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)
Taquwami is the type of artist who inspires people to invent genres just to place his music inside. I wrote that, alongside new gun LLLL, he was creating Ghibli-like blasts of sound, the sort of music blurring the line between reality and fantasy just right. His newest song, “Λlieɳs,” appears on a mix called “Dopewave…
What better way to start off a nice Spring week then with some melancholy indie-pop? Opaluc’s “Snake With Wings” swirls around itself, downcast guitar being slowly joined by a hazy electronic sheen, obscured vocals and jarring electronic skitters popping up once in awhile. It’s a pretty piece of twee ennui, nothing more nothing less. If…
He’s turned his attention to Space Jazz, but the latest release from X-Files still brims over with the sense of unease that has defined the artist’s work over the last two years. There actually isn’t that much “jazz” present — rather, it is a lot of guitar countered by a serious of synth notes, with…
A lot has changed over the past decade, but sometimes you just have to dig a little deeper to find the constants. Teen Runnings have a new album out later this month, the project’s first in five years, and plenty has changed for Shota Kaneko’s project. Each full-length has found the group getting less fuzzy,…
One of the best live sets I saw last year came courtesy of Jun Kamoda at last year’s Maltine Records event at WWW X, a shape-shifting and exhilarating hour of music featuring splashes of guitar and moments of pure release. Echoes of that set appear in “Blind Disco,” the first song from Kamoda’s forthcoming release…
The early 2010’s idol scene found groups grasping for any visual or sonic cue that would help them stand out from the crowd. Latching onto a specific genre could pay off big time, but it could also result in strange creations such as air guitar idols or steam-punk-themed outfits (with terrible music). Novelty has always…