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New Texas Pandaa Songs Up, Album Out In June

ByPatrick St. Michel March 31, 2010

Twitter long ago replaced Facebook as my go-to social media, but I’m glad I haven’t abandoned the “Mafia Wars” dappled wasteland just yet. Dream rockers Texas Pandaa (yep, two “a’s”) announced some info regarding their new album via Facebook news feed. The group reveals the album will come out in June after being pushed back a month “due to management stuff.” Yet for the impatient, the band have posted three tracks from the new LP on MySpace. “Suddenly” covers the same vaguely shoegaze rock Texas Pandaa have come to be masters of, but the haunted “Blue Drapes” and surprisingly straightforward (in a great way) bounce of “Down In The Hole” offer up the most excitement here.

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Brinq Teams Up With Antenna Girl For “Lonely Lonely Blue”
ByPatrick St. Michel April 27, 2018

It’s a match made in peppy pop heaven. Brinq and Antenna Girl have both made springy, at-times busy dance-pop over the last couple of years, so seeing the two collaborate on an EP together isn’t too surprising, though it’s also plenty welcome. “Lonely Lonely Blue” offers the first taste of the forthcoming Sayonara EP, and…

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Strayed Thoughts: Fraqsea
ByPatrick St. Michel February 16, 2011

Tokyo’s Fraqsea doesn’t only make music, but she also has amongst other projects provided cover photos for bands like IROTTO+, Shelling and Lemon’s Chair. Her own musical output appropriately isn’t far removed from the groups she snaps pictures for…specifically, the minimal rock of IROTTO and the dreamy swirl-a-thon of Chair…yet whereas those bands make fully…

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New Ytamo: “Human Ocean”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 10, 2016February 10, 2016

Another album to add to the “spring must-listen” list: experimental pop maker Ytamo has a new collection called Mi Wo out in mid March, and Tiny Mix Tapes premiered the first song from it, “Human Ocean,” recently. It’s a bouncy song built from syllables and gooey keyboard notes, everything slowly floating up, new elements caught…

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New Stones Taro: “Insane” EP
ByPatrick St. Michel May 29, 2019

It feels like Stones Taro has been keeping busy in 2019, releasing on all kinds of labels and generally just delivering quality each time. The Insane EP comes from Italy’s Bellissima!, but follows in the footsteps of the tracks he’s put out via Japan’s NC4K. These are slightly loopy house tracks teasing a little bit…

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Sticky: TAAR Featuring Iri “Come Together” And Iri’s “Watashi”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 28, 2017

Turning back towards the ’80s, when it comes to Japanese music, is (or, depending where you stand, still is) the in style. But the areas explored in Japan proper and abroad are very different. Outside of the country, there is a new-found embrace of Japanese ambient and neighboring sounds, highlighted by the recent attention given…

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Twee As…Oh You Know: Lilacs In Bloom
ByPatrick St. Michel June 2, 2010

I should have grown out of indie pop. Just read Nitsuh Abebe’s description of the genre more typically referred to as “twee,” from his wonderful history of the style – “Happy pop geeks in love with all things pretty, listening to seven-inch singles released on tiny labels, writing songs about crushes, and taking a good…

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