Kansai Scene: New Songs From The Neon City, Nite Body And Metome (Sort Of)

Always fun logging on after a weekend away in the countryside and starting to sift through all the new music out there. Three songs (errrr, two songs and a mix…three is the magical number for these things, sorry) jumped out at me, and all come from artists who hail from the Kansai region of Japan….

Weekend Roundup: Nite Body, Negative Headphone, Niisuu And Figure

Some quick hits, while I deal with waking up at 5:30 in the morning to watch American sports (go terribly wrong, at least for the author’s preferred team at time of writing): — Nite Body shared two new songs over the weekend, both of them nocturnal delights. Whereas earlier works courtesy of the producer worked…

New Town: Young Folks In Metropolis Featuring Poor Vacation, Pictured Resort, Beef Fantasy And More

New Town: Young Folks In Metropolis Featuring Poor Vacation, Pictured Resort, Beef Fantasy And More

The city sits at the center of Japanese life in 2016, as the number of people moving to major metropolitan centers keeps growing while the countryside — and even mid-size cities — see populations dwindle, once bustling shopping arcades reduced to shuttered-up artifacts. Music, accordingly, has shifted towards a more urban crowd. This has been…