In an effort to reflect the dominant trends in Japanese indie music, we chose Osaka indie-pop outfit Wallflower to appear in the May 2012 edition of the Music Alliance Pact. There “Cure Your Heart” is one of the peppiest songs with twee DNA to pop out of the country this year…and there have been many….
Osaka indie-pop outfit Wallflower posted a cover of The Field Mice’s “This Love Is Not Wrong” online over the weekend, and its definitely worth taking a listen to. For the most part, Wallflower’s take on the track doesn’t break new ground – something something jangle something something twee – save for the vocals. Whereas The…
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/44938522″ iframe=”true” /] Indie-pop ended up being the flavor of the April, from the C86 tape Moscow Club presented to the world to an endless parade of twee-leaning bands popping up on SoundCloud. This month’s Make Believe Mix represents this trend and, like the Moscow Club mix, attempts to expand the definition of indie-pop…
Late last week, American indie-pop outfit The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart tweeted about “Cure Your Heart,” a new song from Osaka outfit Wallflower. Makes sense for a couple reasons, most prominently being that Wallflower opened for the Slumberland group during their recent Japanese tour. Yet Wallflower also chase after the same hazy Polaroid…