All hail the Internet age. For every awkward Facebook photo in need of a good de-tagging and pointless Tumblr, some artist finds a way to make the whole online experience totally worth it. Which is to say – they give out their art for free. Yokohama’s Broken Little Sister posted the entirety of their 2010…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtfanPuYjQw”] This otherwise simplistic guitar skip-a-long boasts such a feeling of naive optimism it’s hard not to fall for it’s easy charms. Heavenstamp pretty much nail it with the title – this track brims with the same energy that comes when one wakes up in a positive mood, feeling like today of all days features…
Ho hum, another day and another Japanese band working in jittery rock full of group shouts and stuttering guitar. Kyoto’s CUSTOM NOISE join the likes of Africaemo and fellow all-caps users NOKIES! in making manic music almost seemingly ready to explode into a thousand different directions with each passing second. Unlike the previous two acts…and…
Let’s go into this weekend – Valentine’s weekend nonetheless, where the romantics blossom and the single stew – with a lesson courtesy of SWIM SWEET UNDER SHALLOW. This duo aren’t knocking over walls trying to create a breathtaking new sound…the music available here skews towards guitar-heavy rock-pop right on the edge of “indie-popness.” Despite being…
Anisakis seem to be edging closer and closer to the edge. Newest song “無理すんな” ripples and cracks all over, the group’s usually jagged guitars now feeling especially sharp. At least those seem consistent in structure – the singing on “無理すんな” goes from a slightly out-of-step speak to panicked yelping to more melodic territory multiple times…