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Well this just seems right. Vivian Girls recently toured Japan, and if bands were actually toddlers, there is no doubt Vivian Girls’ parents would set up a play date with fellow lo-fi rock outfit Puffyshoes. The two groups met up and recorded themselves singing a bit of Puffyshoes’ “Imaginary Lover.” Watch the clip above for your daily cuteness quota.
This is pretty much the perfect kind of track to have appear at a time when I’m splitting time between last-second assignments and year-end-list planning (it’s tough!). Cool Japan shared the new rumbler “Give Up On You,” and it’s a house track that feels like its halfway to being sloshed. The key detail comes via…
Staring at a to-do list…planted in front of a computer working on something or other…riding a train across the city for a meeting…maybe its a big city thing (or, god forbid, a Tokyo thing), but time always seems sparse. Most of what I listen to in 2016 rarely lasts for all that long…I either listen…
Some artists release music at such a rapid pace that finding the right track to spotlight…whether they are an established act (Lullatone, who have been releasing a song a week this year and I just don’t know what to do without turning it into a weekly fixture) or a relative newcomer. Keita Sano isn’t super…
The title and cover art of Keiji Community’s newest collection brings to mind something a bit…heavier (I had a …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead vibe)…than the smooth, synthpop that actually comes out when you hit play. But hey, the end result is solid. Wastelands is an easy-to-digest, catchy four-song set…
Synth-pop project Einsteins has quite the treat for Valentine’s Day 2019. “Ribbon” splits the difference between bouncy electronic fare and a slightly more chamber-leaning arrangement lending the song an air of sophistication. But they never get stuffy about it. Bells chime off and synthesized strings swirl around while Einsteins let their vocals zig-zag through the…
A Transparent Girl manages to navigate between two worlds. The duo float in squiggly orbit on “Like Reich’s Pulse,” shimmering synths constantly interrupted by glitchy vocals. Midway through, though, the song blooms into something new, a bouncy melody that transforms the same vocal skippings into something catchy. Despite this outro, the track boasts an air…