Watch (A Better Quality!) Video Of Sakanaction’s “Boku To Hana”
Much finer quality than when we first got a glimpse of this. Watch above, and have a nice weekend.
Much finer quality than when we first got a glimpse of this. Watch above, and have a nice weekend.
To take you into the weekend, here is a new Love And Hates remix. The Pixie Stick snorting duo work their twee-club magic on Desmond & The Tutus’ “Peter.” They take the power pop of the original and absolutely gut it, turning the track into a goofy quasi-rap joint complete with the Love And Hates…
One of the first sounds that crops up on Anisakis’ new song is the sound of church bells ringing off somewhere in the distance. Normally, it’s a sound I associate with bustling European cities, images of Notre Dame and the surrounding beauty of Paris filling my head. Yet Anisakis make “Yoru No Yume Koso Makoto…
I talked to Mitsume for The Japan Times this week in regards to their very nice new album A Long Day, and now they’ve gone and shared another new song from the full-length (out today). “Objet” is one of the sparser songs from the album, the band making the most of space (nothing makes a…
HoneyComeBear’s calling card has been the ability to take familiar EDM stompings and find a way to turn them into something closer to a J-pop ballad without sacrificing the banger qualities. “Calling” offers the latest example of the duo’s balancing act, featuring skittering drum beats and bright keyboard melodies wrapped around tender verses just really…
A handful of artists dabbling in future funk are hitting their stride. The internet micro-genre started as “take funk or city pop song, speed up, add kick,” resulting in some catchy moments but mostly a lot of tracks that make you want to listen to the original. But plenty have played around with this format,…
The one sonic element uniting all of information-lacking project Fairy Floss‘ music is how mum the lead vocals sound. Everything else is subject to change track to track – “Just” barrels forward on punk guitar chugs, while “Sugar Drems” is all drum-machine stutters, twinkling electronics and melodica. Yet both songs, whether playing it abrasive or…