New MimiCof Video: “Aria, But Secret”
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dgkh6xIEcE”] Watch some wacky-altered footage of nature above. Via Neaux.
New Puffyshoes Video For “Tokio (Dedicated To Gagakirise)”
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrVGSdHkumI”] A lot of stop motion, donuts and fake facial hair find a place in this cutesy clip for Puffyshoes’”Tokio (Dedicated To Gagakirise).” Watch above, and make sure to get a hold of their new album Finally The Weekend too!
New Schloder: “Electro Words”
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYfB2cXdJGg”] For a preview clocking in at under two-minutes, Schloder sure manage to wring a whole lot out of “Electro Words” in an extremely short amount of time. This jumps from Queen-aping stadium-rock (the vocals) to U2 life affirming guitar workouts to an overly giddy chorus you’d expect from any number of young Japanese-based indie…
New The Insect Kids: “裸足の兵隊”
Gauging the political intentions of music in Japan can be tricky, especially when you rely on Google Translate and Firefox extensions to figure out what’s going on. Plenty of artists can be direct about their stances, and in the wake of this year’s nuclear situation a handful of anti-nuclear-power songs appeared albeit far from the…
Friends Posts New Demo “My Beautiful Anna,” Starts New Project Called Teenage Fucks
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwui0KAHblo”] It’s strangely appropriate that lo-fi beach memory-dabblers Friends promoted new demo “My Beautiful Anna” by placing the song against an old beer ad. This isn’t the typical “chillwave” strategy of nabbing faded footage of the beach or an old copy of Rad and hitting up Movie Maker – scenes of sun-soaked fun from days…