New group Lucky Tapes – fronted by Kai Takahashi – have their debut EP out now, and here’s another taste of the laid-back group’s sound. “In Paris” is an especially Sunday-morning-in-bed-ready song, a slow groover of a number that adds sweet vocal dollops behind Takahashi’s love talk. Listen below.
It’s tough to ignore a band named MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS, but I’ve somehow found a way to do so during my tenure in Japan. No excuses now: the newly three-piece have a video for their new single “ひきずるビート,” and the song is an absolute bulldozer. That extra member paid off, because this track…
So what exactly is this? Black Bass are a musical collective that have been kicking around for a couple years now, hitting a stride in 2018 with the bobbing “Looop.” The constant use of rap hands in that clip might offer a hint where Black Bass see themselves, but the sound isn’t really anything you’d…
Osaka’s Onsen Records returns with Onsen Compilation #3, a relatively quick but solid collection of electronic music featuring a few familiar faces and new names. Label head U-Z takes a stab at “Hip-Hop,” a wobbly number featuring verses from Darrion Parker, while the back half of the comp leans towards instrumental hip-hop cuts, a hit…
Sometimes it really are the gifts that come out of nowhere that end up making the biggest impression on you. I made my list and checked it twice and I can assure you I didn’t ask for a witch house remix of Wham’s! “Last Christmas.” Yet down below you can hear just that, courtesy of…
L.A.H, the self-titled debut album from Tokyo twee-crunk duo Love And Hates, comes out in early December, but you can hear four tracks from HNC and Moe’s (Miila And The Geeks) rappy project now. The concept behind Love And Hates might seem offsetting at first – rap music done by two Japanese women fond of…
Ahead of a few opening gigs with Liima, Noah has shared a new song called “Back.” The usual adjectives apply — sparse, delicate, fragile, etc etc. — but what stands out is the ability for the song to simply stand on its own. Noah’s work to this point has mostly been centered around EPs and…