Twee-crunk duo Love and Hates have posted a new song to their MySpace page and…it’s a curveball. The band trades in the club bangin’ beats for a tropical vibe courtesy of The PEGASUSS. I’m not sure if this is a remix or a collaboration, but I’m leaning towards the latter based on how Love and…
Electro-duo Fizzy Dino Pop doesn’t technically hail from Japan (they come from Austin, Texas), but MySpace indicates one of them at least hails from Kyoto and their sound definitely shares a lot of similarities with the Land of the Rising Sun’s pop scene, specifically one teched-out group of girls. A listen over the group’s music…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKzvZtIPhkU&hl=en&fs=1&] Boris will soon release three 7″ singles, titled the Japanese Heavy Rock Hits series<, and I just found this sweet trailer for the singles from Southern Lord. Maybe a little late, but kick-ass all the same. Buy these things.
Well this was a nice Google surprise. While researching bands (“research” meaning “clicking random pages on MySpace and hoping for the best”), I ended up finding this incredibly useful guide to live houses in Osaka. This revealed about ten new venues to see shows, and I am eternally grateful to whoever created this page. A…
The story goes that Dutch produced Nicolay (one-half of the excellent Foreign Exchange) traveled out to Tokyo back in 2006 to deejay a show. He spent five days in Japan, staying in the Shibuya section of Tokyo, and ended up loving it. After the trip, Nicolay went to work on an instrumental-heavy album inspired by…