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Flau Records has released a new, surreal video for dream-pop artist Cuushe’s “I Love You,” which you can watch above. It is a nearly four-and-a-half-minute jumble of lips, diamonds, spaghetti and much more. It is also a great opportunity to listen to the song once again, off of Cuushe’s Butterfly Case album (which I reviewed…
New Taquwami: “Wow” And “Ultra Sad”
Looks like it isn’t truffle season, but sad season. Whirilng producer Taquwami gets a bit melancholy with his new tracks, packaged together as “Japanese Sad.” All this despite first song “Wow” opening up with a Jay-Z sample. That first new song is actually a bit more upbeat than it leads on, as the vocals pop…
Music Alliance Pact December 2012
We break a little bit from our year-end coverage for this month’s MAP, which features one of our favorite songs of the year – HNC’s “I Will Make You Sad.” Listen to it and a bunch of other great music from around the world below. Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs,…
New i-fls: Genealogy Of Regret/Falsify Tracks And Distress For Gift/Outtake And Other
You’d think after releasing ten albums/EPs in 2013, bedroom producer i-fls would take a break heading into 2014. Nope…he’s compiled two new albums to close out the year, both acting as sort of milestones for getting this far in his artistic life. Genealogy Of Regret/Falsify Tracks finds i-fls sharing reconfigured versions of songs he’s already…
Music Alliance Pact August 2013
This month’s Music Alliance Pact has arrived! As always, MAP finds 30-plus blogs from all over the world sharing one song from a domestic act with the rest of the bunch. Make Believe Melodies represents Japan, and this month we are putting the spotlight on ultra-pop specialist Yoshino Yoshikawa and his “I Feel You, I…
New Salyu X Salyu: “Jibunngainai” Live In Studio
Another week comes to a close and – confession – this one was a super-busy one around these parts. So much good stuff came out…tough to keep up! Anyway, one thing that sorta slipped by was this live version of a new Salyu X Salyu song, so let’s savor it over the weekend. Remember when…
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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New Suiyoubi No Campanella: “Aladdin”
If I were to be totally honest, I think Suiyoubi No Campanella and their hectic mish-mash of genres started feeling a little overexposed this summer. Not necessarily their fault — being in the spotlight at all times is practically a demand for ascendant J-pop acts — but following the (very good) UMA I would have…
New It Happens: “Summertime”
It might be just around the corner, but the summer still seems oh so far away, at least through the filter of work (hello Monday morning, hate to see you again). It Happens seem to also have the warmest season in mind with new track “Summertime,” but they also have variation on the mind too….
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Obligatory “Yoko Ono’s an amazing artist and if you think differently you are very wrong” point. OK, with that out of the way…the Japanese avant-gardist’s 1980 tune “Give Me Something” gets a 21st century makeover courtesy of Junior Boys. The Canadian duo transform Ono’s track into…a Junior Boys track. It’s all sexy synths and space….