We’ve been quite smitten with the music the duo of Yentax have put forth thus far, and latest cut “Yentax Error” only further fuels that interest. This number features more guitar at its center, only introducing rubbery synth lines and brief vocal touches (covered in a layer of electricity) about halfway through. It’s a track…
The Tooku No Tomodachi album brings together three indie-rock bands — Fish, Merimeriyeah and Nessie — from a trio of cities — Nagoya, Tokyo and Sapporo, respectively — for an up-tempo set of six songs (uhhhh multiple of three). This is uncomplicated, slightly scuzzy rock at its finest — fast, pretty simple, punctuated by less-than-polished…
True to form, Kobe’s tofubeats celebrated October 2nd (aka “Tofu Day” in Japan) by sharing a new song dubbed “Callin.” For folks craving the mode he primarily operated in before jumping up to the majors, this is a lovely throwback…though fans of his recent work (cough, like me, cough) still will too. No guests, just…
Busy times for Kindan No Tasuketsu — they added a new member and released a new song, titled “Beautiful Dreamer.” It’s a bouncy bit of blurred-around-the-edges pop, the group settling into a side-to-side rhythm that serves as an anchor, while letting everything around it smudge at time. Clocking in at just over four minutes, it…
Metoronori has become a master at making melodies and rhythms emerge from seeming chaos. She’s been displaying this for years, though the Tokyo artist achieved it better than ever on her latest album released earlier in 2016, discombobulated beats and electronic spores interlocking together to create an intimate, other-world pop. Her latest release, Poolscape, features…