New Polysics: “Let’s Dabadaba”
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Watch it above.
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Watch it above.
Sweet, sweet Kansai-region indie-pop disco strut. Courtesy of Post Modern Team, who remain one of the better twee-leaning acts in the country at crafting really catchy music…the sort that sneaks into your head and refuses to leave. “Listen In The Time” could probably drop the guitar solo, but it does make a nice breather between…
Just in time for the supermoon yesterday, Japan’s premier indie electronic compilation series Fogpak returns with volume 17, boasting a theme of “moon.” As usual, the folks behind the collection put the spotlight on rising producers from across Japan — and around the globe — with this edition featuring plenty of highlights. In general, #17…
Aira Mitsuki is making up for lost time. She released the cryptic (but ultimately accurate) album I’ll Be Back in 2013 and…sort of went away, no new music appearing from her for a couple of years. But since late last year, she’s been releasing new singles. First came “Lightsaver” and then the EDM-tinged “Animo!” two…
1. The first time I talked to Erik Luebs…who records under the name Magical Mistakes, it was for an article about INNIT, the party he and several other electronic producers (Seiho, And Vice Versa, MFP and more) were throwing in Osaka. At the time, he lived on Kyushu, Japan’s Western most island,so I asked him…
Here’s a new slice of lo-fi pop (listen to that tape hiss!) from Super VHS. “Remember The Night” inspires me to bust out one of the most dreaded words in music writing recently – nostalgic. The bedroom-recording techniques, the fact the vocals sort of ripple underneath the music and that the whole song reminds me…
Despite raking up an impressive amount of references in Super Smash Brothers, Nintendo’s EarthBound rarely gets blessed with the legendary status a video game of its status deserves. If my mind recalls correctly, Nintendo Power ranked EarthBound somewhere in the 50s or 60s of its “Greatest Nintendo Games Of All-Time List,” well behind a slew…