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Do you feel that, hanging in the air? As chilly autumn winds start blowing in, so does the specter of year-end lists. Tofubeat’s first full-length album Lost Decade is a lock to land somewhere on Make Believe Melodies’ top albums list, and if you haven’t bought a copy yet, get on that. Maltine Records, who…
Elen Never Sleeps Previews New EP: “Shine On Me” And “Silver”
One of the tougher parts of putting together a year-end feature – like our “favorite songs of 2012 lists” – is cutting it down. This means some really great stuff gets left outside…and last year, one of the toughest omissions to make was Tokyo murmur-pop dude Elen Never Sleeps, whose “My Aquamarine/Spinning Wheel” single featured…
Tweekend Update: Wallflower, The Moments And More Put Together Sarah Records Compilation, Traffic Light Release Split EP With Saturday Looks Good To Me
大阪のSarahry Recordsが9月22日に境のパンゲア・カフェでイベントをやるみたいです。80年代にイギリスにあったインディ・ポップレーベル、Sarah Recordsに捧げるイベントで、大阪で注目を集めるギター・ポップバンドが数々出演します。コンピレーション・アルバムも発売される予定で、出演バンドの曲や、Sarah Recordから生まれた名曲などがカバーされ、収録される予定です。ネットにアップされているのも同じ観点から制作されていて、Wallflowerによるブライターの”Does Love Last Forever?”のカバーや、 Lilacによるヘブンリーの”Cool Guitar Boy”のカバーからは、ギター・ポップに対する愛や誠意が伝わってきます。でも、フィールド・マイスの”Emma’s House”はFandazeによってちょっと調節されすぎていて、テンポがゆっくりになってたりします。(私が一番好きなインディ・ポップの曲なのもあって)やっぱりオリジナルのほうがいいな、って思います。 ページへはこちらから。視聴は以下から。Backyard Party in Popability! by Sarahry Records 他のニュースといえば、Traffic Lightが、長年続けられてるアン・アーバーのプロジェクト、サタデイ・ルックス・グッド・トゥー・ミーとスプリット・EPを出した事です。渋谷のViolet And Claireストアか、ネットでもこちらのサイトから購入可能です。現在視聴はできないのですが、ベテランと組んでのリリースはTraffic Lightにとって大きなステップなのではないでしょうか。
Madegg Has A New Song Called “Karis,” New Album Slated For Spring 2013
One of my bigger realizations from the past year – keeping up with Kyoto’s Madegg is just too difficult. The young producer is insanely prolific, as it seemed like he had two new songs up online every week. That on top of several EPs and a proper album for Flau. New song “Karis,” though, has…
New Seiho: “Double Bed”
Seiho just wrapped up a tour of Japan with LuckyMe artist Obey City, and in support of that tour/because why not take the opportunity to do so the pair released a four-track album called Shochu Sounds. You should get the whole thing over here, but for now let’s focus specifically on the Osaka producer’s “Double…
New Metoronori: Veil
It’s about being surprised in the best ways possible. This, Metoronori’s third album, finds her continuing to occupy her own little, strange corner of the online music world. She creates fragile little sonic worlds…whirring synths, the occasional glance of something a bit shinier, a very annoying timer sound on “III”…that could seemingly collapse from a…
New Cuushe Music Video: “Do You Know The Way To Sleep”
Flau’s Cuushe has a new video for her song “Do You Know The Way To Sleep” off of this year’s Girl You Know That I Am Here But The Dream, and it matches up well with the slow-motion feel of the song. The clip slows down found footage of ballerinas to emphasize the beauty and weirdness (that neck on the one dancer jutting out) of their movements. Watch above.
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Old Kicks Made New: The Fax’s “Cool Me”
Allow me to take you back in time for a second…when I moved to Japan in 2009, one of the most reliable labels in the Kansai region was Second Royal Records. Looking back on it, they boasted one of the most loaded line-ups of artists in Japan — Hotel Mexico, Halfby, Handsomeboy Technique, Turntable Films,…
New I-fls: Nightmare Is Not Decade
Memories on memories, really: bedroom producer / suburban nostalgia dealer i-fls’ latest release takes songs from two 2013 releases (Wished Nightmare and Decade In A Day, both now deleted) and finds the reclusive producer reworking them and adding a few new elements into them. ” I had distrust to degree of perfection for this two…
Fuzzed Dessert: Fairy Floss
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Bubblin’ Up: TEMPLIME’s “Sphere”
There’s these moments when younger Japanese electronic artists come through with a track or two bubbling over with energy and excitement, and they get you antsy to see what they can think up next. Duo TEMPLIME’s Sphere offers up two nervy dance numbers anchored by sliced-up vocal skitters and beats taking cues from various strains…
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