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.
It’s hard not to have spit-second hesitation about hitting play on a song called “Datboi” in the year 2016, as something seemingly based off a meme could only be bad, right? Luckily, producer Bruno Uesugi’s “Datboi” avoids anything goofy — frog croaks line the song, but ultimately offer atmosphere over lolz, while if you really…
Make Believe Melodies failed to cover the last two songs Sleet Mage appeared on, and we regret this error. That’s amplified by this being year-end season, which means going through all of 2018’s releases and seeing how what Sleet Mage does so well is lacking in…so much other Japanese rap. While the Sapporo artist’s reference…
Plug in to social media, look for posts about Tokyo and you are almost certain to find photos of comparing the metropolis to the dystopian Los Angeles from the film Blade Runner. It’s an epidemic. What all these snapshots fail to do — besides add any depth to the city beyond “wow purple neon!” —…
Look, I’m not sure I have anything fresh to say about Yunomi or Nicamoq…let alone Yunomi and Nicamoq…as the producer releases songs at a quick pace, and they are always the same hyper-colorful, high-level quality. “Indoor Kei Nara Trackmaker” is the latest bit of cuddly EDM-pop the pair have created, and just the latest argument…
Always open to more squiggly electro-pop units entering the Japanese indie music fray, and thankfully the Tokyo duo Kamisama Club bring their best with the bouncy “Onegai Temple.” The pair craft a fidgety backdrop — one that opens quite serenely, with chimes and a few electronic warbles, but soon bursts into a synth-charged skip featuring…
Shonen Knife have every right to phone it in. They’ve been active since 1981 – geez – and have gotten global attention. They reduced Kurt Cobain to being a hyperactive fanboy. They soldier on, though, and have a new album out soon, and here’s the first taste of it. “Bad Luck Song” is a relatively…