearly, down to letting…
			New Mom: “Kiss”
Saitama artist Mom has been all over the place this year, and thank goodness for that — this genre-skipping approach has resulted in one fantastic album and some delirious loosies. Latest number “Kiss” could best be seen as their most straightforward tune yet, a breezy pop number about enjoying the small things (with a slight…
Floating Free: Biollante’s Above The Branches
Japanese producer Biollante caught our attention in 2013 with the melancholy, airy Alone In This World, a downbeat affair but a very memorable one. The follow-up album, Above The Branches, has arrived and it sounds a touch more upbeat, a bit more willing to let good vibes sneak in and drift upwards. Biollante’s shift comes…
New Izumi Makura: “Eien No Shojo”
Izumi Makura has had a pretty quick rise up in 2017. Sure, the whisper-rapper from Fukuoka isn’t pulling any Daoko-level ascension, but she’s gone from a pretty secretive artist to one with music gracing fashion shows and commercials. Now, she’s providing theme songs to movies. This is a nice update on her status, but “Eien…
Music Alliance Pact July 2012
This month’s installment of MAP features the usual assortment of great music – best add that Poolside song to your summer mix right now – and our choice for the Japanese song is Cuushe and her gorgeous “I Dreamt About Silence.” It isn’t a summer anthem really, more of a woozy dream of a song…
