[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIjtaKwgCpE&hl=en_US&fs=1] Stop motion! Swimming trunks! Funny sunglasses! Playground equipment! All present in this quick, fun video from the dudes in andymori. It’s basically a reminder to enjoy what’s left of the summer. Oh, it’s also a personal reminder that I’ve never mentioned andymori around these parts before despite them being really good. Go listen to…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDdnAhS54A0&hl=en_US&fs=1] Hey, haven’t blabbed about Perfume enough this week have I?! This time, we revisit the trio’s earlier 2010 singles, as American producer Christopher Wade remixed both “Fushizen Na Girl” and the pop knockout “Natural Ni Koishite.” The prior gets slowed down a bit, Perfume’s once darting vocals sliced into neon-drift sounds. Whereas the original…
Like kids getting a new puppy or a high school baseball team winning a big tournament, a very specific set of Japanese music fans are pumping their fists in celebration today as tech-rock crew √thumm’s new album Yamatopia drops today. To trio have posted two songs from their second LP onto MySpace to help get…
“We are not band!” So declare whoever makes up A.B. Perspectives, a relatively minimalist electro group out of Tokyo. Whether that declaration means only one person operates under this moniker or whether this group doesn’t see themselves as a traditional band is never made clear…whichever way, A.B. Perspectives craft some lovely electronic blankets. Their music…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb1YEWUt2DE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Wonder kid Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em has a knack for pissing certain people off, mostly an older set who look at his stupid-fun brand of rap as everything wrong with music today. Now the 19-year-old booty-meat aficionado has managed to piss off a whole new group of people – anime otakus. DeAndre Cortez Way…