If one were to plot the sonic trajectory of Kai Takahashi on a big chart, he would be forever moving towards turning into pure Weather Channel soundtrack. He hasn’t reached that point yet, though, but he’s been getting smoother and smoother with each release…even his remixes of Parisian pop bands were smooth as heck. After…
LASTorder “Temporary Sympathy feat. Piana” Official MV from “Allure” PROGRESSIVE FOrM from rm on Vimeo. It’s a pretty recurring thing around these corners – an artist exists on the corners of this blog’s (read: just my) attention, often getting pigeonholed, and very rarely getting attention all their own, more likely to be linked to someone…
Sunday afternoon seems like the optimal time to share a new song from Tokyo indie-pop outfit Boyish…”Sketchbook” is an unhurried number from a group usually operating at a far skipper pace. What it lacks in urgency it makes up for in nailing a certain type of fuzzy sound. “Sketchbook” could ultimately shave off a minute…
The Trekkie Trax gang have been keeping busy, and thankfully they made sure “releasing new songs onto SoundCloud” remained one of the collective’s mission. Seimei & Taimei’s “Orion” is a fizzy dance track, one that swerves through several high-energy passages, but is always lithe. Listen below.
I’ve moved away a bit from writing about music videos…unless they are REALLY good…but let’s make an exception for “Listen To The Music.” I already wrote at length about the song itself, but shortly after the SoundCloud player was taken down, leaving what should be blaring out of cars and at beach parties across Japan…