Ignore one of the worst cover images I’ve seen all year — no easy accomplishment, given the terrors of Bandcamp’s “Japan” tag — and focus on the music within AR30: Autumn Compilation, which is much much better. The electronic collective’s second comp of 2016 highlights their creative approach to beatmaking, which oftentimes runs well beyond…
Sometimes, it’s best to stop chasing what is happening RIGHT THIS INSTANCE in favor of seeing what slipped through the cracks, both on a larger scale and just on a personal level. For me, that was chancing across (via Twitter) producer and singer I Am Not Rainy Girl, who has released a lot of great…
One of the most pivotal releases to come out of the Japanese juke scene — primarily in terms of exposing new ears to that world (it’s the one I first really remember getting a lot of people talking about Japanese juke) — was Kool Switch Works Witchcraft compilation back in 2012, a set of juke…
Lulu’s been on a tear over the past year creating sentimental numbers, but they tend to come out in two ways. There are the songs she does completely, which have a bedroom quality to them that let the emotions hang out raw. And then there are the songs where she gets outside production assists, which…
160 Diagram by Dubb Parade Still riding high from the pair of Maltine Record’s events held this past Saturday, but already catching up on the feed. Here are some highlights from across the weekend. — Dubb Parade released his latest set, 160 Diagram, and it finds the producer touching on a variety of approaches to…