Cute spazzballs MacDonald Duck Eclair have a new video for the Lite-Brite hop of “Tip Tap Mac.” The clip features a lot of lit-up items, some cubes and a fair helping of cuteness (not surprising considering that band name). Watch it below. [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3pgjE3jDag”] Thanks to SparkPlugged for posting that first. I already wrote up my…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KflT2ugLWjQ”] Not to turn this into an oversharing Tumblr, but goodness gracious did I personally need a song like “BPM4” in my life. This is metallic repetition transformed into relentless brutality, military drumming backing up steely guitar darts. When TACOBONDS’ vocals creep in everything becomes even sharper, escalating into a stinging missile of music that…
Since I’m not much of a winter sports enthusiast and have no idea what else can be enjoyed in the area, I’ve never traveled to Nagano. Accordingly, my perceptions of the prefecture mostly stem from the 1998 Olympics or, more appropriately, the subsequent video game that came out for the Nintendo 64. In my mind…
The artwork surrounding CUZ ME PAIN’s Atlas Young features a lot of horses, for reasons unknown. For the first time, Young has recorded a song that would sound great playing over footage of stallions running across a field. “Lost Thing” features a legitimate (sorry) gallop that lends it a cinematic feel one really doesn’t expect…
New article for The Japan Times, this one about Caroline’s upcoming live performance in Tokyo. Read it here. Verdugo Hills remains one of my favorite albums of the year so far, a gorgeously constructed electro-soundscape that is like Bjork keeping one eye on the ambient scene instead of the dance clubs. That said, I still…