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The Greatest YouTube Clip Of The Year Award

ByPatrick St. Michel December 20, 2011

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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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New Happypills: Lazy Sun, Late Risers And Asleep
ByPatrick St. Michel August 14, 2018

Two sets of bleary eyed indie-pop weren’t enough for Fukuoka’s Happypills. The shoegaze-glazed project shared two new mini albums this month, both existing in some kind of state of rest. Lazy Sun, Late Risers sets the tone right away with the aptly chilled “Lazy Sun,” which finds Happypills using enough distortion to make the feeling…

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Well That Took Forever: Wednesday
ByPatrick St. Michel October 27, 2009

I’m all for un-Googleable band names, from Women to Girls to Spoon. But boy, trying to find a band when they have a super general name and also happen to be in Japan…near impossible. Case in point: I’ve been trying to find Osaka trio Wednesday online ever since I saw their live set at the…

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Steady As It Goes: Yui Kawa’s “Haru No Yuki”
ByPatrick St. Michel January 25, 2016

Released via netlabel Mayoware Records, Yui Kawa’s “Haru No Yuki” is a melodic bit of indie-pop with a shoegaze border, a time-tested approach to the style and one capable of squeezing out a lot of emotion. Yet the ultimate anchor of “Haru No Yuki” is Kawa’s voice, a sweet sound that hints at little cracks,…

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New Your Gold, My Pink: “Virgin Suicides”
ByPatrick St. Michel February 14, 2012

Your Gold, My Pink have some real stones on them. They’ve named their debut full-length album…out next Wednesday…Teenage Riot, which also happens to be the title of one of the best rock songs ever recorded (in my humble opinion). Not content to stare down Sonic Youth, the album’s first single is called “Virgin Suicides,” which…

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New Boys Age: “Dēmiourgos”
ByPatrick St. Michel June 18, 2017

I’ve been waiting for the actual album to drop, but Boys Age’s “Dēmiourgos” is so pretty and fragile that, hey, might as well wait a little bit until New World Pregnancy emerges. It has been a while since checking in on the group, and true to their spirit, Boys Age remain adept at introducing strange,…

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New Madegg: “Parasol” Plus New EP Players
ByPatrick St. Michel September 12, 2011

The ever-prolific Kyoto space-brain Madegg’s latest number, “Parasol,” comes off as more straightforward than some of his other recent material. It still contains the Brainfeeder-leaning spaciness that should get Flying Lotus to make the dude official Japanese resident for the label, but it’s not quite as wormhole-ready, something a bit simpler to understand. “Parasol” is…

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