mus.hiba’s White Girl was our second-favorite album of 2014, and now…everyone has remixed songs from it via Zoom Lens. No, really, look at this list. This is a bunch of Japanese artists we’ve been enjoying for quite some time…LLLL! Yoshino Yoshikawa! i-fls! Foodman! GEEEZ. And rounding it out are a bunch of great non-Japanese producers,…
At some point in the last couple of years, netlabel Ano(t)raks switched from being a purveyor of fuzzy indie-pop in a C86 vein to mainly releasing more polished music that could conceivably be played in a lounge. Indie-pop in any form is always hit or miss, so feeling the same way about a steady trickle…
It isn’t really clear if C V N (henceforth CVN) is a new project by Nobuyuki Sakuma of Jesse Ruins, or if he’s possibly rechristening his previous solo outlet Cold Name. Either way, Sakuma has shared three new, disoriented tracks from his new…thing…and it does mark a shift in his solo sound. With Cold Name,…
Japan’s indie-pop scene never goes out of style — as long as their are teens who stumble across any Sarah Records release or digs into what artists their favorite Japanese acts listen to, people will keep flocking to the style. It is always possible to find a way into the indie-pop sphere…but it’s also easy…
Man, Tofubeats is one occupied dude, though I’m not sure him being on a major label really changes just how busy he has always been. Anyway, he has a new EP…Stakeholder…out in March, and here’s the first taste. Acting surprised when Tofubeats changes his sound up from what he was doing a few months ago…