New Towa Tei Video: “Alpha”
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Towa Tei keeps things pretttttty simple here.
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Towa Tei keeps things pretttttty simple here.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt7U9Ap7sUI&w=420&h=315] Tokyo’s Taquwami, who has been releasing a steady stream of great music over the past few months, has a new EP out in either July or August (as the YouTube description says, “it’s still up in the air”). He’s put together a preview of the album – called Blurrywonder, which manages to describe…
We’ve officially gone beyond the point of no return when it comes to caring about celebrities and politics, so I’m glad Soutaiseiriron is still out here making songs about the future that aren’t really about anything in particular except for wordplay and semi-absurdist (but not really) imagery. “Neo Future” finds the band dipping into their…
Ryuichi Nakamura has appeared in a lot of indie-pop bands over the last few years — including Batman Winks, Boyish, Easel Easel and several more. And now he’s stepping out for his own project Fragile Flowers. Well, with a little help from his friends. Asylum Piece*, his first release as this project, features a lot…
The artists who benefit the most from best-of compilations tend to be on extreme ends of the output spectrum. Those who create very little over a career benefit from said collections because they act as one-stop listens basically serving as a whole archive. And then there are the prolific acts, such as Boys Age…this pair…
Listening to De De Mouse in 2015 is slightly jarring, because you realize how ahead of the curve he was with his brand of electronic music. And then you listen to his “Satan Disco 999,” a new song from the soon-to-be-released Youth 99 EP, and it sounds very much appropriate for 2015 — finicky electronics,…
Will you happen to be deep in the heart of Texas next year for South By Southwest? I hate you, first off, but secondly there is yet another Japanese band for you to hunt down in Austin – Chatmonchy. That huge banner blocking the MySpace player controls tells you everything you need to know. I’m…