Live Review: The Brixton Academy, Canopies And Drapes And Faron Square At Nagoya Tight Rope, Saturday, November 12

After a few months of forcing one of my friends to travel all the way out to Osaka to do various activities…which, all tended to end in playing Angry Birds…I decided to save him (some) train fare and visit Nagoya for one Saturday night. Having avoided Aichi’s biggest city for a while now, my night…

“Sleeping Under The Bed (Night Vision Remix)”

In which the shining dreamy qualities of Canopies And Drapes original mix of the (still excellent!) “Sleeping Under The Bed” get flipped into late-night, chilly Italo Disco. Night Vision subs in 80s synth lines over the twinkling prettiness that defined the original, making their remix slightly more danceable but ultimately a bit back-alley shady like…

Make Believe Mix For October 2011 Featuring Kido Yoji, Canopies And Drapes And Avec Avec

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/27072317″] Uh oh…introducing a new feature, the (hopefully) monthly Make Believe Mix! Sometimes writing isn’t enough to get people interested in great music…sometimes you just got push a bunch of it towards them and say “just listen to this.” Welp, that’s what we are trying here! With this mix, we hope to share great…

Self-Promotion Plus: Reviewing Canopies And Drapes’ EP In The Japan Times

Wrote a review for Canopies And Drapes’ debut EP Violet, Lilly, Rose, Daisy for the Japan Times. Check it out here. I’ve been hinting at how much I like this four-song collection for a while on, but now here is a summary of my thoughts on it. As mentioned in the review, CaD’s went and…