New Polysics: “Let’s Dabadaba”
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Watch it above.
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Watch it above.
Critical to Yoshino Yoshikawa’s music has always been the depth he brings to his music. His songs feature depth and a lot of clever details that push them out from an internet-centered scene that sometimes does the immediate, overwhelming vibe too much. “Mirage,” the first number to emerge from his forthcoming album Event Horizon via…
Look, I know it’s tough finding a great band name nowadays. Anything with a “the” at the start looks lame, and all the other great band names have been taken. You know how deflated I felt when I discovered a band named Weed Diamond already existed? If I had any musical talent, I’d be crushed….
There’s the very real chance you know Tokyo’s G.Rina best as the voice on Kobe producer tofubeat’s “No.1,” wherein her voice moves in time with the slinky beat to deliver one of the sweeter moments on the often-hectic 2013 CD Lost Decade. Yet she’s much more than a “featured” guest, as this blog focused on…
Featured on the Beautiful Girls Electro compilation CD, THE DIM’s “1, 2 Waltz” above all else recalls Polysics more than anyone else. Just check that goofy Devo-aping keyboard line and dysfunctional beat. That’s not necessarily a compliment – “1, 2 Waltz” sounds like Polysics 2009, when the band’s energy started sounding a little phoned in….
The most upbeat song about hikikomori since the golden days of Dempagumi.inc, for sure, and just an all around great bit of electro-pop courtesy of The Hair Kid, a producer originally from the New York area currently residing in Hyogo Prefecture. “Hikikomori” is a Yasutaka-Nakata-indebted number, featuring big burbling bass and electronically manipulated vocals courtesy…
As usual, a lot of quality songs appeared online over the weekend…here are some of the highlights. — Osaka’s And Vice Versa has been a bit of a busy bee over the last month, releasing a handful of tracks. “Never Told Me” is the latest, and a skeletal one at that — it’s a slow-burning…