Lemonwilde compare themselves to Radiohead, but I’m hearing a much more improvisational, almost jazzy vibe here. Something closer to The Diggs. You know, the kind of moody indie rock that has a vague sense of menace and evokes a feeling that anything can happen—but probably won’t. It’s a lot like the sound of the Buffy [...]

Can anyone out there read Japanese and explain wtf is going on here?

How many rappers are influenced by John Cougar Mellencamp? Although he’s played with Chuck D. and Michelle N’Degeocello, farmboy Johnny C. isn’t part of most hip hoppers record collection. Yet the first lyrics of Common Market’s new EP are a quote from Mellencamp’s “Rain on the Scarecrow.” Nouveau Depart is a short, bare-bones track, and [...]