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I’m Not Going To Write Those Words Again: The Caraway
The words in questions…”indie” and “pop,” joined together by a hyphen. Though I love the jangly sound immensely – click the “twee as fuck” tag to see just how much – attempting to write about it can be a challenge because a lot of “twee” songs sounds alike. The Caraway’s “Bedroom Suburb” features all the…
Just Dive In: Satanicpornocultshop’s “Segare”
Trying to properly sum up the career of Osaka’s Satanicpornocultshop (really) from the beginning is akin to explaining String Theory to an especially uninterested canary. So, all you really need to know going into solid-introduction “Segare” is they’ve been doing this since 1998 and have released a lot of albums and EPs. This new track…
New Daoko: “Bang!”
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New Pelican Fanclub: “Dali”
Programming Note: I’ll be at the Fuji Rock Festival for the next few days, so posts might be a bit rare (though a little is lined up). Follow along with me at one of Japan’s biggest festivals at Twitter and Facebook. Now for a quick one before I pack. Pelican Fanclub have a new song/video…
New Midori Hirano: Magnetic Visionaries EP
It was only a month ago that Berlin-based electronic music maker Midori Hirano adopted the name MimiCof to release some tunes you could almost feel. Now in July, Hirano has released a four-track EP under her birth name called Magnetic Visionaries which mostly steps away from the textural bliss of her recent MimiCof work in…
