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.
Look, I don’t really want to drag the fashion choices of The Cigavettes’ guitarist into a discussion about the group’s single “Ready To Leave” but – when you wear one of those name shirts (ya know, like this) that clearly honors The Beatles in the attached music video, I’m going to go in and make…
OK, I don’t think this has anything to do with the band. Metrotune’s latest instead probably gets its title from the numerous bird samples loitering about, which lend the three-minute track a slight natural touch. Which is welcome, because the rest of “Yardbirds” touches on the same keyboard-created fantasies last year’s “Casio Beach” did, this…
Always up for writing about songs that exist in the current “city pop revival era,” but which actually sound closer to the ’80s style given that name than the more laid-back stuff getting that tag today. Takahiro Miyoshi’s bouncy “Cheap” is a solid bit of mid-tempo throwback rendered through synths I’d expect on the Earthbound…
Electronic outfit Yahyel caught our attention primarily because of the unnerving edge lurking in their music — the way things are bent ever so slightly, or prone for rippling. Yet despite a pretty clear James Blake influence, the group haven’t gone crazy with manipulating their vocals. On previous song, the singing was pretty untouched give…
Intend keeps things soft on “Kyu Ji,” but doesn’t get too quiet over the course of the song. This number, featuring a sparse piano-accented beat, approaches whisper rap, but the MC at the center of it makes sure to prop up her words with a blast of energy to avoid letting it get overly sleepy….
No Music Station this week, so lets close the week with a wee look at an interesting little band. 虫のしらせ are kinda like that group of kids in your college dorm who decide to start their own a capella group, except far less terrible human beings. Mostly, this group (“Notification Bug?”) don’t designate someone as…