Ahhhh, we are still in that golden period of time where the previous year has just ended, but the new year still hasn’t gotten quite rolling yet. It’s the best stretch to think back on all the music one missed recently, and feel like a prick for not paying closer attention. Tokyo’s Buddy Girl &…
Initially, it looked like netlabel Ano(t)raks was going to define itself as a destination for indie-pop music. Which it still very much does – the bulk of the artists appearing on their compilation albums over the past few months certainly skew towards the twee. Yet with latest various-artists collection World Awake, the fledgling label has…
This month’s MAP is here, and we feature Buddy Girl And Mechanic, who put out one of 2013’s first great albums. Check all this stuff out ya’ll. *collapses from South By Southwest schedule* Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a…
It’s appropriate that Tokyo group Buddy Girl And Mechanic’s debut album came out in February 2013, a month that has been surprisingly bone chilling in more than weather ways. Buddy Girl And Mechanic unfolds at a slow pace, the band playing every track hear at a relaxed pace that allows the music itself to reveal…
Buddy, Girl & Mechanic aren’t intimate in the sense that you feel like you are sitting in the same room with them. They are intimate in a way that brings to mind someone sneaking up behind you and whispering words into your ears, startling but also a bit alluring albeit still sorta uncomfortable. BG&M embraces…