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.
Now here’s a way to keep the ’80s vibes going without any bumps — team up with a Swedish producer who has waded just as deep into the sounds of the Reagan years, to the point he has sampled America’s most beloved jellybean connoisseur extensively in song. Tokyo’s Satellite Young teamed up with Stockholm’s Mitch…
Everything I wrote about CUSTOM NOISE earlier in the week basically applies to Sorrys!, so read that to get a general idea of what these guys are up to. I’m not trying to be lazy as much as I’m making peace with the fact a lot of Japanese bands releasing noteworthy music in 2011 all…
While still quite young, Local Visions has stood out among Japan-based labels in 2018 thanks to one of my personal favorite mish-mashes of recent times. They dabble in the same sound and (sigh) aesthetic of internet niche genres such as vaporwave or future funk, but owing to the fact the bulk of artists thus far…
According to MySpace, Hminh’s influences: “Beat Happening, The Magnetic Fields, Minor Threat.” Now, I can hear a little Stephen Merritt in this duo’s indie-pop, and I wouldn’t be shocked if they subscribed to the same DIY philosophies of Minor Threat. But when it comes to Hminh’s actual sound, only the first band listed comes through….
Nagoya trio Sweesweesweets follows a line of synth-loving electro-pop acts with a healthy use of vocal affects, now vanished — not just the wave of artists who emerged after Perfume blew up, but also smaller acts such as Root Thumm and Erectricmole. “Frill” is a swirl of twinkling synthesizer and electrified vocals, everything mixing together…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7UmO7UUvSE”] Well this just seems right. Vivian Girls recently toured Japan, and if bands were actually toddlers, there is no doubt Vivian Girls’ parents would set up a play date with fellow lo-fi rock outfit Puffyshoes. The two groups met up and recorded themselves singing a bit of Puffyshoes’ “Imaginary Lover.” Watch the clip above…