Correctly or not, I’ve always associated Tokyo imprint Flight as a destination for Jersey Club. Yet their latest release, via Osaka’s U-Z, serves to correct that image (that, honestly, maybe I just have), or at least remind they release music of all shapes. And most of it is great, including the City Light EP, which…
The mixtape occupies a weird space in music today. The most popular “mixtape” of the year belongs to The 6‘s own Drake…except it isn’t a DatPiff download, but rather an iTunes release that will set you back like $13 (well, that’s what I paid = / ). Elsewhere, people like Bastille have released mixtapes. I’m…not…
It seemed like Osaka indie-pop outfit Wallflower were keeping quiet for a bit, but turns out they were just releasing individual songs across various different compilations over the last few months. Out To Sea collects four of those tracks into one place, and makes for a very cohesive EP. That’s thanks to the groups sound,…
As part of Maltine Records recent stay at the new Red Bull Studio Tokyo, the netlabel had a few of the artists orbiting in their space collaborate on new songs. Tomggg and Hercelot were up first with “Greengum,” and now the second day’s participants share their creation. Pa’s Lam System and Parkgolf worked on the…
It wasn’t long ago that Metoronori shared a small slice of a song with the world, and now she’s back with a longer peek inside. “Jiku” adds orchestral flair to the usual wobbly world Metoronori conjures up, a dramatic string rise coming before the song truly gets jittery. It shows up later, too, to add…