20. Kido Yoji Call A Romance On his debut release, Kido Yoji makes dance music for people who like spending significant amounts of time staring out on bright0lit cityscapes. Call A Romance certainly moves – check the easy-breezy disco shake of the title track, or the irresistible pop of “Hot And Cold” – but beneath…
In news that was inevitable, fuzzy beach-pop group Friends changed their name. From now on they will be known as Teen Runnings, which I like to imagine came about because the band watched Cool Runnings and thought “teen” was a synonym for “cool.” Anyway, this had to happen because Brooklyn group Friends, responsible for this…
Check out my review of Friends’ Let’s Get Together Again in today’s Japan Times. Read it here. Good album! Also, expect a a bit more about Friends later today…wish it was Friday so I could go for the alliteration but alas!
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/29347569″] New Make Believe Mix for the month of November! Seemed like a very electronic month, highlighted by moody tracks courtesy of Sapphire Slows, Neon Cloud and The Beauty.Yet it wasn’t all woozy electronics, as evidenced by the noise-coated surf rock of Friends’ “Our Love Is True” off their recently released Let’s Get Together…
A few days ago Second Royal Records posted all of the tracks to Friends’ debut album Let’s Get Together Again to SoundCloud. It will be released as a 10″ record in September in Japan, but can (and should!) be enjoyed right now. Needless to say, more on this one later.