99 Letters recently put up a new album of his spastic chiptune music for free over at his blog. It’s a big download, but completely worth the half-hour wait. Booon! shows why 99 Letters frequently pops up on this blog, as his Gameboy-clatter easily morphs song to song from chaotic dance music to rave-esque to…
Now-a-duo 80kidz have a short preview of a new song titled “Spoiled Boy” runnin’ over at MySpace. The track features CSS frontlady Lovefoxx on vocal duty, at one point imitating a man. Save for that hiccup, this sounds like a promising track. “Spoiled Boy” will be featured on an upcoming compilation disc that features Doraemon…
Considering the two people performing live as HNC Saturday night at Flake Records in Osaka also make up the twee-crunk duo Love And Hates, I went into the (free!) show expecting the same sort of goofy chaos I’d witnessed several months ago. Color me surprised: HNC knows how to keep their alter-egos in check, and…
Is it too early to start talking about “labels to watch in 2010?” If not, I present the cassette-only (OK, they also plan on putting out 8-tracks) label Scotch Tapes for your consideration. They have a heck-of-a-lotta bands on their roster and recently got mentioned on Gorilla Vs. Bear. For this blog’s purposes, Scotch Tapes…
Nagoya rockers Soulkids will ring in the new decade by dropping a new single on Jan. 20, titled “アネモネ” (translates to “Anemone,” Japanese class paying off). The band has posted a snippet of the track online, and it’s a nice little guitar-centric track. Not much there, but something to get excited by.