So this week is probably going to be brutal, and posting is probably going to be a bit less than usual as I try to put a lot of things to bed. But I still want to do some quick hit posts daily, even if they aren’t much more than “hey, that song above? Listen…
You can make a strong case that Tomggg ushered in the current wave of “kawaii” electronic music coming out of Japan (and abroad). Yet even if you don’t want to go that far, he’s was undeniably ahead of the curve. But Tomggg has proven restless and, at a time when the producer could easily ride…
There are a lot of sounds to sift through on electronic producer Nyolfen’s newest EP, Create A New World. They just don’t always come across clearly. This four-song collection piles on different sounds, individual songs such as “Cloudburst” (above) jumping from cut-up sample workouts to splashes of big booming trap, all punctured by…dog barks. Yet…
Well, sort of. Osaka band Anyo’s music leans more to pure post-punk than shoegaze, but a few dreamier elements work there way into the group’s sound, including three new tracks (or rather clips of new tracks) recently uploaded to the Web hyping up an EP due in April. Recently posted highlight “水鏡” rushes right out…
Japanese producer Yamaan released his first album 12 Seasonal Music back in January and I feel especially stupid not stumbling across it until now after hearing “Blossom.” Opening with a vocal sample, the song quickly turns into a folk-tinged number before shifting once again into its real form – a never-sitting-still hip-hop beat anchored by…
Tokyo’s Ningen OK are a group that demand to be seen live. I lucked my way into seeing them this past weekend, knowing nothing about them, but leaving thinking this duo put on one of the better live sets I’ve seen recently. They play surrounded by what appear to be homemade white pyramids. Guitarist Takurou Yamashita stands in front of a board littered with effects pedals, while Ken-ichi Sakaguchi looms over a drum kit which he soon hammers away at. They play very precise, wordless rock that always seems an inch away from tumbling into chaos, but always manages to hold together. Between songs, Sakaguchi leans towards a Vocoder and creates trippy segues featuring his robo-tized voice. Then they launch off again. It’s captivating stuff.
Their music manages to still sound good away from a live house – “Taion No Yukue” highlights Ningen OK’s precision-centric nature while also introducing elements of chaos (listen to that radio feedback). Listen to that below. It comes off their recently released first album of the same name, which is also probably full of good moments. Still, Ningen OK seem like a live band first, one that you should certainly make time for. Bookmark this page.
Might want to give this one some time – producer Pa’s Lam System’s new album Virus Window went up on the Maltine Records’ site a little while ago, and everything seems to have crashed thanks to demand for it. I can’t even download it at the moment! But we do this album features his club-thumping…
First there was a duo called Colorado Coronado, who seemed to fawn at the recorded output of Bradford Cox (Deerhunter/Atlas Sound) and set out to replicate it live, resulting in a few fantastic songs. At some point, their sound shifted from the ponderous to the ramshackle, as Colorado Coronado seemed to switch idols from Cox…
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At long last, Osaka’s Cloudy Busey is back with a new song and video. “A Spring Fuck You” breaks a bit from the last few songs this Osaka-based artist released to the world. Those songs set far-from-positive lyrics against pop-oriented backdrops. Now, similar words are being set against music that practically lurches, and at times…
Talking City 1994 are one of those outfits that is constantly releasing new music, uploading new songs to SoundCloud at a very fast clip and forcing anyone interested in them to always be on their toes. It can oftentimes feel like they are just spitting songs out into the online void, without much cohesion. Plenty…
Old Lacy Bed – Coastlands from Old Lacy Bed on Vimeo. “Coastlands” has been out in the wild in a different form for about a year now, but Old Lacy Bed recently posted a new video for featuring a fresh take on the darty song. You can watch the indie-pop-lifestyle clip above. Weirdly enough, “Coastlands”…
