Excuses are boring, but I’ve had a really fucked up elbow issue over the last couple of days, so no posts. Still hurts a lot, but here’s a post fighting through the pain. Hokkaido’s Qrion just released a new EP — well, more like a small physical release gathering various songs she’s released before in…
The ’80s…or at least sounds heavily inspired by the ’80s…are never going away. So let’s embrace the artists who know how to capture shiny wonder in all its glistening beauty? Last year’s Schau=Essen 2 did the neon-soaked sound well it landed in our top-15 albums list, and now here comes the latest in the series,…
Editor’s Note: Hello, long time no see! After a break from blogging due to family issues, I’m starting up, though it might still be infrequent. Thanks for your continued support. Hiroshima juke producer CRZKNY has been political since the very start of the decade, kicking back at Japan’s nuclear power industry and the government in…
About one year ago, the mysterious lo-fi artist She Talks Silence released her debut album Noise & Novels, a monochromatic sonic snapshot of solitude that ended up being our favorite record of 2010. Needless to say, we now wait anxiously giddy like kids on December 20 for the arrival of her follow-up, the six-track Some…
Summer 2016 has found Chelmico embracing the season in a way they weren’t one year ago. Back in 2015, the rap duo made their first splash on the scene via a sax-ed-out number and then a rapid-fire bop owing a lot to Jersey Club and netlabels. But so far this year, they’ve teamed up with…
One of the better stories to come out of the Japanese music landscape in 2010…especially from the Osaka scene, represent…would be bouncy outfit Ice Cream Shout getting some blog traction for the tune “Tattooed Tears.” This came with some bonus treats – the group’s 2009 album got some attention from blogs, and the various side…