A collaborative project featuring Clay Parton and Canaan Dove Amber from Duster, and Matt Cagle from the North Carolina-based instrumental project Dirty Art Club. With its lo-fi sound, dreamy effects, and endlessly languid, trance-inducing guitar, the best elements of both bands come together perfectly. It’s the kind of album you’ll want to listen ...Read more (Original Japanese text by AYAM)to from start to finish while curled up under a blanket. (Original Japanese text by AYAM)

In addition to the two 7-inch singles released by 〈555〉 around the year 2000, this album includes several tracks originally featured on compilations, as well as two previously unreleased songs from that era. The definitive LP offering a comprehensive overview of the solo work of Chris Coyle, who was also a member of Empress. Centered on beautiful, ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Adachi)melancholic acoustic melodies while also venturing into abstract electronic soundscapes, these 21 short tracks possess a glass-like fragility that touches the heart. A hidden gem of indie music that moves you right from the opening track. A limited edition of 300 copies, featuring a cover design using photographs taken by the artist himself. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)

The multi-talented BROKEN KEYS, who has been active in Cleveland’s electronic/hip-hop community for over 10 years, has released the single “Do I Have To” ahead of the release of their new album, Moving With the Current! This dreamlike indie pop/downtempo track features melancholic, drifting vocals that blend seamlessly with psychedelic elements. Th ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Akie)e original track is fantastic on its own, but it’s a real treat to have a remix by the masterful TALL BLACK GUY. He’s reworked it into a dusty downtempo track infused with Detroit-style flair, and even added an MC to expand the track’s scope. It’s great music. (Original Japanese text by Akie)

Milan W., a talented artist from Antwerp, Belgium, has performed with several indie bands and released solo works featuring exceptional ambient sounds on labels such as Jj Funhouse, BAKK, and Ekster. His music evokes a deeply imaginative world with strong nostalgic undertones, yet one that remains elusive and difficult to pinpoint in terms of its s ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Adachi)pecific influences. A chamber-music-style indie folk work rendered in the grayscale of contemporary and classical music. A suite of bittersweet, introspective love songs. A new breed of pop artist often compared to CS + Kreme and ML Buch. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)

This is the seventh album by Cindy Lee, the alter ego of Patrick Flegel—a musician and drag queen from Toronto, Canada, who also served as the frontman of the indie band Women, which disbanded following the sudden death of one of its members. Although Pitchfork also named it “No. 3 on the Best Albums of the 2020s” list, the album exudes an air of i ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Adachi)ndifference to such worldly accolades. A fragment of daydream pop that masterfully weaves hypnagogic pop, lo-fi music, and distorted psychedelic sounds into the sweet, nostalgic melodies of a girl group. Produced over the course of several years, it’s a timeless cry and whisper that sings of love and loss throughout. While each track is great on its own, the real magic begins once the contours and memories of each song start to blur—a conceptual masterpiece. It’s pricey, but you’re actually getting a great deal. Don’t miss it. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)

The album features a number of Velvet Underground songs, including "Pale Blue eyes" with Daniel Johnston and Kim Gordon, "I'm Sticking With You" with Jonathan Richman, and a Mo Tucker version, as well as remakes by Judd Phair, who also produced the album. Recordings with some of the best US indie artists and home-recorded solo recordings. The cover is PEEL SLOWLY AND SEE. (Original Japanese text by Saito)

Suzanne Kraft × Davy Kehoe！独特のソングライティングセンスを持つ両者がボーカルと演奏を分け合いながら、これまでの各自の路線から少し踏み出したコラボレーション作。フィードバックの歪みと砕けたマシンビートの上でふたりの声が絡むメロディアスな「Baby」。飽和寸前まで崩したシューゲイズ的アプローチの「Invisible」。剥き出しのロックンロール衝動が炸裂する「Put Up a Dream」など、ひらめきをそのまま封じ込めたような自在に変化する10曲を収録。テープの粗削りな生々しい感触も魅力です。 (足立)

Laila SakiniやM. Quakeもリリースしている、メルボルン(ナーム)周辺の地下シーンにフォーカスしたレーベル〈Purely Physical Teeny Tapes〉から注目株Who Cares?の一枚。内省的なギターのストローク、奥に沈んだドラム、輪郭の曖昧なメロディ、漂うヴォーカル。短くも引き込まれる、無気力性な魅力の限定7インチ。インサートも愛らしい。 (足立)

Dublin, Ireland-based Finn Carraher McDonald, aka Nashpaints, who has worked as a member of Princ€ss and as a producer on Mel Keane's and Maria Somerville's "Luster," released on the prestigious 4AD label, has released his second album on the upstart Mirrorworld label, following a debut cassette on wherethetimegoes. Following a debut cassette on wh ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Adachi)erethetimegoes, Nashpaints has released her second album on the upstart Mirrorworld label, which combines the classic lusciousness of Cindy Lee and Deerhunter with the new pop sensibilities of Danish underground acts such as Escho and 15 love. The album is a mirror of the new pop sensibility that can also be found in Danish underground groups such as Escho and 15 love. The sleeve opens to the left. The sleeve is open on the left side, and the track list includes a mysterious sentence from the artist himself.
"While you listen to this album, three people will die. ......Zzz.
And they will end up in the same place." (Original Japanese text by Adachi)

Yo La Tengoがインストで映画音楽、というコンセプトがすでに洒落てますね。伝説的ギタリスト、Smokey Hormelとの共同制作による6曲のインストゥルメンタル。必要最低限まで削ぎ落とされた抑揚とミニマリズム。資料には"この音楽は癒しような存在だ"ともありますが、確かに大人の癒しチルアウトな一枚、、しかも決定盤すぎる。そして滲み出す暗さでしょうか。90年代から現在に至るまでのアメリカインディ音楽の真髄みたいなものも感じるインストアルバム。ご自宅チルもいいですが、お店のBGMなんかにも良さそう。タイムレス良盤。 (Shhhhh)

