The Greatest YouTube Clip Of The Year Award
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The fact this didn’t go even more viral is a sign society needs to be reset and we should all start over. Amazing on at least four levels.
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The fact this didn’t go even more viral is a sign society needs to be reset and we should all start over. Amazing on at least four levels.
It’s fitting that this one pops up on my feed in the morning — “With” finds In The Blue Shirt and Batsu taking the sliced-up-vocal structure the prior has been making party starters and reflective numbers with for a while now, and restructures them for an airy number where the words still spill out fast…
Osaka’s The Neon City captures snapshots of youth across Fancy In Twenties. Her debut EP comes after a solid stream of songs and demos, and the brief set consolidates her daydreamy synth-pop sound. Her songs are sparse, opting for a woozy simplicity that makes the vocals stand out and makes the instances where the music…
Add one more band to the “Japanese groups that apparently made great music in 2009” heap. The appropriately named LSD March churn out glazed over psych-sludge rock that’s bleak and captivating. The fine folks at CMG listed the Himeji band’s Under Milk Wood as the 47th best album of the year, and listening to a…
With members hailing from outfits like Number Girl and Bloodthirsty Butchers, the group Toddle comes bagged with all sorts sonic expectations that aren’t easy to live up to. This quartet, though, have managed to evoke both the aforementioned groups in the past – their song “Sack Dress” kicks but comes with a Heavenly-worthy sweetness. New…
There is no shortage of dance album featuring a bevvy of remixes tagged on to appeal to more listeners — see what we posted earlier today — but HyperJuice’s debut collection Lights is a case where the reworks feel every bit as urgent as the originals. Contributions from Broken Haze and Buddhahouse shine, but the…
I’m going to assume that if you are reading this blog…and didn’t stumble hear by total accident, but if so thanks for the ego-boostin’ hit!…you like Japanese music. If not, well, give it a shot. Surely you buy music sometimes, even if it’s just a sometime thing. And few places online offer more Japanese releases…