Seiho posted this new song, “So Far,” yesterday, and it is definitely worth your time. It is the first track of his in a while not to feature some sort of mutated vocal sample – here, he just lets his electronics warp themselves around into a really colorful beat. Listen below.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oETuy1KsJMM&hl=en_US&fs=1&] It takes some set of balls to name your band after Buddy Holly’s backing group, so The Crickets score points for daring from the get-go. The five-piece sounds very little like Mr. Holly’s bros though. SparkPlugged and Neaux (side tangent: that pairings the J-music blog equivalent of Nash-To-Stoudemire, totally dope) correctly pegged the sound…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nubsD1L5jH4″] This new cut from the late producer Nujabes recently released album Spiritual State finds rapper Pase Rock going over a suntan-lotion dabbed beat boasting bong percussion and sunset-ready piano. Nujabes’ actual production sounds breezy as a drive down Pacific Coast Highway, only the hard-hitting machine beats distracting from an otherwise floaty bit of work….
Twitter long ago replaced Facebook as my go-to social media, but I’m glad I haven’t abandoned the “Mafia Wars” dappled wasteland just yet. Dream rockers Texas Pandaa (yep, two “a’s”) announced some info regarding their new album via Facebook news feed. The group reveals the album will come out in June after being pushed back…
We are not even one week into 2016, but Osaka band Paellas (formerly, uh, The Paellas) have already dropped the first really good release of the year in their mini-album Remember, which arrived in stores on New Year’s Day. The group first caught our attention with their nocturnal take on indie-pop, early songs such as…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm7do6KPaok”] Second Royal records out of Kyoto seem to be having a busy week, what with two new releases out now. The first seems a bit…uhhh unnecessary. It’s a compilation album, and usually Second Royal kills it with these things, the recent state-of-the-label releases sharing exciting new tunes from old staples and new signings. The…
One of the better releases out of Japan in the last month and a half was Fukuoka-based artist Phuey’s high-energy stomper Triumphant, a diverse collection out of the Yesterday Once More crew. Well, when you have a good thing, better savor it as long as you can…that imprint has now called up some other producers…