This one just went up, so I’ll post it right before I go to bed. CUZ ME PAIN group Faron Square just posted a new song called “Echoes Of Love.” Listen to it below. [bandcamp track=1653168035 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=venti]
This weekend, American dance-punk artist Pictureplane will play two Japanese shows this weekend, one in Tokyo on April 6 and one in Osaka on April 8. In advance of that, I wrote about Pictureplane for The Japan Times today. You can read that here. The shows themselves look to be really good too. The Tokyo…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjc5x9h_Q4g”] A lot has changed for Tokyo’s CUZ ME PAIN label since they released their first compilation a few years back. AAPS called it a day, Jesse Ruins grabbed some blog love and got picked up by Captured Tracks, Lovers In The Wind remain a complete mystery and Melancholic Masculinity just goes by Masculin now….
We interrupt year-end-list revelry for new Faron Square. The CUZ ME PAIN group – who landed in our top songs list, if you didn’t catch it that earlier this week – posted a new song called “Sugar Shakes” plus a The Beauty remix of the track “Turn Over The Leaves,” both available for free until…
Another year draws to a close, but 2011 wasn’t just another run-of-the-mill desk calendar for Japanese songs. The past 365 days saw an abundance of great tunes from Japan-based artists, ranging from shadowy electronic movers from Tokyo to dreamy pop numbers born in Osaka to space-tripped clackers via Kyoto. Just as exciting, though, were how…