In Which I Give Altered Zones Some Dap: Metrotune’s “Casio Beach”

Though I originally scoffed at the idea…”hey, a blog for the scraps of music Pitchfork doesn’t want!”…I’ve got to admit Altered Zones has become one of the better mainstream-indie blogs (is that possible?) at covering interesting music coming out of Japan. They…and by they, I really mean the great blogs they’ve got feeding them content…devoted…

Controlled Karaoke: Chillwave Has Landed In Japan

[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…