Let’s keep this simple…imagine Zazen Boys. Imagine a Zazen Boys prone to drifting off mid-song into bizarre realms. Now stop pretending and click here and listen to OWARIKARA. Specifically, “ドアたち” which goes all over the place in just under five minutes and includes maybe the single best touch any Japanese song has featured this year…
“We disregard the methodology that already exists. All tunes are made by the improvisation. We come and go between Dub,Free folk,Pop,Hip-Hop,Noise, Hardcore & Free music at time. We never perform repeating the same tune.” That’s how HUH describe themselves, and it pretty much sums up the duo’s musical stylings perfectly. Heck, the only misleading bit…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mImejKvKn4M&hl=en_US&fs=1&] I’m pretty much in full agreement with Neaux when he labels Japanese rapper DELI’s song “Itsumademo” as “WTF.” Everything about this dude and song seems head scratching…Autotune, a video where symbolism comes via someone overfilling various cups, the fact this guy’s named freakin’ DELI. This should just be an e-mail attachment to a message…
Remember when everyone thought Interpol sounded just like Joy Division, because Paul Banks kinda had the same singing voice as Ian Curtis? Remember how everything written about the band seem legally obligated to mention this? Remember when it suddenly struck you “wait a minute, Interpol really doesn’t sound like Joy Division?” ANOTHER PERFECT PERSON, though,…
In an age where I could follow everyone of my state representatives on Twitter, it’s nice to find the occasional thing shrouded in some sort of mystery. ICECREAMMAN fits the bill – a non-decorated MySpace page boasting a few photos and one song. No website beyond that, nearly no info, not even many friends. It’s…