Time for MAP, the monthly feature where blogs from more than 30 countries share an artist and a song with the world. For Japan, we are highlighting the driving rock of Tenkiame, the newest project from Azusa Suga (For Tracy Hyde, Shortcake Collage Tape). Hear it and more below. Click the play button icon to…
Japanese music is in a weird place right now. “Japanese music” is pretty vague…that really refers more to the mainstream, or whatever can be sold inside a Tower Records…but there really isn’t anything going on right now, at least nothing new. The last few years were dominated so much by idols, but that proverbial train…
Long running Electro-pop singer Frenesi…last seen galavanting about with the xxx Of Wonder Project featuring Nanba Shiho and the guy from Motocompo*…posted a couple of covers to her SoundCloud page last night. The highlight was her take on a Flipper’s Guitar song from back in the day, which recasts the song in a sparser style,…
Boys Age’s proper debut album STILL hasn’t arrived in stores (that’s next week), yet the duo just keep on pumping out music. It remains their most intriguing aspect and the one that makes them so very hard to really sum up (though when they put out a best-of comp, it is vital). Well, that and…
Nagoya’s House Of Tapes is usually responsible for pounding, crushing electronic music, but on “I Die In A Beautiful World,” he’s stepped back from the destructive sounds in favor of something more reflective. Chaos hides in the corners, as it tends to always do, via a few warped electronic and rougher elements, but the bulk…