Look, I’m watching the second half of this Japan-Colombia World Cup game and it is stupid stressful, here is a new song from Osaka’s Soleil Soleil, it’s good. Back to sitting all scrunched up like seeing if Japan can score two goals….
Hashtags in album titles? What a world, I tell ya. Via Trekkie Trax, the trio of Blacklolita, Oshirijima and Ryuki Miyamoto have teamed up for #LΛNCHR, a high-energy set that starts off with each contributor sharing a solo number. Those veer towards the uptempo sort of track one would expect from a Trekkie Trax release,…
Is describing a band’s music as “like The Strokes” still a no-no? Tokyo’s The New House sound a lot like The Strokes, or at least they possess those garage-rock qualities everyone loved back at the start of the decade. Heck, one of their tracks (“Social Evils and a Potato (Hamon Mix)”) sounds like it might…
Producer Amunoa excels at turning small moments into anthems. “Smmr” is poised as, well, a summer jam from the frantic artist, featuring a warm disco vibe and some sweltering synth work. The real hook of “Smmr” is the vocal snippet rippling throughout — it sounds like it was recorded through a talk box, but rather…
Well, sort of. Tokyo’s Lycoriscoris’ newest song certainly starts out in a way deserving of its title, a stuttering beat decorated with various chimes and a bit of electronic noise worthy of the IDM tag. But then the intensity picks up significantly, Lycoriscoris creating a drama (and, at moments, abrasive atmosphere) that kicks at “Lush.”…
Last year’s Lick The Star E.P. showcased Nu Clear Classmate not as an up-and-coming buzz band bloggers should check in with when a full-length dropping, but as a group with a fully-formed sound all their own. In just under 20 minutes the Tokyo duo breathed legitimacy into the idea of “suicide pop,” a phrase coined…
Japanese indie legends Bloodthirsty Butcher’s take things one frame at a time in the video for “OCEAN,” the first single from there (to this point unknown to me) new album out next week (!). Who says Tuesday has no good surprises? The video focuses on one doll taking his craft-store-and-bed-ridden buddy out on a wild…