The Trekkie Trax gang have been keeping busy, and thankfully they made sure “releasing new songs onto SoundCloud” remained one of the collective’s mission. Seimei & Taimei’s “Orion” is a fizzy dance track, one that swerves through several high-energy passages, but is always lithe. Listen below.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4JI5f7nWQg&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Cosmic Home solely shine because of their singing. It isn’t that the duo lack good beats or a great music video – the rinky-dink electronics do their job despite sounding a bit too Wii start-up menu, and the five-minute clip certainly charms. Yet those two elements of “まばたき” pail in comparison to Cosmic Home’s…
Even the cuddliest songs can go harder than their teddy-bear-soft image applies. Producer Tomggg, who has released some solid releases via various Japanese netlabels and teamed up with Canadian artist Ryan Hemsworth last year, uses big candy-apple synths and sweetly sung vocals courtesy of Tsvaci on “Butter Sugar Cream” (which…that name plays into the cuddly…
Curse you Tuesday Japanese class! If it weren’t for you and your “I’m just trying to help you learn the language of the country you live in,” I could be a totally irresponsible 20-something and check out the inexplicably lowercased your gold, my pink. A relatively new four-piece (released their first E.P. last December), this…
Do you ever find yourself sitting in a coffee shop, just staring out the window at the neighborhood in front of you, kind of dazing off and ignoring all the stuff you really should be dealing with? Tokyo trio Baby Fire’s “Water” is an optimal soundtrack for just this, as it is an indie-pop number…
Now-a-duo 80kidz have a short preview of a new song titled “Spoiled Boy” runnin’ over at MySpace. The track features CSS frontlady Lovefoxx on vocal duty, at one point imitating a man. Save for that hiccup, this sounds like a promising track. “Spoiled Boy” will be featured on an upcoming compilation disc that features Doraemon…
Check out my review of Friends’ Let’s Get Together Again in today’s Japan Times. Read it here. Good album! Also, expect a a bit more about Friends later today…wish it was Friday so I could go for the alliteration but alas!