Like I’m not posting an EDM-leaning track that samples Elmer Fudd. Listen above.
Avec Avec knows how to control a dancefloor, but geez this is a banger. Taking cues from Jersey Club music (which is pretty trendy in the indie-ish dance scene right now…see also Pa’s Lam System and DJ WILDPARTY among others), the Osaka producer creates a raucous song featuring chopped-and-pitched vocals, his usual offering of slinky…
I’m not a designer of any sort, so please enjoy this clip art. Something that tends to happen with end-of-the-year lists is writers and publications end up creating narratives for the year that just unfolded. The dominant one for 2014 so far has been “what a horrible year,” which…fair enough, if you followed the news…
Bands wearing schoolgirl uniforms rarely get a second glance from me, so when I saw uniform-clad SCANDAL on the TV show Music Fair this weekend I didn’t pay much attention. While working, though, I realized the song coming out of the television was surprisingly catchy. I looked up and…surprise, SCANDAL. SCANDAL bill themselves as a…
I guess it is Nagoya day on the blog! A Nagoya indie-pop day, at that. The Moments have a new song up on Soundcloud, the drifty “Stay Away.” It’s a straightforward number – guitars rattle off, the vocals deliver ennui-soaked words and the whole thing builds to a very slight but still there release. Simple,…
Tokyo’s LLLL have gone in a lot of directions over the last few years, but a stripped down piano number is a new one. “Sincerely Yours” isn’t purely recital material — a few electronic touches whiz and glow throughout the song — but the emphasis is on piano chords, and it’s a very lovely song…
Being able to get one step ahead of the music that influenced is tricky. Everyone has to start from somewhere, and looking towards the sounds the people who inspired you is a pretty common first step. The challenge, then, is finding a way to jump forward and find your own thing. Electronic duo Lolica Tonica…