Tag: featured

Review

Rising Tokyo Band ‘mozu’ Featured! Aria and Punipon Launch Their Music Column “Rangetown Notes”

Hello everyone, I’m Aria Somnambula! I’m excited to announce that I’ll be starting a music column called “Rangetown Notes” in collaboration with BELONG Media/A-indie. I’ll be writing this column together with my research partner, Punipon, a virtual life form (I’m a bit nervous as this is my first time writing a music column…). For those […]

News

Important notice: Starting a new project

To Our Readers Thank you for always reading our articles. I’m Tomohiro Yabe, Editor-in-Chief. Today, I’d like to share with you our new initiatives. While this may be a bit long, I would appreciate if you could read it through to the end. Facing an Era of Change Text: Tomohiro Yabe Tool Used: Claude Proofreading & Editing: […]

Review

2023 best songs of the year🎉

In 2023, A-indie has been delivering information mainly through interviews and reviews of many bands and artists, and updating the “recommended new song playlist” based on the following three concepts. -Only feature artists that we are interested in -Cover Asian artists -Learn about the roots of the artists Through these activities, we received a lot […]

Sen Morimoto
Interview

Sen Morimoto on Capitalism and Identity in His New Album

Sen Morimoto is a multi-instrumentalist from Kyoto who currently lives in Chicago. He gained attention after being featured by 88rising, and has collaborated with many artists in Japan. In his latest work “Diagnosis”, which is his first in three years, he addresses issues such as criticism of capitalism and identity dilemmas in a universal language. […]

9m88
Interview

Why did 9m88, the new star of Taiwan’s neo-soul, collaborate with artists from five countries?

Taiwan’s new generation neo-soul artist, 9m88. She collaborated with Taiwan’s rapper Leo Wang on “Weekends with you”, which has over 10 million views on YouTube, and covered Mariya Takeuchi’s “Plastic Love”, which sparked the spread of city pop around the world. On her second album “9m88 Radio”, she collaborated with artists from five countries, including […]