The recent slide into insignificance suffered by MySpace caused a joyful yelp from the Internet masses, happy to see retina-frying page design and “Tom” become things of the past. Though the death of a million sparkle-encrusted banners does improve the overall quality of the Internet ever so slightly, MySpace’s sink into irrelevance does signal a…
Talk about timing – around the same time I wrote about the anime-loving Maltine Records, the label uploaded their 91st release (free to download) to their site. The newest offering comes courtesy of Submerse, and it’s an entire album full of original songs and remixes clocking in at just under 50 minutes. Also included –…
Few Japanese bands ever manage to grab the Western media’s attention, so when one comes along and does just that they best milk it. Current attention-nabbers The Suzan signed to Fool’s Gold and released a pretty positively reviewed album, so now they try to prolong their stay in the spotlight a little longer by releasing…
Minimalist duo Lullatone have always added an element of cuteness to their music. Recently, though, they’ve expanded it into other realms. First they gave the world the Lullatone Mobile, now they have Dropophone iPhone app available for download. It works similarly to Lullatone’s Raindrop Melody Maker, except now you can construct super minimal songs when…
Baroque – Waster Your Time EP In the post-Justice world we live in, it’s tempting to file Baroque’s debut EP away with every other “electro-house” act that were bumper-to-bumper on Hype Machine two years ago. All the trademarks are here – window-shaking bass, cranked-up volume, a general crunchiness to the music that’s vaguely off-putting but…