Cooking For You
No reason to waste words on this one – let the drifting guitars and occasional bleeping chaos wash over you as you listen to Cooking For You. Enveloping stuff.
No reason to waste words on this one – let the drifting guitars and occasional bleeping chaos wash over you as you listen to Cooking For You. Enveloping stuff.
More catching up from vacation, as we have settled back into Japan and moved on from the Winter break! OK, we are still a bit sad about that last part…on January 5th, the weather in my hometown was 76 degrees, whereas now I’m back to huddling for warmth under my coat…but on the plus side,…
Osaka artist Cor!s has been dabbling in a variety of electronic-centric styles over the last decade, whether on her own or as one half of the Addams Family Goes Mad Decent unit KWi. It’s made for a constantly shifting set of songs from her, but also not a lot of consistency at once. But now…
A friend and I had a long talk today about what’s going on in indie Japanese music…well, and J-pop…and came to the conclusion things are pretty strange. Mainstream artists are letting all sorts of ideas into their songs, and the underground seems just as much all over the place. Yet one place we agreed was…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3DPEwUeWXE”] Last time we checked in with The Mirraz they were busy drinking themselves silly on jungle juice and trying to mack on whatever video girl crossed their path. Now, with “Happy Ice Cream,” the party has ended, the cups have been picked up and The Mirraz now try to get you into their bedroom…
Poor, poor Figure. Take a glance at the Japanese artist’s Bandcamp page and you’ll see something jarring – along the right-hand side are tour dates, and it seems Figure will be touring all around the United States this fall. Alas, wrong Figure – turns out there is an Indiana bass-music maker sharing the name. Yet…
A nice pre-Christmas gift for fans of netlabel Maltine Records or netlabel-inspired imprint Zoom Lens. The two have collaborated on a special release for this Christmas, featuring one new song each from Japan’s Mikeneko Homeless and American artist Yotsuba Lifestyle (with each remixing the other’s track, natch). Mikeneko Homeless delivers an upbeat bouncer (loaded with…