When you read this, I will probably be in an airplane heading back to Japan. Thus, posts are still gonna’ be a little sporadic. Anyway, here is a new one from Madegg called “Float Ring.” Listen below!
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The trajectory of all things “kawaii” follows a predictable route. Anything tagged as such is embraced initially, both by artists and fans, who flock to all things pastel and bubbly and somewhat unsettling in their radiance. Then, as all trends do, everyone associated with whatever the “kawaii” field are get uneasy about it, and try…
Today in The Japan Times, you can check out a story I wrote about Turntable Films, Predawn and a host of other exciting folk-leaning artists in Japan today. I’ll let the article do the talking. Since we are here, let me give a rapid-fire review of Yellow Yesterday, Turntable Film’s proper debut album. It’s really…
Barely-there folk artists Predawn will release her first mini-album A Bird In The Hand on June 2nd. It boasts seven songs, and you can hear snippets of each one over at her MySpace. If it’s anything like her Ten Minutes With Predawn EP from last year, expect some rather quiet majesty.
Geez, did everyone just go and decide to release new music this weekend??? Nagoya’s The Moments were one of the first bands to excite us about the possibilities of the burgeoning Japanese indie-pop scene…which is always there, but seemed extra exciting around this time about two years ago…and one that has been mostly quiet since…
Toyomu (or TOYOMU, probably should make a style guide for this blog) has been having himself quite a busy year. Souda, Kyoto is his fourth release of 2016, and that’s on top of live shows as far West as Tokyo (and not to mention that media attention). If each work of his has had a…
You thought 80kidz had a busy 2009…wait until you see this year’s itinerary. Constant touring aside, the electro duo plans on releasing three EPs starting with the Voice EP that popped onto iTunes this Wednesday. The blog post announcing it also hints at the possibility of their second album dropping this year. For now, we…