Trio Miu Mau are back with a two song set titled Kioku To Heroine, a set that teases fidgetiness but really highlights the groups pounding focus. Opener “Sukunai Kioku” highlights this best, as the opening rush of synthesizer rippling across the song hints that this will be nervy, herky-jerky stuff. Yet it always stays centered,…
Sailyard has been having a sneaky good year. The independent label started just last year, but they’ve already put out great releases from Luby Sparks and Pictured Resort…the latter act getting a fair amount of attention (and, pure observation on my part, seems to have some following in Hong Kong and China? They are playing…
Osaka’s Hiroki Yamamura returns with “Snow White,” and the producer is still moving at the zippy pace he excels at so well. The song subtly incorporates elements of juke music that Yamamura has explored over the last few years — mostly when it comes to the beat — but the attention falls mostly on the…
Been about five days since I last logged in here, and it has been busy to say the least. I went to Seattle to give a presentation, watched many smart music writers also give papers and worked in karaoke somehow. Then I visited family in Los Angeles during a day-long layover…and we managed to be…
I have yet to listen to Oomori Seiko’s new album. There’s several reasons for this, with pure laziness being near the top, but I’ve also felt no rush to dive in because 1. I don’t have a reason to (nobody is telling me “listen to this and have a take” so why not wait a…