The structure of most of the songs on Jesse Ruin’s 2014 Heartless, in theory, lend themselves well to remix work. Many of the duo’s track were jittery, disruptive creations full of vocal skitters and suddenly jarring noises…they are a few creative tweaks away from being transformed into something more lively. Whether that’s actually a good…
Note: I’m going to SXSW for the next week! If you are around, find me and say hello! And with that, keep in mind posts will be a little less this week [more so than they already are!] and when they do go up they’ll be synched with Texas time. So this is what Kyoto’s…
I’ve got a train to catch…but new MAP! Caro Kissa! Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the full 21-track compilation through Dropbox here. JAPAN: Make Believe Melodies Caro Kissa – Saturday Morning Indie-pop shall truly never…
Tokyo outfit LLLL’s newest album, Faithful, just officially came out, and you should certainly hunt it down. To give you another preview of it — one featuring the project’s original singer rather than a guest making a fantastic turn — LLLL released a video for second song “Blue,” which you can watch above. The song…
Tokyo’s Boyish have been one of those indie-level bands that are hard to keep track of. Since 2012, the indie-pop-leaning outfit has released a lot of songs onto the Internet, and a handful of EPs and albums along the way too. Likes Boys Age…or, honestly, most rock groups existing under the radar in Tokyo…a lot…