Female Dog & Co.
I was searching YouTube tonight for Yo La Tengo music and found this band instead. I am not at all sure of their name – Google’s translate page seems to be suggesting Female Dog & Co. – but I think I love them already. The music is quiet and slow but likely to break out into crazy chaos at any moment. They love the slow building to nowhere thing. One song I’ve found just tonight has this loooooong slow part, and then allasudden it’s like they let n angry 5-year-old Thelonius Monk just rampage on the piano. Brilliant and spooky and wonderful all at the same time!
If it helps any, I guess you could say they are like a Japanese version of Yo La Tengo but it never feels like they’re just copying any other band’s sound. They have videos on YouTube, as I mentioned and they are very nice too. Here’s one you can check out, yo:
