As producer Nite Body has displayed across the previous two Nite Body EPs…plus Nite For Fox, a special release eschewing numbers, I suppose…simplicity is all you really need to create great dance numbers for the night. III moves at a blurry, after-midnight pace, unfolding at a speed apt for moving around to but also getting…
Via Progressive Form, electronic artist Kei Sato recently released a new album called Wherever Waterfall, and the recently shared “More Than Anything” is a great gateway into the absorbing electronic sounds of his latest. It isn’t pure chill-out material — Sato inserts a dramatic build and plenty of electro-flair to keep this one moving, but…
Dead Funny Records releases a lot of uptempo indie-pop, so how does a young outfit such as CTLYA stand out from the pack. Well, dipping their vocals in a little bit of digital noise helps a bit. “Winterreise,” off of the just-released Personal Life album. Musically, this touches all the usual indie-pop points — driving…
In its original form, Lulu’s “Aventure?” is a bare-bones stroll of a song the artist created primarily on an iPhone — but makes feel intensely human via her singing, full of longing. Producer Nanashika’s take on “Aventure?” adds a welcome thump — and some shimmering, Kosmo-Kat-ish synths — but maintains the emotion that made the…
A friend and I had a long talk today about what’s going on in indie Japanese music…well, and J-pop…and came to the conclusion things are pretty strange. Mainstream artists are letting all sorts of ideas into their songs, and the underground seems just as much all over the place. Yet one place we agreed was…