We’ve been on a bit of an indie-pop kick this week, so let’s keep it up with Kanazawa outfit GeGeGe, who will be releasing an EP via Dead Funny Records early in February. They’ve shared two tracks from it, and they are a nice mix of jogging, Wild-Nothing-inspired rock and a sparser electronic mumbler that…
Here are my top three blogging dilemmas (if things so ultimately trivial warrant that title): 1. Should albums and singles released via Apple Music or other streaming services get on here? 2. Do I write about Japanese artists who have moved to other countries? 3. Are demo tracks ever worth writing about? That last one…
Kyoto duo Toxxies caught our attention last year, their blend of rock and electronic sounding so potent as to turn them into one of the group’s we were most interested in seeing develop in 2017. Here’s the first taste of where they are at, and it is a doozy. “Alive” merges bouncy synthesizer with a…
Being able to get one step ahead of the music that influenced is tricky. Everyone has to start from somewhere, and looking towards the sounds the people who inspired you is a pretty common first step. The challenge, then, is finding a way to jump forward and find your own thing. Electronic duo Lolica Tonica…
At the very start of last year, Tokyo outfit Cairo released a very strong EP, one channeling American outfits such as Deerhunter alongside domestic acts from a few years back (but now feel like an era away) such as Hotel Mexico. In advance of a new four-song EP titled Cue, they’ve changed their name to…