Controlled Karaoke: Ultraman Meets “Thriller,” Acid Trip Ensues
Just…wow. Good job Japan. You can stop the video at the 2:20 mark, the monsters stop dancing at that point.
(Via Japan Probe)
Just…wow. Good job Japan. You can stop the video at the 2:20 mark, the monsters stop dancing at that point.
(Via Japan Probe)
Well, that is almost true. The always herky-jerky Tomodati certainly embraces juke music on his latest song, but he weaves in plenty of other elements too. For one, he approaches the jittery structure as pop, singing over the brisk beat like it is just another piece of music (bringing to mind another recent song). Yet…
As the image above indicates, “The Hidden Secrets” also doubles as the name for Tokyo indie-pop outfit BOYISH’s newest EP, one which was slated to come out on July 25 but as of 11:18 P.M. on that day isn’t anywhere to be seen (I guess check for an update if it appears by the time…
The biggest revelation on a sample of HNC’s new song “Gu-gli Gu-gli” – she doesn’t like Care Bears. Looks like someone never saw The Care Bears Movie, that was a tight film when I was five. Not caring about greeting card bears aside, “Gu-gli Gu-gli” finds HNC in the familiar mold of merging stupid-cute with…
Online label commune310 excels at the compilation game, and their biggie-sized Compilation2017 delivers as expected. Unlike seasonal offerings which sometimes have a bend to them, this is just a collection of great electronic music from Japan, on the higher-tempo side of things but with plenty of variety. It’s one of those “jump in and see…
It takes a lot to elevate a beat tape from Bandcamp loosie to something absorbing on its own, but Kotetsu from Picnic Disco pulls it off the rare feet with the disorienting MAVTAPE 1. Based on how they describe it — “chill&vapot-trap beats” — I was bracing for something like one of those YouTube mixes…
Every element of Sea Level’s “Race Against the Drum Machine” feels stitched together into a really jarring patchwork. The group, split between Fukuoka and Tokyo, recently put out their debut full-length on Call And Response (get that here), and this advance peek stands as one of the more wobbly — and fun in its unsteadiness…