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….
The past year has seen so many of the vaunted indie bands of the last few years call it a day, I’m not on a perpetual watch for the next group who used to play 2:30 a.m. sets in Shibuya in 2013 to call it quits (and continue to confirm I’m getting old). Well, thank…
Credit to KiWi — they gave a deadline to listen to their latest song “Uso,” which turns out to be a great motivating force to write up a blog post you’ve been meaning to get around to for a few days now. “Uso” is scheduled to go away…I think?…tomorrow, so give the latest bit of…
Friday means weekend means relaxation means sleep means extra energy means PARTY TIME or something like that at least. If your plans for the next two (three?) days look anything like that mess of words above, this new Hoshina Anniversary track “Go Go” might help prepare you for the thrills awaiting future you. Like his…
Poemcore always felt like it was one or two artists away from developing into a full-fledged micro-movement in the Japanese underground. But it never really formed into something solid to build around, probably peaking with…a virtual YouTuber? That’s all good though, and it has allowed an artist like Tamana Ramen to go off and do…
Indie-pop netlabel Ano(t)raks has been pretty focused on one thing so far in 2014 – a band called Shin Rizumu. Their past two releases – and only two of the year up until today – have been easy-breezy affairs from that group, completely pleasant listens that whiz by and don’t leave much of an impression…
The rise of “Soundcloud rap” as primary inspiration for a certain corner of young Japanese rappers has been a mixed bag. For my taste, it has worked out much better than every other new artist trying really hard to be Future and failing, but it still has a pretty high miss rate in general, with…