Osaka’s 99 Letters still relies on pretty much the same sounds he’s been hitting up his entire career on new song “3 A.M.” Once again he gives us Nintendo noises, transforming the sounds of a Game Boy Color into a full-fledged song. What makes 99 Letters so impressive, though, is how every new track he…
If nothing else, please read the Wikipedia entry on Caroline Lufkin who just goes by Caroline when she records music. The Okinawa born singer walked away from a fat J-Pop contract a few years ago to pursue sounds she wanted to make, avoiding the same limelight her sister chose to embrace. She also tours in…
Though it lacks the shiny sheen big record label bucks can create, Yuhki Katagiri’s bedroom music serves as a reminder that pop isn’t the sole property of people who own multiple yachts. Sure, lots of Japanese pop sounds like the product of a conveyor belt and Yasutaka Nakata probably pulls most of Perfume’s music off…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5ocpERse14″] Kinda a mixed bag here. STAR GUiTAR (aside: when did that “i” get lowercased?) sound fine, laying down a pulsing club beat that isn’t particularly complex but definitely serves its function. Alone, the music would pass for OK club stuff. Problem comes with the vocals courtesy of CICO. The shouts of “tonight” in the…
Initially I wanted to open this post wondering aloud about how The Mirraz can release so much new music in so little time. They released one album late last year and this week the follow-up LP We Are The Fuck’N World sees the light of day, with “あーあ” serving as our first taste of this…