This one benefits a lot from seeing tofubeats perform it live last week in Shibuya. His latest digital single doubles as the theme song to TV Tokyo drama Video Girl AI, which is about a woman who pops out of a television to live with some guy. The verses to “Fumetsu No Kokoro” feature a…
Fairly or not, I’ve always associated Antenna Girl with high-energy numbers, of the future-funk variety or otherwise. Yet her latest song casts her in a different light, and one that proves surprisingly fitting. “Mahou No Jyuutan” unfolds as a mid-tempo ballad, putting the emphasis on Antenna Girl’s singing via music that never overtakes her vocals….
The hook for this post was just right there for the taking — Chocoholic gives the world a gift on Valentine’s Day! You can’t get an alley-oop like that everyday. Naturally, her new song came out at the exact moment I’m swamped in work / my brain might literally leak out of my head because…
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…
You don’t need me to tell you the state of media today often feel overwhelming. The Scary Moments series of albums from Wasabi Tapes feel like a nice sonic reflection of this phenomenon, and IV is a welcome addition to it. Like previous entries, it’s a collage set loaded up with video game splatter sounds,…