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 Guchon has been a netlabel staple for more than a decade now, having released some of the earliest (maybe THE earliest, if you count mixes) material on Maltine Records, while hopping around several other digital imprints too. Sabacan Records has hosted several of his creations, and they bring the world the one-two punch of…
Osaka’s Hiroki Yamamura returns with “Snow White,” and the producer is still moving at the zippy pace he excels at so well. The song subtly incorporates elements of juke music that Yamamura has explored over the last few years — mostly when it comes to the beat — but the attention falls mostly on the…
Kyoto project Sawa Angstrom has been around since 2017, featuring a trio of artists who have dabbled in all sorts of other indie projects over the years. With this one though, soft and reflective is what they aim for. “Tape Loop” offers a gentle entry into their style, and it stands out as the highlight…
Sakanaction are in promotion mode, and off the heels of the video for “Years,” they’ve gone and released another video off their forthcoming B-sides and remixes collection. It’s for “Slow Motion,” which was a b-side for the (still transcendent, still tear-evoking) “Rookie.” The video is the real gem — throwback TV show motifs, full of…
This day was bound to happen…I present to you the first Japanese band worthy of being deemed “chillwave.” Hotel Mexico (claiming to be from “Mexico, Japan” which I would just love to visit) take their cues from glo-fi godfather Ariel Pink, their music recalling some long-lost decade via less-than-ideal recording conditions. Whereas Mr. Pink dolls…
Sakanaction, who made this site’s second favorite album of 2011, have a new single and video (above) out now called “Yoru No Odoriko.” The song finds the group continuing to play around with the dance-friendly-verse-explosive-chorus structure they’ve been exploring for a while now, although the addition of female backing vocals is a great sounding touch….