[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/41754116″ iframe=”true” /] March ended up being a bit of a strange month, at least by the looks of the mix. There are moments of straight-forward pop, like on TalkingCity1994’s “Long Hot Summer Remembered” and The Mari On The Beach’s “AM Boy/FM Girl.” Yet even those otherwise pleasurable cuts go through filters that turn…
Boards Of Canada’s music has always reminded me of being out in a spacious pasture, the title of their 2000 EP In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country summing up their sound. Save for a few diversions into darker terrain (2002’s Geogaddi mostly), the duo’s songs felt detached from the modern world, obsessed with…
The past year saw plenty of worthwhile releases from Japanese artists, from the sort of stuff highlighted at major music stores in Japan to free albums posted on Bandcamp with little fanfare. Yet all 30 albums on this list were special to us here at Make Believe Melodies in some way or another – whether…
What’s the absolute worst thing you can hear coming from a telephone? A rush of static? “Sir, I’m sorry to inform you…?” A telemarketer? Tokyo’s DUB-Russell imagine the most terrifying noise that could slip out of the receiver would be Satan’s personal waiting music. The duo’s Grasp Echoes album reminds me of the noises a…