palitextdestroy –“Spada” MV
“Spada” is palitextdestroy’s sharp and swift instrumental spectacle. The bass-less trio don’t worry about categorizing their music but this is like post-rock and jazz having a sword fight. “Spada”...
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tofubeats –“CHNGEYRHRT”
Even when he’s building tracks from samples, tofubeats can give us a killer groove. The Kobe-based producer extraordinaire’s “CHNGEYRHRT” is funky disco flash complete with high-flying strings and...
View ArticleEnya-Sang + Okazaemon –“mono”
I love yuru kyara (ゆるキャラ). Let it not be a secret because I’m proud to admit it. Local governments and organizations have blessed us with adorably cute and utterly bizarre PR mascots, from Fukka-chan...
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Nohtenkigengo –“Club”
Nohtenkigengo’s “Club” makes me wish it was summer and I could camp under the stars. After a barbeque and drinks with friends, there would be a campfire and music. “Club” would come on and we’d dig...
View ArticleLITE –“Hunger”
LITE fill in the gaps and layer their way to a delicious composition with “Hunger”. The first minute-and-a-half of the song is dominated by massive guitar tremolos so wavy they sound like they’re...
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Seiho –“3D Printer”
It snowed GOLD in Sapporo on the night of January 25th. Osaka’s Seiho and Metome along with Tokyo’s Broken Haze came up to the city and performed back to back to back for an event called VANDCAMP....
View ArticleKafuka –“Inside of Snowdome”
Kafuka (カフカ, decidedly not romanized as Kafka) give us something sweet with “Inside of Snowdome.” It’s remarkable how much charm some twinkly notes from a sequencer can add as they rise and fall and...
View ArticleEXOSKELETONE –“CHIMERA”
EXOSKELETONE may have created a monster. His latest track “CHIMERA” features a toothy synth bass that sounds like it’s a about to burst each time it rises. Sizzles and splashes crash all over and the...
View ArticleThe cold tommy –“Break, She’s Coat” + “Passcode” MVs
Pick your poison or enjoy the double dosage of The cold tommy below. The music video for “Break, She’s Coat” begins with some blow-your-speakers-out levels of feedback before cutting into the actual...
View ArticleNext Music From Tokyo vol. 6 will rock!
The amazing event that is Next Music From Tokyo hits its sixth installment this year and it’s going be amazing. Since its inception, the critically acclaimed tour has brought Japanese indie bands to...
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