Sometimes its the moment not happening that ends up being the most memorable. Universe Nekoko’s “Like A Raspberry” goes for something more delicate, more spacious than some of the band’s more outright shoegaze material. Everything feels near whispered, while the music itself feels barely there, like a light wind grazing over someone walking in the…
Think of this as more an advisory than a usual “yapping about a release” post. The latest release from Tokyo’s Emamouse is maybe their best yet, featuring both some of their loopiest melody runs to date alongside an absolute epic in the album closer. I’ll have more on this one later in the week (look…
We’re firmly in a post-netlabel world. Everything is “internet music” now, and the idea of online as a potential alternative to existing lanes of music has vanished as major players crowd up what seemed like new alternatives. Sure, corners remain for artists to develop their own world, but they are getting blotted out by the…
When Mitsume introduces a fresh sound to their strolling rock, it really comes through clearly. It doesn’t take long into new number “Namerakana Hibi,” from forthcoming album Ghosts, for a new wrinkle to pop up in a song that initially sounds locked-in like so many of the quartet’s previous releases. But then lurking a little…
I recently ate an extremely spicy dinner*, and it fucked me up for at least a day and a half. I’m still not sure my body has truly gotten over it. Anyway, this sensation seemed easy to connect to “Spiceholic,” a seven-minute trance number created by COR!S that I like to imagine was inspired by…