Though I’m still not sold entirely on the nostalgic beach imagery sopping from his work, I’ve got to admit Friends’ demo for “Anyone Like You” sees the beach-music-via-bedroom artist boasts a pretty catchy melody. The fuzzy corners aren’t contributing much but they also aren’t getting in the way, allowing that sweet guitar line and those…
Erectricmole aren’t just writing songs, they’re creating entire worlds. Houka No Hirune, the young group’s recent debut for the fledgling Flawless World imprint, takes the idea of electro-pop being loud techno-leaning feet movers and inverts it, turning the synths inward to create intimate sonic worlds. Erectricmole give their creations plenty of color and life, beats…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PdoXgToXcg”] Never change Lullatone. The Nagoya duo have a new clip…featuring a song from the recently released Elevator Music in the background…where they do goofy stuff to their musical equipment. Wait for the end, it’s pretty rad!
Tokyo’s Fraqsea doesn’t only make music, but she also has amongst other projects provided cover photos for bands like IROTTO+, Shelling and Lemon’s Chair. Her own musical output appropriately isn’t far removed from the groups she snaps pictures for…specifically, the minimal rock of IROTTO and the dreamy swirl-a-thon of Chair…yet whereas those bands make fully…
The first new song posted on Praha Depart’s MySpace is the nine-minute “dot.” It’s a little bit misleading. That long-running track is plenty spectacular – though the manic cowbell-assisted beat and groove of the whole thing wow, it’s the at-times-screamed vocals that bring up images of Bjork in our heads that steals the show –…