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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Oyubi flexes a bit of range on newest song “Dark Bedroom.” The young producer has earned a lot of looks thanks to their take on Chicago-born juke music in the last couple of years, but for this post-midnight number they jump across the pond and take cues from British 2-step. “Dark Bedroom” drifts between intimidating…
A quick check in from Tokyo’s White Wear, one of the artists falling under the CUZ ME PAIN umbrella. And it is a brief check in with “A Witness,” a just-over two minutes featuring a distorted vocal sample, some clattering and a general atmosphere of unease. Listen above.
Twitter long ago replaced Facebook as my go-to social media, but I’m glad I haven’t abandoned the “Mafia Wars” dappled wasteland just yet. Dream rockers Texas Pandaa (yep, two “a’s”) announced some info regarding their new album via Facebook news feed. The group reveals the album will come out in June after being pushed back…
As the song title indicates, this one comes a bit late…summer ended a while ago and I’m currently sitting in my apartment wearing a jacket. Yet Aonuma’s “Summer Ends” sounds swell even in the middle of November, so let’s give it some praise before the heater goes on. Powered by those big bright keyboard exhales,…
When I first came to Japan, almost five years ago (damn), I would go to random shows in Osaka. Just…look over venue’s homepages, click a few links to MySpace, and then say “fuck it” and head out to the event despite knowing very little about the artists playing and even less of the language. One…
The thing about Especia is…they still sound like Especia. The group’s actual structure changed radically this year — an idol group being transformed into a more…focused? What’s the opposite of idol?… trio shedding the idol tag, featuring a new member. They basically became brand new, reflected in a new visual style that rejects A E…