Tokyo’s Neon Cloud has been labeled as “witch house” and the sorta info-lacking project’s first EP Knit forgoes proper song titles in favor of symbols that have my “contorl C” fingers working overtime. Yet since I know next to nothing about that sub-genre and came dangerously close to failing geometry in high school, let’s instead…
– Nagoya’s The Moments posted a new song a little bit ago, and if you dig guitar-lead ditties leaning towards sunny-afternoon indie pop, you’ll probably like “Shining Eyes.” This new one lacks the multi-voiced hookiness of previously released “Short Trip,” instead opting for a fragility that seems like a gust of wind could knock it…
Harvard broke up back in 2007, but recently it became clear they were ready to give it the ol’ college try one more time. The Ivy-League-named duo started popping up on live events posters and getting Twitter mentions. Now, to confirm that this is for serious, they have a new album out and a single…
One of the more straightforward numbers to come out of Michiyo Honda’s 2011 monthly singles project, “Sorry” bounces ahead on a club-ready beat and slightly affected vocals. She works in a fair amount of glitchy touches – check the way things just sort of come in and out of this song almost randomly – but…
Kido Yoji’s Call A Romance came out this week, and though you’ll surely see more words coughed up about it in the near future, I’ll give an initial review – you should buy it! One of the highlights from the Tokyo youngsters’ release is the sexy robo-flirtation of “More Than Real.” Japan finally has a…