I had to turn my apartment heater on for the first time Sunday evening, which means winter is probably still a month away for people with a normal tolerance to colder weather. Yet in preparation (and, well, for me now, I guess), producer MPEG_& (formerly known as Athena) has a new three-song album called Diamond…
This past summer, I watched Sakanaction play to a packed baseball stadium just outside of Tokyo, going on before Radiohead at one of Japan’s biggest music festivals. It’s not like I needed confirmation that Sakanaction are a big rock outfit in their home country — I’d already heard their songs countless times on TV, or…
Pasocom Music Club has been on a tear all year, and the producer’s simple but super-catchy creations remain strong as we approach the end of 2016. “Escape” is the latest number to emerge from the artist’s world, and it features cut up city-pop-era horn samples cut up which help propel the song forward. And it…
Lycoriscoris can always be counted on for an electronic track that offers up a nice bounce alongside a refined, somewhat calming side that makes the tribulations of daily life feel a little less annoying. “Limb” is the producer’s latest work, and as comforting as it sounds (well, to me…long week, blah blah blah) Lycoriscoris sneaks…
November might be a week away, but producer Idiot Pop is reflecting on the warmer months with the just-released Our Summer EP. The title track hits on all the familiar notes a summer-centric song released in mid Autumn should — it’s bouncy, but the vocals (especially the hook by Shingo Maeda of shoegaze band Birds…