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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Izumi Makura has come out of her room and into the daylight. The whisper-rapper started out barely rising above a breath and often sounded agoraphobic, OK to offer glimpses into her journal-rich world but without stepping too far out. Yet thanks to more opportunities — turns out, when people like your music, they want more…
Starship – Single by Happypills It’s the fluttery and fizzy edges of “Starship” that really stand out. Fukuoka artist Happypills mostly finds a middle ground between indie-pop and larger Japanese rock bands such as Galileo Galilei, Asian Kung-Fu Generation and maybe a little bit of Supercar. For the most part, “Starship” is a straightforward gallop,…
Everything seems normal enough at first — a side-to-side beat backed by a little extra percussion, slowly gaining new elements as it motors on. So far, so normal for project Hypnotic Inc.’s “Cheap Flutes.” But then the synthesizer creeps in, and then the songs shifts to something more unnerving. An ominous cloud of noise hangs…
Tokyo’s Sapphire Slows went to the first term of the Red Bull Music Academy in Paris last November, and while there she teamed up with Russian artist Dub I Prosto Erevo for the bouncy synth jam “Come So Far.” The partnership is a bit sunnier than either artist’s solo work, though a few edges stick…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-m0lagT8FE”] I’m going to pretend Miila And The Geeks ran with this concept because if you aren’t paying attention it sometimes sounds like she’s saying “chew what you want” instead of, you know, the actual lyrics. Enjoy the gluttonous clip above, as lead singer Moe has various foodstuffs crammed into her face. All while one…
Sometimes, you just want to dunk your head under the faucet and let everything coming out flow over you. Well, thank you Fukuoka project Ruby Lemon for an apt soundtrack. “Under The Water” is a slow moving synth-pop number more concerned about submerging the listener than reaching any particular destination. The vocals convey this best…