The music of duo Puffyshoes always leaned towards goofy topics — cats and birthday parties and backstage passes — but the pair had a knack for highlighting some painful feelings lurking even in the silliest themes. Fruits, the solo project of Puffyshoes’ Azumi Nakajima, continues this tradition on Three, a set opening with what you…
Despite what all those “z’s” might imply, the latest from Tanukineiri Records boasts a nice skip to it. The artist zzz creates a funk-pop sound on the easy-breezy side of things across zzz, opening with the upbeat (and comically titled) “Danger Zone” before embracing handclaps and big fat synth melodies for “Baby Baby.” This style…
It has only been a few weeks since Anna shared something new, but she isn’t slowing down. “Again, Again” again (sorry) finds her crafting a lurching pop number that takes a pretty familiar formula and lets the shadows creep in. I’d go to bat for everything on Tonite over this, but as a continuation it…
This is the sort of collaboration I wouldn’t have imagined making much sense on paper — Frasco dabbles in whatever you want to call the current wave of city funk, while City Your City creates shadowy R&B with a slightly unnerving edge to it. “My Summer Your Summer” works, though, by not trying to find…
Two sets of bleary eyed indie-pop weren’t enough for Fukuoka’s Happypills. The shoegaze-glazed project shared two new mini albums this month, both existing in some kind of state of rest. Lazy Sun, Late Risers sets the tone right away with the aptly chilled “Lazy Sun,” which finds Happypills using enough distortion to make the feeling…