20. Kido Yoji Call A Romance On his debut release, Kido Yoji makes dance music for people who like spending significant amounts of time staring out on bright0lit cityscapes. Call A Romance certainly moves – check the easy-breezy disco shake of the title track, or the irresistible pop of “Hot And Cold” – but beneath…
30. Michiyo Honda “Paradise Lost” J-Pop remains an easy punching bag in 2011 because most of the criticism lobbed at Japanese mainstream music ring true. A large chunk of acts crowding the upper reaches of the Oricon chart are 90’s holdovers with appropriately bland tunes. Labels seem to be in an arms race to see…
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/33098882 w=400&h=225] Sapphire Slows – Animal Dreams from Not Not Fun on Vimeo. There is the new video for Sapphire Slows’ “Animal Dreams,” right above you. The Tommy Lee Jones vending machine cameo is pretty cool!
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/29347569″] New Make Believe Mix for the month of November! Seemed like a very electronic month, highlighted by moody tracks courtesy of Sapphire Slows, Neon Cloud and The Beauty.Yet it wasn’t all woozy electronics, as evidenced by the noise-coated surf rock of Friends’ “Our Love Is True” off their recently released Let’s Get Together…
Two new articles in The Japan Times worth reading – first, I reviewed Sapphire Slows’ debut EP True Breath. It’s pretty good! Read that one here. And on the left side of the page, I wrote about INNIT, Kansai’s fledgling electronic event that is bringing together so many great-sounding acts. I talked to a bunch…