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.
Osaka indie-pop outfit Wallflower posted a cover of The Field Mice’s “This Love Is Not Wrong” online over the weekend, and its definitely worth taking a listen to. For the most part, Wallflower’s take on the track doesn’t break new ground – something something jangle something something twee – save for the vocals. Whereas The…
Love And Hates released so much new material near the end of 2009 I thought I’d never be able to keep up. Then January rolled along and as we tore off the first page from our new “Dilbert-A-Day” calendars, and the twee-core rap duo suddenly became surprisingly mute. A few songs made their way online…
There’s probably a timeline where tofubeats spends the majority of his career working behind the scenes to create top-notch J-pop, while also having a lesser-known solo thing too. Plenty of folks have done that in history! But he’s starting to go down a path closer to Tetsuya Komuro, wherein his own projects get the spotlight…
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…
Short: Gahhhhhhhhhh can this EP come out already, this is destorying me. Long(er): Every taste of the Moyas EP Taquwami shares, the more I want to hear the whole damn thing. He’s taking his time — and in an age where it is easy to just chuck up a bunch of demos and see what…
I’ll cop to being really into this particular sound and atmosphere right now — a faded take on dance, one that gets labelled all sorts of things but sticks out for just sounding good. Producer Kei Toriki’s “Blue2” is a good example of everything that sticks with me regarding this style. It bounces along, every…