Well, that is almost true. The always herky-jerky Tomodati certainly embraces juke music on his latest song, but he weaves in plenty of other elements too. For one, he approaches the jittery structure as pop, singing over the brisk beat like it is just another piece of music (bringing to mind another recent song). Yet Tomodati also works in acid house squelches, and creates a surprisingly smooth-sounding bit of disruption. Listen above.
One of the best new(ish) names to pop up frequently this year has been Lovely Summer Chan. So far, she’s released a collaborative EP with producer Yoshino Yoshikawa through Maltine Records, joined up with For Tracy Hyde and now collaborated with Uchu Nekoko on one of the better shoegaze songs I’ve heard as of late….
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mImejKvKn4M&hl=en_US&fs=1&] I’m pretty much in full agreement with Neaux when he labels Japanese rapper DELI’s song “Itsumademo” as “WTF.” Everything about this dude and song seems head scratching…Autotune, a video where symbolism comes via someone overfilling various cups, the fact this guy’s named freakin’ DELI. This should just be an e-mail attachment to a message…
Nagoya’s House Of Tapes has been pretty busy in 2017, thus far. He’s established Sleep Jam Records, put out a tour-only album and prepping a release with his other project Swamp Sounds. Yet he still drops songs on to SoundCloud under the House Of Tapes name, such as the fluttery “Rosemary,” which is a “limited…
Main thing to understand with this one — it isn’t all retakes of existing songs from the indie-pop duo Caro Kissa. Only one number, closer “Perfect Dream,” is a re-imagining of an existing number from the group. That makes this short but sweet release all the better though, as listeners get three jaunty new numbers…
Fall is here, and here’s the first Music Alliance Pact of the season. MAP, if you are stumbling across this for the first time, is a monthly feature wherein 30-plus blogs from around the world share one song from their representative country. Make Believe Melodies covers Japan, and this month we put the spotlight on…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dAYNadqeCU”] Versatility in action! Miila And The Geeks recorded a video for “You Don’t Liar,” but instead of reheating bland music video tropes for a quickie, the trio did a special version of the tune…in the kitchen. Using wooden spoons, forks and what appears to be a metal bowl, they cook up (sorry) a cute…