We’ve already written about the album this one comes from, but now “Sugar Summer” has a video and…well, the season feels right to revisit it, so why not? “Sugar Summer” is a highlight from Sing And Pretty, finding the duo embracing girl group pacing alongside a nice indie-pop chug. Feel good vibes for the remaining…
The music Fuji Chao has been making over the last couple of years has always been visceral. Samples sourced from cartoons featured screams and crying, while the artist herself dropped in spoken-word lyrics that played out like confessions of complicated emotions. Part of this reaction comes from a distance between listener and artist, but it…
Now in its sixth year, the Atomic Bomb Compilation continues to be one of the best collections of political music and juke going in Japan (and, really, globally). Let’s tackle the first element. For the first time in a few years, nuclear weapons and energy aren’t at the forefront of the summer news cycle. Yay?…
Chelmico recently released their first full-length major label album Power, and it’s a solid shift towards bigger places for the duo. Most importantly, not much has changed now that they are on unBorde from recent EPs and a self-titled 2016 debut album. They still create upbeat genre-skipping exercises anchored in hip-hop, channeling Rip Slyme, Halcali…
Omoide Label has a knack for finding artists capable of finding new angles on hyperactive electronic music. Producer Kingyo’s Sunset is a brief shot in the arm, featuring a particularly chipper take on future bass that promotes the rush and fizziness of the style above all else. That’s best captured on the title track, a…