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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[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/38567939 w=400&h=225] ECSTASY from masculin on Vimeo. I’m still at SXSW, destroying my legs from walking and arteries from BBQ, but check out this new video for CUZ ME PAIN artist Masculin’s “Ecstasy.” OK, time to go out the door.
FNCY makes nostalgia seem so natural. The trio of Zen-La-Rock, G-Rina and Chinza Dopeness has largely turned throwback hip-pop ideas into tag-team successes, as recently as this past January. Latest single “DRVN’” still nods to the past, but strips the sound back in favor of a cool West Coast breezer of a beat (produced by…
I gushed about TalkingCity1994, OMEGABOY’s band project, yesterday. He’s been keeping just as busy on the solo front too, releasing two new songs in the past few days. The latest, “To Night,” finds the Osaka producer wiping the dusty 80’s vibes off of his sound in favor of more straightforward dance stuff. Makes sense, considering…
Miles Apart Records has been doing a series of special, limited-run cassette releases over the past few months, called the Cassette Tapes Club. All of the releases are worth listening to if you are in the market for guitar-driven indie pop done solidly…let us take a moment to appreciate the Internet, turning small-run cassettes into…
Especia – Secret Jive by tubesoda 1. The first taste of Especia’s major-label debut left me on the fence, but in all honesty my real feelings became clear soon after. I haven’t listened to or watched the video for “We Are Especia ~ Naki Nagara Video” once since that first post. Considering all of the…
Plenty of bands all over Japan try to mimic the Brit-rock sound that dominated the entirety of the Oughts and still sorta do. It’s a very vague style, probably best summed up as “trying to sound like that first Bloc Party album” featuring mainly guitars, though a few brave souls dragged synths into the mix…