[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE-rGZhKrJE”] Right off the bat – yes, the outfit named themselves STAR GUITAR. They make dance music. The video for “FUTURE” (above) revolves around a train. All those things considered – STAR GUITAR and song-video combo of “FUTURE” don’t sound all that like The Chemical Brothers or resemble “Star Guitar.” Where the two differ –…
Plenty of groups over Japan take cues from the current wave of British rockers clogging up the NME, but NONONO finds an excellent way of standing out besides having a name like NONONO. See, this trio figured out the best way to grab attention from the other English-aping acts was to not really sound like…
Plenty of bands all over Japan try to mimic the Brit-rock sound that dominated the entirety of the Oughts and still sorta do. It’s a very vague style, probably best summed up as “trying to sound like that first Bloc Party album” featuring mainly guitars, though a few brave souls dragged synths into the mix…
Been a while since we’ve heard from bedroom-indie-pop outfit The Weddings but, blam, they’re back…with a pal. They’ve teamed up with another Japanese artist, MOL (who, according to MySpace, lives in Mie Prefecture, which is where I am. We sorta famous now!), to release a split 7″ featuring a handful of new songs. Only discouraging…
Osaka’s OORUTAICHI takes “Rum Hee,” one of the most joyful rushes on Shugo Tokumaru’s bubbly Port Entropy, and mutates it into a strange, multi-headed electronic beast. He originally edges the song into skittering electro territory, putting Tokumaru’s sweet vocals against a slipstream of digital gurgles. After the first chorus, though, OORUTAICHI changes his mind mid-air,…