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.
One of my stronger memories of the past year was seeing Group2 play a show at Ebisu’s Batica venue, and just completely stealing the show. The four-piece band delivered a frantic, unpredictable and above-all-else fun show, one that made me completely forget whatever came after (sorry whoever came after). That group will release their first…
The latest full-length release from Osaka label Day Tripper Records is a fragile affair. The imprint, responsible for releasing 2012 highlights by the likes of Seiho, MFP and And Vice Versa, now offers up an album by Tokyo producer Leggysalad, Verde Planedeto. Two tracks, “Reunion” and “Sleeping Beauty,” can be heard now at Day Tripper’s…
A challenge I’ve personally felt as of late is trying to find a balance between new music — you know, the daily “what new thing is new artist doing now, that is new” — and those pockets of sound that exist outside of any narrative, but are thrilling even without a hook. Nagoya’s Bicco Beat…
This month’s Music Alliance Pact, wherein over 30 blogs from around the world share great music, struck me as especially difficult. I chose one of my favorite artists of the year so far, Occult You a.k.a. Taquwami, but narrowing it down to just one song proved difficult. After a long listening session, I opted for…
On his Twitter account, cartoony producer De De Mouse has described his new Faraway Girl EP as feeling “like traditional Japanese summer,” which is a very specific description. He didn’t write “traditional Japanese summer music” – I originally put that in assuming that is what he said – but just a general seasonal feel, one…
Let’s not let little details like “the event this EP exists to promote happened several days ago” stop us from listening to a new set of minimalist juke tunes from Foodman. The 813 EP features some of his most bare-bones material in a few months, the producer making the most out of as little as…