Relatively new indie label Ano(t)racks don’t have many releases – they released Osaka group The Paella’s last EP, and dropped an indie-pop compilation titled Soon V.A. last week. Yet the latter upload is one of the best starting points for those looking to get into the current crop of indie-pop bands that have sprung up…
This might be the most Kansai-centric edition of the Make Believe Mix, a nice sampler of sounds from all around Japan just in time for the summer. It starts with Tokyo’s LLLL before shifting to Osaka’s Post Modern Team. From there, we stick around in the city to listen to the recently formed Foodie and…
Here’s something that hasn’t happened in a while – a band from Osaka sticking out because they don’t sound all that much like everything around them. The recently formed Foodie are not dabbling in the future-obsessed beats coming out of INNIT, nor are they making straight/electro-tinged indie-pop (despite being friends with Post Modern Team and…