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New The Beauty: “Littlebig”

ByPatrick St. Michel November 21, 2011

This one snuck out a couple weeks ago, but since we mark out for anything CUZ ME PAIN related in this corner of the Internet (with good reason!) let’s highlight the latest from The Beauty. “Littlebig” finds The Beauty continually pushing into more overt dance territory…the track gets slapped with the “disco” tag on Bandcamp…and mostly does away with the subtle darkness defining a large chunk of the label’s work and The Beauty’s recent “Fifth Regret.” A bright, glowing dance track. Listen below.

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New Frasco: “Dramatic”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 22, 2018

Duo Frasco keep up their prolific pace in 2018 with “Dramatic,” their latest digital single. And like the numbers before it, “Dramatic” finds them shifting things up ever so slightly, highlighting the pair’s ability to bring in various elements under a funk-pop umbrella. “Dramatic” features a pronounced electronic bounce, which gives it extra force than…

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Island Update: Okinawa Electric Girl Saya’s Discord
ByPatrick St. Michel February 4, 2019

I will not pretend to know much about traditional Okinawan music, and cop to having pulled up the Wikipedia page for the central song covered on Okinawa Electric Girl Saya’s Discord release on Terminal Explosion. Despite my lack of knowledge regarding it, there’s something very endearing about the young electronic artist warping a familiar island…

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Lumine Ikebukuro — A Specific Branch Of A Department Store — Shares Playlist Featuring Utae, AAAMYYY And Machina Among Others
ByPatrick St. Michel October 10, 2018

The real hook here is that Lumine Ikebukuro — a specific branch of a series of department stores in Japan — has its own SoundCloud page. Late capitalism, what a trip! But hey, that’s 2018 for you, and if a place selling handbags and shiny shoes wants to recruit promising young women artists from Tokyo’s…

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New Stones Taro: “You Are (M)”
ByPatrick St. Michel January 19, 2019

Kyoto’s Stones Taro has turned the past into their playground over the last two years. “You Are (M)” moves away from the blunted territory of “lo-fi house” in favor of a jungle number that allows the edges to blur a bit, a seeming nod to the glory days now well gone by (that, presumably, Stones…

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Fast, Bright Trip: Oresama’s “Hi-Fi Train”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 14, 2018

Oresama have been kicking around for a few years now, finding success online thanks to close ties to various anime and manga communities. It helps that they make bright, bubbly dance-pop songs, such as 2014’s “Ookami Heart.” Well, they did do that, but late last year they ventured into a smoother, more in vogue territory…

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New Boys Age: “Dēmiourgos”
ByPatrick St. Michel June 18, 2017

I’ve been waiting for the actual album to drop, but Boys Age’s “Dēmiourgos” is so pretty and fragile that, hey, might as well wait a little bit until New World Pregnancy emerges. It has been a while since checking in on the group, and true to their spirit, Boys Age remain adept at introducing strange,…

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