Think of this as the indie-pop inverse of Wallflower’s just released “I Wish Spring Would Last Forever.” Tokyo’s Cattle aren’t trying to extend the season as long as they can, but rather dealing with the fact it’s already in decline, with sakura pedals lining city streets and the protagonist of this song knowing some sea…
Let’s end the week with the newest song from Lulu. “Hora” is a slowly unfolding number, rumbling ahead but leaving plenty of space for the artist’s voice to come through. It gets run through a layer of filters, adding an electric energy to the number, but even pushed to a digital extreme, Lulu herself gets…
It’s somewhat startling to realize Osaka indie-pop band Wallflower haven’t released a proper album yet. They’ve become one of the cornerstones of that city’s twee-tastic community, and have put out various singles, EP and — that classic curveball — the mini album over the last few years. But now comes a real first album, set…
One of the bigger downsides of music fragmentation — specifically the fragmentation of how one goes about listening to new music — is not knowing where exactly to find something you want to check out. House Of Tapes released a full-length album via Progressive Form last month, and it’s on the hallowed wanna-hear list…but I…
Cure by Nacht Musik Fast music rules, but sometimes you listen to a netlabel offering and you end up reaching for a glass of water or something. That’s not really the case with Nacht Musik’s Cure, released via Omoide Label at the end of March. Every song just zooms forward, though — the Hiroshima producer…