Consequence of Sound — Miniature pop orchestras build to a dilated excess. more info

Consequence of Sound — This week's batch includes Big Boi, Chromatics, and Shugo Tokumaru. more info

Nialler9 — A collection of music videos of interest which arrived in the last few days.. Tanlines – ‘Not The Same’ Tanlines’ new one for ‘Not The Same’ has the pair playing every instrument live that they played on the recording of … Read More... ... more info

betterPropoganda — Posted at 11:05am, 11/28/2012 Shugo Tokumaru's fifth album In Focus? will be released worldwide by Polyvinyl on January 22nd, 2013. The record's 15 songs each contains an average of 20 instruments and hundreds of recorded parts that are meticul... more info

Totally Fuzzy — L'Homme Scalp said... * Listen to this amazing eclectic list of songs presented by LES TONTONS SCALPEURS CKRL-MF Quebec * Pomplamoose - Beat It Les Standardistes - Machine à sexe Java - Sexe, accordéon et alcool Claude Semal - Mais-moi Joseph Racai... more info

Nialler9 — A regular roundup of five tunes or records that are getting the repeat treatment. 1. tUnE-yArDs – ‘Bizzness’ Merrill Garbus’ returns with new album w h o k i l l which unlike previous album Bird-Brains was recorded in a proper studio. ‘Bizz... more info

Nialler9 — Fresh new tunes from Florida's Millionyoung, Canadians Young Galaxy and Jacques Greene, my favourite Japanese artist Shugo Tokumaru, DFA's Holy Ghost!, France's Yelle, Minneapolis' Generationals, Greece's Keep Shelly In Athens (whose song 'Hauntin' M... more info

melophobe — AND IT RETURNS. A new trailer for the Sufjan documentary Crooked River, which, according to the movie’s PR, may never actually be released . . . boo. Pandit’s “Pack Your Bags” Pandit - “Pack Your Bags” Video from stereogum on Vimeo... more info

Stereogum — Shugo Tokumaru’s instrumental and melodic dexterity can be dizzying, his pop amalgamations thorough and creative, though on “Linne” — a single from his Port Entropy LP — he reins in trickery in favor of a feeling. My Japanese isn’t what i... more info

Nialler9 — Who better to provide us with an aural guide to Japanese music than a band who are currently touring the place for the umpteenth time? This mixtape is giddy. So you will be too. Featuring music from Lite, Casiopea, Cornelius, Shugo Tokumaru, Polysics... more info