This bubbly beat comes courtesy of Tokyo’s Yuichi Nagao, and it is a nice bleep-blooper full of bouncy details (the way those synths intersect with one another! how hopeful this sounds!) and just a fun little groover. Listen below.
Note: This video will probably be taken down really quickly. The video for “Kira Kira Killer” debuted on Space Shower TV, but the folks at Warner Bros. Japan have yet to upload a version of it to YouTube…so here is an unofficial one! The concept here – Kyary dies, and goes to the afterlife (I…
Collective AR30 always finds a way to put together seasonal compilations that end up being suitable for their respective months — or at least make said period of time a touch more enjoyable. Winter Compilation 2018 gives this cold stretch of the year a nice, woozy soundtrack with enough action to keep bodies warm. Yuichi…
Rising pop singer Yun*Chi is a fan of netlabels, and that fact comes through especially clear on her latest single “Wonderful Wonder World,” which features one song produced by Maltine act bo en (and hey, she’s had Avec Avec remix in the past so…). She’s probably happy Trekkie Trax wunderkind Carpainter remixed the aforementioned single…
Here’s a new video from Chabe (who records as Cubismo Grafico and fronts Cubismo Grafico Five), for a song from his album last year. “Rewind (Holiday 91)” was one of the laid-back highlights of Me., which was this blog’s choice for the 23rd best album of 2011. Watch above.
Based on the relative newness and sparseness of Summer Guitar Camp, I don’t think it’s too ridiculous to speculate this artist/band might just exist to write a perfect summer jam. Like an old NBA player turning into a mercenary and signing up for one more year exclusively to nab a ring (Karl Malone?), Summer Guitar…
FOND MEMORY: I spent six months living in Osaka a few years ago, and it was mostly wasted time. I worked, maybe went to the gym, wandered around a bit and maybe ordered a pizza. Despite being in a big city, I didn’t do much. I did go to a local music festival once, mainly…