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New Masculin: “Ecstasy”

ByPatrick St. Michel March 16, 2012

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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.

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New Pa’s Lam System: “Twiststep”
ByPatrick St. Michel August 18, 2016August 18, 2016

Pa’s Lam System has been one of the…if not the…best electronic producer in Japan for the last five years. The highlights are…pretty insane: “Bit By Bit,” “I’m Coming,” “Like A Lady,” this HyperJuice remix that caused me to spill coffee on my computer once. That nobody in Japan or abroad has gotten them to produce…

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New Boogie Mann: We Turn Up
ByPatrick St. Michel February 1, 2016

I was thinking the other day about the trajectory of musical trends, especially after it was announced Tatsuro Yamashita and Takeuchi Mariya were writing a song for Arashi. It’s a moment that signifies the whole City Pop revival thing has reached a certain peak — not because the sound present on that song is even…

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On Demand: Towa Tei With Yukihiro Takahashi And Kiko Mizuhara, “The Burning Plain”
ByPatrick St. Michel April 25, 2011

Towa Tei’s “The Burning Plain” actually sorta ends up being about…The Burning Plain. “You’ve just set up the DVD/I’ve waited to see it/A movie called The Burning Plain,” pretty directly referencing the 2008 Charlize Theron vehicle, one that didn’t score too highly with Rotten Tomatoes. The rest of the track…featuring Yukihiro Takahasi and Kiko Mizuhara…

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The Harpy’s – “a Lost,” “HER SHE’S” And “Clushed Cake”
ByPatrick St. Michel September 5, 2010

Three new tracks from Tokyo’s The Harpy’s, an all-girls trio who treat assigned band roles with very little regard. Everyone sings over the dusty garage-rock grooves, and the whole affair ends up sounding like a particularly booze-rich jam session. The three new songs dabble in various styles, from straight-ahead rock (“HER SHE’S”) to weirder fare…

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Nobuyuki Sakuma (Jesse Ruins, Cold Name) Starts New Project C V N
ByPatrick St. Michel February 10, 2015

It isn’t really clear if C V N (henceforth CVN) is a new project by Nobuyuki Sakuma of Jesse Ruins, or if he’s possibly rechristening his previous solo outlet Cold Name. Either way, Sakuma has shared three new, disoriented tracks from his new…thing…and it does mark a shift in his solo sound. With Cold Name,…

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New 99 Letters Demo: “NO LADY NO CITIZEN”
ByPatrick St. Michel April 18, 2010June 6, 2017

His debut single drops on April 30, but that hasn’t stopped manic Osaka chiptuner 99 Letters from posting a new demo. The curiously titled “NO LADY NO CITIZEN” features a prominent vocal sample – a dude yelling “go go” over and over again – alongside his trademark pixel carnage. But 99 Letters has a nice…

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