New Shugo Tokumaru Videos: “Lahaha” And “Tracking Elevator”

Not to downplay the coolness of new Shugo Tokumaru music videos, but the most exciting news out of the twee-whirlwind’s universe recently is that his excellent new LP Port Entropy will be released in North America and Europe on October 18. Coincidentally, that’s about the same time the current number one movie in America The…

NITES Catches The Chillwave, Remixes Hotel Mexico

NITES either really really likes “It’s Twinkle” or he thinks it could use some reworking…spoiler alert, I’m pretty sure it’s option one. Dude went and made two remixes of Hotel Mexico’s breakthrough track and posted them at his MySpace. Version one morphs the song into a wide-eyed piece of bedroom pop, NITES strong suite. Version…

New World’s End Girlfriend: “Les Enfants du Paradis”

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfG_G2O2q40″] Up to this moment I didn’t know much about World’s End Girlfriend. Well, I had assumptions…back in my school days I knew I guy REALLY into post-rock. Naturally, he was a film major. “Hey man, you like Explosions In The Sky?” I sure did. “Check out this band called World’s End Girlfriend, they are…

Party Down: The Mirraz “Let’s Go”

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYyoaGzNxzU”] “Let’s Go” is one of those songs that’s just dumb to think about. I mean, you could try breaking this down (lord knows I spend enough time psychoanalyzing J-Pop that I’d try) and maybe come away with something. But the latest from The Mirraz is not intended to be a thinker – the girl-tastic…