Taquwami, a guy who isn’t a staple on the live music circuit, has been playing more shows in 2016, which is good. Well, unless you can’t get to said gigs (or, uhhhh, can’t stay up all night anymore…damn you aging). Thankfully, he’s uploaded his live set from 2016 to SoundCloud, which you can hear above….
The ’80s…or at least sounds heavily inspired by the ’80s…are never going away. So let’s embrace the artists who know how to capture shiny wonder in all its glistening beauty? Last year’s Schau=Essen 2 did the neon-soaked sound well it landed in our top-15 albums list, and now here comes the latest in the series,…
Osaka’s Metome has mostly drawn attention for his more woozy moments — as highlighted on the still-excellent Objet, he’s a pro at getting disparate elements together and letting them bounce off one another just right. Yet he’s long shown a side willing to stray from the tight bass slaps and half-second vocal burps, and latest…
Solitude can be so valuable. It’s where the rawest emotions and desires crystallize, where honesty and progress really emerge. Kyoto duo Emerald Four excel at occupying this isolated place — their music unfolds slowly, allowing the vocals to play out like an inner monologue, unconcerned with the world around it and rather focused on feeling…
Sometimes Nagoya’s House Of Tapes uncovers melodic beauty in pummeling noise…and sometimes he zooms off into more discombobulated terrain, where the pretty elements only pop up in split-seconds. “Rusty Pop Noise” most certainly falls in the latter, as it is a jarring collection of piano notes and barbed synth, prone to sudden tempo changes and…