New Miii: “Rabbithunt”
Like I’m not posting an EDM-leaning track that samples Elmer Fudd. Listen above.
Like I’m not posting an EDM-leaning track that samples Elmer Fudd. Listen above.
Longtime since hearing from indie-pop project Daisyblue, who return with a new album called Eldorado Reliruleru. The collection is at its strongest with the first two songs, which find Dasyblue plugging away at some tried-and-true formulas. “She Knows” is straight-ahead indie-pop rush, guided by vocals that want to shrink down beneath the song but gather…
Turns out 80kidz aren’t just working on EPs and an album this year…they also threw together a 15-second jingle for Japanese phone giant Docomo. Check it out in all it’s shiny goodness below. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr7bLNhCx9A&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
Western Japan’s beat scene and Los Angeles’ music world have had a lot in common over the last few years, so it seems fitting that there has been a bit of collaboration between artists from both sides. The latest comes via Twin Capital’s first installment in a new “Los Angeles X Asia collaborative series,” and…
Who is next? Boogie Mann has been around in Japan’s juke community, even offering something approaching mainstream awareness a couple years back. But now here is a chance for more international exposure, via Traxman’s label Tekk DJZ. Who Is Next offers four sturdy tracks showcasing one of the Japanese scene’s most vital creators. The title…
Hiroshima’s CRZKNY comes up often around here, but mostly for his political, unfortunately relevant work with the Atomic Bomb Compilation series. He’s great in this mode, but dude can also just get down and filthy when he needs to. Every radical needs to let off steam, and Coke, Shitlife… is the juke producer cutting loose….
The current generation of rock bands getting looks from the mainstream — Suchmos, Never Young Beach Yogee New Waves among others — offer up a positive outlook on the future in Japan. The headlines tell a different story, one about a lack of permanent jobs and of a country facing a bit (that’s an understatement)…