[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDA3ULQo8Qc&hl=en_US&fs=1] I return from my vacation for one spare moment because 1.) Summer Sonic wiped me out and 2.) AAPS have a new song, one of their most calming to date. “Lost And Delirious” might be AAPS’ summer jam, a stunner since I never would have guessed they had one in them. I have a…
Like kids getting a new puppy or a high school baseball team winning a big tournament, a very specific set of Japanese music fans are pumping their fists in celebration today as tech-rock crew √thumm’s new album Yamatopia drops today. To trio have posted two songs from their second LP onto MySpace to help get…
VIDEO HERE Something something critics miss the point of Perfume something something. Anyway, “VOICE” is a new Perfume single meaning you know exactly what it sounds like and you shall either love it or hate it. That said, the trio’s latest seems to be their weakest 2010 output yet. A bit misleading considering their last…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsySlDDrjO0&hl=en_US&fs=1] Kinoco Hotel sure love dressing up. When they aren’t wearing their trademark hotel staff uniforms in the video for “Mayonaka No Angel Baby”…and also not slapping one another in them…they dress up as red-haired rockers or vintage J-Pop divas. Those outfit choices serve as a nice metaphor for the song itself, a damaged combination…
Recall the “comedy club” bits on the sitcom Seinfeld for a second. What sticks out from these scenes? I doubt it was whatever topic Jerry Seinfeld tackled at the start of whichever episode, but rather the iconic slap-bass music accompanying said moments. Even the best gags (which, to be fair, rarely came out during that…