New Kindan No Tasuketsu: “Crazy”
Here’s a slow burner from Kindan No Tasuketsu, “Crazy.” It unfolds like a nursery rhyme (that chorus), and features a wild keyboard solo amidst all the longing.
Here’s a slow burner from Kindan No Tasuketsu, “Crazy.” It unfolds like a nursery rhyme (that chorus), and features a wild keyboard solo amidst all the longing.
The trick is, Itadaqi isn’t that different than Canopies And Drapes, the project singer Chick headed up before starting the prior last year. Itadqi leans more towards rap…Chick’s voice flows…and she collaborates with rappers. Yet Canopies And Drapes featured what amounted to a talk-sing delivery that was just slightly flatter than what she does here,…
Kyoto’s Toxxies get a touch slower on newest song “Satellite,” a drifting number highlighting the duo at a different tempo than usual. Similar to their hometown’s Emerald Four, “Satellite” floats along and isn’t afraid to let some space surround the song, with the verses featuring the slightest synth and beat, which allows the digi-dusted vocals…
(Guess today’s theme is juke artists in Japan) Oh, those moments when something sounds so familiar yet you can’t place just what it is. The last song on Japanese (well, Japan stretching to San Francisco) juke group Paisley Parks newest collection Payzulee Packs centers around a saxophone sample I know I’ve heard multiple times before….
The current generation of rock bands getting looks from the mainstream — Suchmos, Never Young Beach Yogee New Waves among others — offer up a positive outlook on the future in Japan. The headlines tell a different story, one about a lack of permanent jobs and of a country facing a bit (that’s an understatement)…
Indie-rock project Figure has always been just outside of any indie-pop community in Japan, their music being too claustrophobic and darker-tinged to really slide in next to the various Sarah Records devotees across the country. After what felt like an extended break, Figure has a new album out in September via Sauna Cool, and has…
This isn’t a new revelation, but one worth restating — I tend to avoid writing about Japanese rap music for several reasons (the key one being I just don’t know enough about it to sound remotely smart). This year, though, I’ve reached a dilemma — I’ve written about a lot of artists who rap, but…