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.
Few electronic artists in Japan deliver consistency quite like Dubb Parade. But Anthesis features a few new wrinkles to his approach — primarily, the producer brings in guest vocalists to add a human touch to his works. The highlight is the first song, “Jellyfish,” featuring indie-pop outfit Caro Kissa. This is the closest Dubb Parade…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfidGggo9JE”] Korea ha-ha duo DOZ have a single coming out on Avex of all places, and it’s a comedy track with a very simple premise. The dudes repeat the phrase “arigatou gojyaimasu” (also the title of the song) along with a few “sumimasens” thrown in for good measure and say said words in funny ways….
This blog is never going to be completely over the end of Especia, even if by their final formation they were basically an entirely different group (albeit with at least a few solid numbers). While we eternally pour one out for the project responsible for idol masterpiece Gusto though, let’s not nostalgia for…uhhhh, 2013 obscure…
Kanagawa prefecture has been having a moment. Many of the most buzzed-about young artists of the last few years have hailed from the area just south of Tokyo. Thank demographic shifts for that, but it’s given a lot of Japanese music a relaxed, coastal vibe reflecting a growing interest in…well, relaxed, semi-coastal living. Not every…
If you like heartfelt longing coated in a bunch of synths, Give Me Wallets are the group for you. They have a new album on the horizon, and “In My Dreams” gives a good preview of what to expect. It`s sparkly and bright, the group giving very little room for silence, every second full of…
It’s one of the most uninspiring names Ive ever heard while doing this blog – Sound Image, a title that seems so matter-of-fact it seems only a few pegs up from naming your project “Music Project.” Coupled with a near-complete lack of information, Sound Image is the sort of musical entity you see on your…