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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Post-Cuz-Me-Pain band Wooman has a new album out next week, and “Sun” hints that they are just a touch more focused this time around. Early releases from this fuzz-accented project embraced a garage-centered playfulness balanced out by some of the shadowy tension of their younger days, with songs feeling seconds away from zipping into chaos….
When Ykiki Beat called it a day, something interesting happened to DYGL. The prior group featured many of the same numbers, and was sort of placed as the mainstream rock effort…whereas DYGL was given space to be more messy around the edges, more garage. But now, with one band done, DYGL takes the spotlight role…
Osaka-based artist Magical Mistakes’ latest album revels in little imperfections. Going by Astro Nautico’s accompanying press for it, his new Cracks In The Surface collection is “inspired by the experience of losing connections with friends and loved ones.” There is certainly something unsettling about the music here, as it frequently skitters and appears ready to…
An appropriately big couple of months coming up for Big Love Records. They’ve got a new release coming soon from Aya Gloomy, and they also have new artist Anna, whose “Electric Dreams” is very sparse and very simple. A very simple melody, accented only by some faint synths and a few trippy wooshes, which allows…
Geez time flies…already June, and that means the June Music Alliance Pact is out. Just in time for the summer we feature Okinawa’s StillSound this month. Check it out! Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the…
Osaka artist Yullippe’s music exists in shadows, her take on industrial electronic music almost always carrying an unnerving sense to it. Her latest, Balle, continues to highlight that aspect of her sound. The title track mixes a pounding beat with a seasick mix of synthesizers, while “Poly” puts an unsettling twist on tropical sounds, any…