The Fader premiered this remix Hokkaido producer Qrion did of Skylar Spence’s “Affairs,” and it’s a good one! Qrion takes the skippy original and slows it down a bit, playing up a drama that was already present in the original (similar to what she’s done with How To Dress Well in the past). It’s a slow burner. Listen above.
Credit to KiWi — they gave a deadline to listen to their latest song “Uso,” which turns out to be a great motivating force to write up a blog post you’ve been meaning to get around to for a few days now. “Uso” is scheduled to go away…I think?…tomorrow, so give the latest bit of…
Watching younger electronic producers who have been kicking around Japan’s community for the last couple of years come up to something a touch bigger is always nice — especially when the music that comes out of it offers something exciting alongside the status boost. Little Dead Girl has hopped around several Tokyo events, and has…
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This one’s taken a few plays to really wrangle with, but the latest single form tofubeats works when zooming in on the details. Taken as a whole “Keep On Lovin’ You” offers up some easy-going pop that imagines a best-case Maroon 5 circa turn of the century (OK, a far better comparison would be a…
And so, Nagoya duo Lullatone’s seasonal exploration comes to a close with The Sounds Of Spring. Lullatone have always been good at memorializing the small details of life, drawing out sweet emotion from the sort of things that often get ignored (while also not going overboard about it — when they made a song about…
Indie-popster Hideki Kaji will release a new full-length, Strawberries and Cream, October 21. I love this guy’s work (though at glance at his discography reveals I have a lot more albums to hunt down) and this LP has jumped near the top of my “most excited” list. Watch Kaji’s extremely cute video starring a pineapple…