Heavenstamp aren’t good because they represent some sudden break from the Japanese rock mainstream, but rather because they take everything the J-Rock bigwigs have made stereotype and give it emotional CPR. Ignore the press courtesy of indie-leaning mags like Snoozer and blogs (cough), Heavenstamp are J-Rock at their core, doing all the things other things…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTAK7NO5hV0] The above is a clip of a relatively recent song courtesy of Australian pop singer Che’Nelle? Listen to the whole thing here. Notice anything strange about it? Well, give it a second and if it still doesn’t click… [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XfCBE365U0″] Yep, Che’Nelle actually recorded a sunshine-jacked cover of Moumoon’s creepy 2010 single “Sunshine Girl.” I…
Perfume City tweets that the techno-pop trio will release a new single on November 2nd featuring the Kirin-approved “Glitter” with one other song still to be announced. Exciting! But not as much as the second tidbit, which reveals the group will have a new album out on November 30th. The thing appears to be titled…
Tokyo’s Moscow Club has a new EP ready to be downloaded (for free) right over here and you should cop this now. The Daisy Miller EP collects the rollicking “Daisy Miller Pt. 2” and the super-chilled “Echo Beach,” both of which have already received heaps of praise around these parts. Now, you can get both…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llO9KFfPQu0″] So OGRE YOU ASSHOLE have a new album out, and it appears to be a concept album about…something, I don’t know as I haven’t listened to it quite yet. Trying to figure out the “plot” or “theme” or “secret Satanic codes” of Homely based off one song is probably a fool’s errand, so instead…