New Polysics: “Let’s Dabadaba”
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Watch it above.
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Watch it above.
Barely-there folk artists Predawn will release her first mini-album A Bird In The Hand on June 2nd. It boasts seven songs, and you can hear snippets of each one over at her MySpace. If it’s anything like her Ten Minutes With Predawn EP from last year, expect some rather quiet majesty.
Last year’s Returning saw Carpainter make a big breakthrough with familiar sounds. It’s a strong argument in favor of sticking with a style and seeing what new paths open up over time rather than dashing off into something new and hoping it sticks — Returning saw the producer uncover woozy and emotional new depths to…
On their latest song, Ancient Youth Club shoot for drama, and get it just right. I don’t want to ever put too much stock in the images uploaded alongside songs, but an ending credits roll hints at something potentially cheesy. Yet “Highline Wo Yokokiite” balances it all well. It certainly builds, and isn’t afraid to…
Sometimes Nagoya’s House Of Tapes uncovers melodic beauty in pummeling noise…and sometimes he zooms off into more discombobulated terrain, where the pretty elements only pop up in split-seconds. “Rusty Pop Noise” most certainly falls in the latter, as it is a jarring collection of piano notes and barbed synth, prone to sudden tempo changes and…
Oresama have been kicking around for a few years now, finding success online thanks to close ties to various anime and manga communities. It helps that they make bright, bubbly dance-pop songs, such as 2014’s “Ookami Heart.” Well, they did do that, but late last year they ventured into a smoother, more in vogue territory…
For me, a lot of Japanese rap ends up the missing mark not because artists are taking heavy cues from American artists, but because they forget to build from that base and find their own voice (which, funny enough, is a trapping of artists around the world, and in America too). It doesn’t take long…