It’s only a snippet of a new song, but any new Cuushe is something to celebrate. In conjunction with the NHK program Techne and director Yoko Kuno (who has worked with Cuushe before), “Spread” soundtracks a brief clip of rotoscoped babies, albeit ones transforming into various things (we approve!). The song itself is a twinkling little number, one that blurs around the edges and features Cuushe’s enchanting vocals. Watch above.
Remember flip phones? Uami sure does, and “K. Kuyou Gara” serves as an ode to “Galapagos” phones, those chunky pieces of plastic that were once so ubiquitous (and kinda still are with salarymen who just need to make calls to one another). It’s a delicate song, featuring muffled vocals and lyrics reflecting on the fantasy…
Tokyo duo Pinballbally’s debut album Hi-Fi Vitamins is a streaming gem for those who like their electro-pop on the jittery side. “Waves” serves as a good gateway in — well, it is the opening number so I’m not offering you anything clever there — as it features lightly-filtered vocals hopping over a fizzy melody. The…
Hiroshima producer CRZKNY was last spotted organizing this past August’s fantastic Atomic Bomb Compilation Vol. 2, and now he’s manning his own project, the L.O.L. EP. In contrast to the politically charged electronic songs on the comp he oversaw…not to mention many of his previous EPs…L.O.L. is pretty straightforward in delivering footwork-leaning tracks, most of…
This current wave of slacked-out indie-rock in Japan gets the chilled-out, enjoying-life part down pretty well…but everything always seems a touch too neat. All these bands that found Mac DeMarco, bought a beanie and picked up guitars sing about eating pancakes, walking around the town or just being vaguely optimistic about the future. Too responsible!…
Lovely Summer Chan makes her major label debut today, with the song “Fly Fly Fly.” Moving to a bigger company comes with some tricky baggage — check the video above, which transforms into a commercial midway through, straight from the Hoshino Gen playbook — but her music sounds unchanged, built on driving guitars and her…
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