New Miii: “Rabbithunt”
Like I’m not posting an EDM-leaning track that samples Elmer Fudd. Listen above.
Similar Posts
New N. Brennan: Scary Moments III
Not quite a yearly tradition…Scary Moments II came out in January 2015…but welcome all the less. Following a year that wasn’t just triumphant for the label itself, but also one where the imprint’s hi-def approach to unnerving sound seemed especially persistent across Japanese music, Wasabit Tapes shared N. Brennan’s Scary Moments III, a slow-creep of…
New Cor!s: “Tenkou Majyo”
Cor!s has mostly appeared on the pages of this site as one half of KiWi, but she’s done a lot outside of that vaguely The Addams Family themed outfit. And now she has a new song, titled “Tenkou Majyo,” to share. There are parallels to draw with KiWi — the piano and drum melody, along…
New Baby Fire: “Seoul”
Tokyo indie-pop unit Baby Fire is back with “Seoul,” a skip-ready number nudged forward by an acoustic guitar melody and breezy drum beat. The backdrop is pleasant, but primarily works because it allows vocalist/guitarist Akko’s singing to be the highlight, and she turns in a strong performance. Her voice hits the right balance of melancholy…
New Nemui PJ (Noah And Kidkanevil): “Pockets”
On their own, Japanese artist Noah and England’s Kidkanevil create their own dreamy worlds in music, the prior favoring silence and the latter leaning more towards an innocent electronic sound (see 2015’s My Little Ghost). Together, as Nemui PJ, they venture into an area that is still just as private…but much, much stranger, the sleep-ready…
New Tofubeats: “Stakeholder”
Kobe’s Tofubeats is a child of the internet, and the EPs and albums he’s released thus far in his career…both as bedroom uploader and major-label signing…have reflected this attention-deprived upbringing, one where you are always a “related video” away from falling down some new hole. His full-lengths jump all over the place, zipping from synth…
Hip Hop?! THE BLACK JACKET
I’ve been trying to find decent Japanese hip hop for a long-ass time now, but it’s no easy task despite the genre sorta sitting out in the open. The mainstream music establishment doesn’t embrace hip hop as much as they try to appropriate, giving artists songs with some light rhyming or maybe throw a turntable…