Erectricmole aren’t just writing songs, they’re creating entire worlds. Houka No Hirune, the young group’s recent debut for the fledgling Flawless World imprint, takes the idea of electro-pop being loud techno-leaning feet movers and inverts it, turning the synths inward to create intimate sonic worlds. Erectricmole give their creations plenty of color and life, beats…
The brand of innocence Japan broadcasts to the rest of the world…or, at times, what Western media considers “wacky” enough to buff out the news…tends to be inspired by a three-year-old child’s nursery room. The Japanese word “kawaii,” often delivered in a rising intonation often reserved for seeing a red panda at the zoo, sums…
Cite that old Elvis Costello about dancing and architecture if you must, but writing about DJ-made music shouldn’t require any goofy similes in order to convey what a fruitless endeavor it can be. It’s not like more critically-friendly stuff like The Field or Daft Punk, which allows writers to focus on minimalism and Barry Manilow…
The late-2010 L.O.T. EP find The Brixton Academy frequenting the same nightclubs they did on Vivid, but this time they mean business. Back on that album, the group ordered a drink and then posted up in the back alone, thinking about having a good time rather than actually having a good time. Fast forward a…
December arrives, bringing with it the most truly joyous time of the year…the month where every music critic/blogger labors over their “Year End List” before sharing it with a mostly indifferent world. Of course, this blog isn’t remotely above that…we (by which I mean “just me”) is currently creating such lists with as much care…