Albino thrives on a sense of intimacy. The Japanese artist — who doesn’t reveal much info about where she is or how long she’s been creating music — creates a warm escape on her latest song “Hidden Place,” a dreamy number that sounds like it is folding over itself. Everything unfolds at a syrupy pace,…
A set I still think about frequently — despite almost turning one year old in a few weeks — is Jun Kamoda’s performance at Maltine Record’s showcase at WWW X back in 2017. The mix itself has now vanished from the internet, but the flash-bang blend of funk and dissected rock rumbles around in my…
So many Japanese shoegaze bands are just biting My Bloody Valentine…why not make it clear? In the clearest nod to the band since the Yellow Loveless cover project from 2012, Sappy share “Sleepless,” a song lifting a melody straight from MBV’s “When You Sleep.” Blatant? You bet! But they also clearly know it, and are…
Trying to pin the artist known as Mom to one specific trend proves pointless. Which, funny enough, might actually be all the hook needed. The album G.E.E.K comes courtesy of Ano(t)raks, but stands as a particularly odd addition to their catalog. It starts out feeling both fitting and timely with the laid-back funk of “Boyfriend,”…
This seemed inevitable. Happy Kuru Kuru is one of those idol groups who have long used contemporary cuddly sounds — cough cough kawaii bass if you please cough cough — as a basis for their sound, working with producers such as Yunomi and Yuigot on chirpy cuts. So why not hook up with the producer…