Another year draws to a close, and that means its time for the annual rush of year-end blog posts looking back on the year that was. And, again, I try to write an intro to this collection trying to say something original, about putting together lists and what it all means. But at this point,…
The Tooku No Tomodachi album brings together three indie-rock bands — Fish, Merimeriyeah and Nessie — from a trio of cities — Nagoya, Tokyo and Sapporo, respectively — for an up-tempo set of six songs (uhhhh multiple of three). This is uncomplicated, slightly scuzzy rock at its finest — fast, pretty simple, punctuated by less-than-polished…
Sometimes you see a theme jump out of your SoundCloud likes, and you run with it. Always nice when the music matches in quality. The latest from “urban electro pop” outfit Frasco is “Imitation Crab,” a burbly and slow-moving number with a melancholy streak running through it. And there is a downtempo rap near the…
Sometimes you just really need to sink down into a zippy guitar line and some indie-pop vocals. The answer, as it always is, is just log off, but wow can keeping up with music news sure can make you question what you’ve devoted a large chunk of your life to, especially when an awards show…