By now CUZ ME PAIN records has shaken off the bedroom-pop tag the earliest tracks coming out of their roster. Though that description isn’t entirely misleading – the artists associated with the label probably are patching together music next to their beds, and their sounds definitely carry the sense of loneliness that comes with such…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBcrQ8-GvF0″] Creepy black and white! Weird images! Random words flashing on screen! Plus explosions! See it above in the new Molice video.
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4aXZ-NaSgk”] Dance music for ghosts, right here. AAPS find a nice little groove within the misty confines of “Invisible Sophisticated,” their latest song and video combo (watch above). For a split second it looks the mysterious project might embrace full-on, floor-filling music by ushering in a big stomach-punch beat and a piano line that wouldn’t…
None of this computes whatsoever. Young Tokyo Band who released a good albeit far from overwhelming mini-album in 2010 returns the following year by covering a wretch-worthy J-Rock song from the 80s. They handle said slab of cheese pretty carefully, delivering a version of this two-decades-old tune that simultaneously hovers closely to the source material…
Most of the music why-are-you-shouting-at-me-band Neko! make sounds crisp, cleanly recorded punk-pop full of heads-down chugging and throaty shouting. Nothing that will make you dive for the “stop” button, but also not going to inspire any essays anytime soon. Yet on the 2011 song “Skateshoes,” Neko! pull out slightly shittier recording devices and unplug their…