New DJ Obake: “What Is 80’s?”
The answer – cheese-tastic keyboard and synths dug out of a Miami Vice episode. So basically, it’s a great stab at Reagan-decade goof-dance. DJ Obake takes these things down just as fast as they go up, so listen now.
The answer – cheese-tastic keyboard and synths dug out of a Miami Vice episode. So basically, it’s a great stab at Reagan-decade goof-dance. DJ Obake takes these things down just as fast as they go up, so listen now.
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49C0mpeDjw0″] Lodged somewhere between the chill waves of Hotel Mexico, the lo-fi beach party of Friends and the art-pop of The New House exists アナ(English-only folks, pronounce that “A Na”). They might be the most straightforward group on Second Royal Records, a trio not afraid to test out new sounds but that still come off…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvOZ6bI7IN4&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=ja_JP&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Geez, I don’t know what has Sebastian X in such a giddy mood, but I’d like some of it. The hyperactive act’s newest song “世界の果てまで連れてって!” explodes with Up With People pomp, an upbeat whirlwind of horns and accordion and other instruments that sound just! So! Happy! The real wonder of this new song is…
Yunomi and Toriena are a great team, and that will be celebrated in all its glory next week, with the release of the Oedo Controller EP. Alongside the still poppin’ title track, it features a few other numbers, including the recently shared “Sayonara Invader,” which shows the (slightly) softer side of their partnership. Which is…
Osaka duo Caro Kissa have a new album out at the end of the month, and they’ve shared the first song from it, the bouncy “Imagination.” The horns and keyboard popping up here — and taking up more sonic space than before in their music — hint at them trying to jump into the city…
Or, Make Believe Melodies’ rap update part one for the end of March. What timing! We have (basically) reached April which means we are a quarter of the way through 2016. Fast! That also means publications and honest-to-goodness people have started sharing favorite album lists for the first three months of the year, because the…
Kyoto’s Homecomings have a new release out later this month, and now they’ve shared the video for the title track. “Hurts” is a mid-tempo stroll of a song, embracing a slow-burn approach rather than the more speedy songs that first caught attention on their earliest releases. It might not zip out the gate, but it…