NITES either really really likes “It’s Twinkle” or he thinks it could use some reworking…spoiler alert, I’m pretty sure it’s option one. Dude went and made two remixes of Hotel Mexico’s breakthrough track and posted them at his MySpace. Version one morphs the song into a wide-eyed piece of bedroom pop, NITES strong suite. Version…
Hotel Mexico’s debut album His Jewelled Letter Box hits stores today, and if you aren’t convinced by the hype to get it, maybe one more new song will. “Do You Do You HAIA” should probably be one of chillwave proponents first examples when claiming Ariel Pink somehow birthed the genre, with the caveat that this…
The only chillwavers in Japan will release a new album soon, maybe this Friday (the 16th). That’s when they hold a release party for His Jewelled Letter Box in Kyoto so…gotta come out around then. For now, listen to the sample video below. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRhOY6uv3Hw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=ja_JP&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Doesn’t “G.I.R.L.” sound like a lost Ariel Pink track? And why…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrS4etrxb7s&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Two separate articles about 2009’s favorite stoner genre chillwave appeared in the Japanese media this past weekend, all but guaranteeing a new crop of Japan-based artists staying inside and sampling Italian disco records. English publication The Japan Times ran a primer about the genre, featuring interviews with Ducktails and Memory Tapes. It’s a solid…
Summer going to be kind to us this year. All sorts of good music hits Japanese store shelves in the next few months, and here are a few new album alerts from some of our favorite artists. – Pop duo Sweet Vacation drop their second album into the world on July 14. You can preview…