This one just went up, so I’ll post it right before I go to bed. CUZ ME PAIN group Faron Square just posted a new song called “Echoes Of Love.” Listen to it below.
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Producer Takaryu’s first full-length album Resources doubles as a snapshot of the many ways electronic music in Japan has gone over the last five years. Takaryu has been around since about 2014, though the bulk of work they’ve shared in that time has been remixes alongside one mini-album. So Resources gathers songs that have appeared…
“Thank You” stands in sharp contrast to the overwrought J-Ballads constantly parachuting into the Japanese mainstream music consciousness. Those songs, packed with string sections and pixie-dusted sections to the point where Walt Disney would choke on all the pure sugar, try to sound “emotional” the same way Will Smith tried to act “poor” in The…
I will not bore you with the details of how I missed last week’s Anthem event at ageHa (but if you must know…not finding buses in time and having my socks ruined by rain). But I did, and it was a personal low point for 2017 (which, all things considered, isn’t too bad). Thankfully, Picnic…
Summer 2016 has found Chelmico embracing the season in a way they weren’t one year ago. Back in 2015, the rap duo made their first splash on the scene via a sax-ed-out number and then a rapid-fire bop owing a lot to Jersey Club and netlabels. But so far this year, they’ve teamed up with…
Moscow Club posted a new EP onto their website tonight, and you can download it for free right now. 909 State features the instrumental “Pacific 724” and the lovely little ditty “Ghost Dance.” Check it out now! [bandcamp album=1203472100 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=venti] UPDATE: And they also have a new video for “Pacific 724” that is…
Few artists can point to a co-sign from Hikaru Utada ahead of their major-label solo debut, but Nariaki Obukuro has got it. And if more artists like this are going to creep closer to the spotlight, the widening of the J-pop industry is only proving fruitful. Obukuro co-founded Tokyo Recordings and has worked under the…