The ever-prolific Kyoto space-brain Madegg’s latest number, “Parasol,” comes off as more straightforward than some of his other recent material. It still contains the Brainfeeder-leaning spaciness that should get Flying Lotus to make the dude official Japanese resident for the label, but it’s not quite as wormhole-ready, something a bit simpler to understand. “Parasol” is…
Super VHS seem to be focusing on the inevitable endings hurled at one throughout life. They recently came to grips with the passing of the best season, and on new song “I’ll Still Love You” they hopelessly croon “I’ll still love you anyway.” Though it might not be the best prescription, they should probably keep…
Heavenstamp aren’t good because they represent some sudden break from the Japanese rock mainstream, but rather because they take everything the J-Rock bigwigs have made stereotype and give it emotional CPR. Ignore the press courtesy of indie-leaning mags like Snoozer and blogs (cough), Heavenstamp are J-Rock at their core, doing all the things other things…
The Skegg project isn’t shrouded in all that mystery, more like that guy from Home Improvement whose face you could never see. Based on various easily-gathered clues, this appears to be a collaborative effort between Osaka’s Luka Uemura and Shiga’s Egypt Zacca. The possibly-maybe duo posted a new demo track to their SoundCloud today, a…
I wasn’t expecting anything special when I strolled on over to Osaka trio Saritote’s web page. I just wanted to check them out as they are playing at a show tonight featuring √thumm and Lady Flash. Harmless research, ya know? Anyway, the first two tracks I listened to failed to leave much of an impression…