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New Koeosaeme: “Obanikeshi”

ByPatrick St. Michel May 26, 2019

Part of me just wants to note that there’s a song called “Meat Texture” on this album that is pretty much that, and call this post finished. Koeosaeme’s latest album accomplishes more than just offering up the sonic equivalent of squishing some chuck in your hands, but this textural approach to music has helped push…

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New Pictured Resort: “Someday”

ByPatrick St. Michel May 24, 2019

Pictured Resort return with a new album titled Pictured Resort on July 3, and they are setting the summer mood a little early with advance peak “Someday.” The band bolster their breezy rock with a little more bluster, clearest through the inclusion of some guitar lines going all Tears For Fears. The coastal pace remains,…

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New Tamana Ramen: “Yawarakai”

ByPatrick St. Michel May 23, 2019

The success of “Yawarakai” isn’t so much in the fact rapper Tamana Ramen sounds sadder or downtrodden, but rather how the music backing her up allows her to play around with the mood. Moving in the same direction as many of her peers in a new Japanese rap community, Tamana Ramen embraces guitar playing better…

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New Paellas: “Horizon”
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New Paellas: “Horizon”

ByPatrick St. Michel May 23, 2019

First off, let’s acknowledge how strange it is to see Paellas prepping for an album on Universal Music. Perhaps I’m just getting weepy with this blog’s tenth anniversary coming in the near future, but seeing them go from playing 4 a.m. at a tiny Shibuya venue to this is pretty cool! Paellas have locked on…

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Choppy Waters: Akitoshi Ito’s “Waves”
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Choppy Waters: Akitoshi Ito’s “Waves”

ByPatrick St. Michel May 22, 2019

Maybe one day I’ll indulge myself and make a hierarchy of things in music that just get me going, but pretty high up on that list would be “singing run through electronic/digital filters and/or other technology to make it sound less human (or, at least, more interesting). New Sheena Ringo…great the moment she starts singing…

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