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Summer Sonic Announces First Batch Of Performers: Odd Future, Deerhunter, Primal Scream, Suede And A Whole Bunch Of Shit Artists
So Summer Sonic went and released the first batch of performers for this year’s festival, which you might recall happens over two days in Osaka and Tokyo. Let’s break this down shall we. – Whoa, this one is interesting. Los Angeles rap clan OFWGKTA or better known as Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All…
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Tokyo-based DJ Baroque’s first single “Down/Midnight Muscle” drops Oct. 30. The two tracks are available now on his MySpace page, though. “Down” skitters all around, while “Midnight Muscle” sticks to a rather, ahem, muscular beat during its run time. A pair of good dance tracks to start your week off right.
Off-Balance Teamwork: Mirai:mi’s “2014th Years Girl”
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New Sugar ‘N’ Spice: “Goldenblack”
This one has been floating around since the start of February, but I just got around to listening to it. Osaka rockers Sugar ‘N’ Spice debuted a new song live recently, called “Goldenblack.” It finds the band really driving home there “rock and roll” mindset, recalling Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” with it’s main guitar line….
Writing About Turntable Films And Predawn (And Others) For The Japan Times
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…