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.
The band formerly known as DYGL can now be known as the band formerly known as Leather – this Tokyo indie-pop unit has shifted back to their original name (pronounced “day glow”) and to celebrate they’ve released a lovely new number, “Let’s Get Into Your Car.” It’s a driving (heh) number full of chuggin’ guitars…
The go-to trick is to make a peppy sounding song concealing dark lyrics, or at least a few uneasy details among the poppy touches. Tokyo’s Zombie-Chang bobs the other way — her music can sound creepy and exhausted, but the person at the front of every track sounds like she’s having a blast, and that…
There are bound to be even more songs about the summer in the coming months – heck, Japanese indie-pop bands have released enough popsicle-smeared tunes to fill up an album, and we haven’t even hit the rainy season yet – so the novelty should go away pretty quickly, right? Welp, not so with Les Glass…
I missed out on the Osaka leg of Max Tundra’s Japan tour this weekend, opting instead to follow Allstate’s advice and play Jenga. This wallet-conscious move also meant I’d miss out on the opening act, Kyoto-based artist Rei Harakami. I figured he’d be cut out of the mold as Ben Jacobs electro project, all manic…
Another 12 months down, and that means it is time to have some fun and go extra-long for year-end content. Japanese music generally felt either too focused on celebrating the fading days of the Heisei era or on crowning new J-pop superstars for the next generation — or giving us truly left-field viral hits like…
No easing into this EP from Trekkie Trax associate DubbyMaple: Summer Banana opens with chopped-up vocal samples tripping over one another for nearly three minutes, both delirious and akin to tripping down a really long staircase. That playful energy carries over to the rest of the EP, although it isn’t quite as manic afterwards, opting…