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Summer Festival Update: Summer Sonic Gets Pavement, Fuji Rock Nabs Thom Yorke
The months just keep passing and the summer draws even closer. Let’s check in with Japan’s premier summer festivals to see what’s up. – The big new update on the Summer Sonic front would be reunited indie-gods Pavement getting a slot. They already dazzled Tokyo and (especially) Osaka once before, so if you missed out…
Fidget State: Pinballbally’s “Waves”
Tokyo duo Pinballbally’s debut album Hi-Fi Vitamins is a streaming gem for those who like their electro-pop on the jittery side. “Waves” serves as a good gateway in — well, it is the opening number so I’m not offering you anything clever there — as it features lightly-filtered vocals hopping over a fizzy melody. The…
8-Bit Memories: Kyoheifujita’s Opus0.1
The point has been reached where 8-bit bloops and bleeps popping up in music aren’t a novelty, but an honest-to-goodness source of nostalgia for many young adults, who grew up with Nintendo and Sega as close friends. Those sounds were among the first a lot of artists today probably heard, so it seems somewhat natural…
New Snail’s House: Love Story
Watching Snail’s House (aka Ujico) develop in the past year — from middle-of-the-road “kawaii bass” producer to an artist showing off a lot of stylistic depth, both electronically and with more classical piano compositions — has been exciting, and the young trackmaker has a new EP out further highlighting his ever improving style. Love Story…
New Taquwami: “Ƒắη†Δ§ỷ”
Sometime last night, Creative-Commons-loving net label Bad Panda Records posted a new song from Taquwami (also known as Occult You) called “Ƒắη†Δ§ỷ” (also known as “Fantasy” just in case Microsoft Word “Insert Symbol” isn’t a language you know). Accompanying the song is a brief interview with Taquwami himself that reveals info ranging from trivial (last…
