It’s a simple addition, but one that makes “Remember Me” far more, uhhh, memorable than a lot of other indie-pop-leaning numbers coming out of Japan over the last few years. Osaka’s The Somedays give the song all the hallmarks of a typically twee number – a slouching rhythm designed for melancholy walks near bodies of…
Ryan Hemsworth has done great work giving attention…like, big publication space…to under-the-radar Japanese artists, whether he’s collaborating with them (Qrion, Tomggg) or just shouting them out (Seiho, Taquwami). His Secret Songs label just released a mix featuring a bunch of great music, all worth checking out…Kero Kero Bonito!…but for now we’ll focus on two tracks…
The band formerly known as DYGL can now be known as the band formerly known as Leather – this Tokyo indie-pop unit has shifted back to their original name (pronounced “day glow”) and to celebrate they’ve released a lovely new number, “Let’s Get Into Your Car.” It’s a driving (heh) number full of chuggin’ guitars…
Dustin Wong and Takako Minekawa’s latest album, Savage Imagination, officially came out in America yesterday. It’s a very good listen, and here’s another example of it via the new video for the bouncy, building song “Pastel Ice Date.” It’s not one of the album’s beefier moments – though the guitar that rips through late in…
The music Nagoya artist Figure makes has always been claustrophobic – the albums and songs he’s trickled onto the Internet over the last few years have been guitar-centered numbers where the vocals get muffled out enough as if to sound like they are being sung from the next room over…through a concrete wall. New collection…