Another year draws to a close, and that means its time for the annual rush of year-end blog posts looking back on the year that was. And, again, I try to write an intro to this collection trying to say something original, about putting together lists and what it all means. But at this point,…
Pasocom Music Club has been on a tear all year, and the producer’s simple but super-catchy creations remain strong as we approach the end of 2016. “Escape” is the latest number to emerge from the artist’s world, and it features cut up city-pop-era horn samples cut up which help propel the song forward. And it…
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…
After a whirlwind trip to Bangkok (the fruit of which can be seen here), I’m finally back and sorta rested in Tokyo. As usual, lots of great songs appeared online while I was busy wandering the streets of Thailand’s capital, and here are a handful of them. – Yesterday Once More continues to shine, with…
I’m trying this new thing for the next couple of months where I try to be “productive,” especially in the morning, and sometimes to achieve that you just have to look at the songs you’ve recently favorited and be like “yeah, let’s write about this.” So here are a few recent highlights! — Oh, what…