This one was expected, seeing as Taquwami has shared the two songs making up this release, but here it is. Highly recommended, as Taquwami gets a touch more epic with his music and the end result is a wavy journey. Get it here, or listen below.
Near the top of my secret “Hopes for 2010” list sits the wish that the type of innocent indie-pop anyone can make in there living room. It’s not that farfecthed – “chillwave” is a similar on-the-fly genre where nostalgia escapism takes the place of starry-eyed innocence. In my hypothetical world, a band like The Weddings…
Solitude can be so valuable. It’s where the rawest emotions and desires crystallize, where honesty and progress really emerge. Kyoto duo Emerald Four excel at occupying this isolated place — their music unfolds slowly, allowing the vocals to play out like an inner monologue, unconcerned with the world around it and rather focused on feeling…
Let’s “Bandersnatch” this one: select (1) to ask the music blogger why the video above is so short, select (2) to ask the music blogger about Frasco’s “Tatemae” by itself. (1) OK, sit down for a second, have I got some thoughts to unload on you. There’s this whole new class of Japanese artist emerging…
I’ve been sitting on this one for, like, five days, because I Keep waffling on what to even say about it. This collection comes form a set of names revolving around Wasabi Tapes who have been making gleefully chaotic sounds for about a year now, and Gargoyle takes it up another notch. It’s a rush…
It’s a bit disingenuous to pretend the recent boom in beach-lovin’ rock units is a new development — pretty sure surf rock has been tickling Japanese musicians minds since The Ventures first came to the country (look at this!) — but it has certainly seemed a bit more prevalent in the Japanese indie-rock scene as…
Well this was a nice Google surprise. While researching bands (“research” meaning “clicking random pages on MySpace and hoping for the best”), I ended up finding this incredibly useful guide to live houses in Osaka. This revealed about ten new venues to see shows, and I am eternally grateful to whoever created this page. A…