With label samplers gathering the likes of BRUCE, JAY GLASS DUBS and ROBIN STEWART (GIANT SWAN), ACCIDENTAL MEETINGS has drawn attention as a new hub of Bristol's music community — and here's their latest! LOU VENTURINI, who dropped a 10-inch back in 2023, returns with an album. From "Trust" (sample1), indie rock abstracted through phasing with cos ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Akie)mic SFX that leave your head spinning, to the psychedelic rhythm workout "Very Long Skydive Through a Multicoloured Rainforest" (sample2), it's a liminal project documenting the process of rock and pop morphing into club sound. (Original Japanese text by Akie)

A new collection of covers honoring Duster, the slowcore band whose status as a classic act with classic records was cemented far and wide by NUMERO's album reissues. Current Joys, the solo project of LA indie singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Nick Rattigan, turns "Cooking" into a racing slice of power pop, while Brooklyn indie rock band Beac ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Adachi)h Fossils, active since the 2000s, stay close to the original's lo-fi, loose languor on "Inside Out" — two heart-tightening covers. Listen via the YouTube link below the tracklist. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)

DAVID GRUBBS, JIM O'ROURKEによるシカゴ音響最重要アルバム。JOHN McENTIRE、MATS GUSTAFSSON、Kevin Drumm、ギュンター・ミュラーそしてラストのJOHN FAHEYのカヴァーにはTONY CONRAD参加。高度なテクニック、実験的試み。それだけじゃない、どうしようもない感動があります。ある種の究極。 (サイトウ)

Sofie Royer is a singer-songwriter who, despite deep roots in dance music and club culture—collaborations with Toro Y Moi, Mndsgn, and Peanut Butter Wolf, plus being a founding member of Boiler Room—has stubbornly kept building her work on a pop foundation. The phrase "Young Girl" is borrowed from "Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Young-Gi ...Read more (Original Japanese text by AYAM)rl," published in the French anarchist journal Tiqqun; the record celebrates the Young-Girl while condemning the culture that produced her, voicing a longing for liberation. The anguish, inner conflict, and strange optimism particular to the Young-Girl are painted in a distinctively nostalgic sound. Within a set built mainly on '80s〜'90s electro-pop reminiscent of Charlotte Gainsbourg, the rare disco excursions "Sage Comme Une Image" (sample_1) and "I Forget (I'm So Young)" (sample_2) feel especially fresh. The video for the title track "Young-Girl" is lovely, too. (Original Japanese text by AYAM)

MEETSYSTEEM, one of the flagship acts of "NOUS'KLAER AUDIO" and known for a singular approach to dance music, unveils a new album built with a host of guest appearances! Highlights include "Waar Ontmoet Jij de Maan?," an indie rock number with lyrics by Nigerian-Dutch writer PELUMI ADEJUMO and a full band arrangement featuring piano and chimes, and ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Akie) the ethereal "Zwaar Weer" with its female chorus. Beyond the many featured guests, the record collages everything from voice memos to trumpet solos — an indie pop production woven from countless hidden elements. (Original Japanese text by Akie)

Hard to believe this is just demos and unreleased material — the quality is that good. Rather than raw first-impulse energy, it's experimental and introspective. Grainy fuzz guitars glitter kaleidoscopically, and the rough-edged psychedelia sparks off into territory bordering on contemporary classical and ambient. Some may well prefer this to the m ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Adachi)ore polished sound of their recent work. A record that should hold up for any listener, any time. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)

レーベル創設者の一人 The Notwist, Tied & Tickled TrioのMarkus AcherとテニスコーツのSaya監修によるバイナルオンリーの名作コンピ。最高なインディー・ブラス・バンド・サウンド。ブルージャケットのリイシュー2LP。 (サイトウ)

ベースボーカルのBALLY、シンセとドラムのN1_SOUNDからなるインディポップデュオY'KNOWがニューアルバムをドロップ！リンドラムが刻む軽やかなリズム、程よく軽量化されたダブベースで紡ぐ電子ダブポップサウンド。やはり特徴的なのはBALLYのピュアなボーカル＆ビート重視のミニマリズム。ダブアルバムの伝統に従い、A面を全編ボーカル、B面をインストダブで構成。ジャパニーズダブポップにも通づるクセになるユルさ、気だるさ。 (Akie)

Sylvan Esso、The Dead TonguesやBlowbirdsなども拠点にしていて、Sam GendelやKieran Hebden(Four Tet)など当店でも外せないアーチストのリリースも行ってきたノース・カリフォリニアのレーベルPsychic Hotline。Birds Of Americaというインディーフォークとして活動していたNathaniel Russellのアルバム。音楽のみならず、絵を描いたり、版画、映像作品、オブジェなどさまざまな創作を続けてたアーチストで、Sylvian EssoのAmelia Meathと共に森のスタジオで録音を始めたとこのとです。Amelia Meathがプロデュース、MegafaunのJoe Westerlund、Nick Sanborn (Sylvan Esso)も参加したLO-FI サイケデリックフォーク、いいアルバム。 (サイトウ)

A new album from PEAKING LIGHTS, whose collaboration with LEE "SCRATCH" PERRY on STONES THROW last year was much talked about! Analog textures, synths, drum machines, echo. Dub, a world of song, and psychedelic grooves. Dub lurking within a lo-fi texture, plus minimalism, raga, and the psychedelic magic of a singular rhythmic sense. (Original Japanese text by Saito)