Lovely Summer Chan just released this as a single, and it’s a big one. Far bigger than the bedroom dream title implies — “Bedroom No Yume” is a charging number anchored by a big, wordless chorus. It has more in common with her work in For Tracy Hyde or even her collaborations with Uchu Nekoko than previous solo efforts, yet on “Bedroom No Yume” delivers a big, confident mission statement. Listen above.
Things “Jeux Interdits” reminds me of, at least upon listening to it at 11:30 at night while slightly sleep: – The body slowly melting down into a rubbery liquid, but being totally aware of the process. – A college lecture in a burning church, but better than that sounds. – The slow crumbling of society,…
New single from one of the many electro-pop artists who got a stab at the mainstream in the wake of Perfume’s landscape-shifting album GAME…and one of the many to recede from the spotlight and end up on some tiny imprint once the market decided they only really wanted one future-pop group bumrushing the charts. Which…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7UmO7UUvSE”] Well this just seems right. Vivian Girls recently toured Japan, and if bands were actually toddlers, there is no doubt Vivian Girls’ parents would set up a play date with fellow lo-fi rock outfit Puffyshoes. The two groups met up and recorded themselves singing a bit of Puffyshoes’ “Imaginary Lover.” Watch the clip above…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4aXZ-NaSgk”] Dance music for ghosts, right here. AAPS find a nice little groove within the misty confines of “Invisible Sophisticated,” their latest song and video combo (watch above). For a split second it looks the mysterious project might embrace full-on, floor-filling music by ushering in a big stomach-punch beat and a piano line that wouldn’t…
This one was expected, seeing as Taquwami has shared the two songs making up this release, but here it is. Highly recommended, as Taquwami gets a touch more epic with his music and the end result is a wavy journey. Get it here, or listen below. Aj Mo Ka / Ka Ao Um by Taquwami
One of the bands making up the Good On The Dance Floor collective written about the other day, Nu clear classmate describe their music as “suicide pop.” They elaborate on this by stating “dark dry guitar sound meets….feminine sweet melody.” Close, but that paints the vocal performance a little too brightly – the singing is…