Shonen Knife have every right to phone it in. They’ve been active since 1981 – geez – and have gotten global attention. They reduced Kurt Cobain to being a hyperactive fanboy. They soldier on, though, and have a new album out soon, and here’s the first taste of it. “Bad Luck Song” is a relatively…
That “Jr.,” at first, looked like just some stylistic flair, nothing particularly spectacular in a country where band names typically LooL LIke thIS. Yet Shiggy Jr.’s new sounds-ready demo “Baby I Love You” proves that youth is vital to this outfit, whether intentional or just low-hanging fruit for bloggers (*raises hand). Like “Saturday Night To…
Is Takashi Fujii – a comedian and singer, who you might know as hosting the fictional TV show in Lost In Translation – the god of disco? That’s probably a topic worthy of a townhall debate, but he’s been recruited to sing on Kobe producer Tofubeat’s forthcoming single “Disco No Kamisama” (“God Of Disco”). For…
The one sonic element uniting all of information-lacking project Fairy Floss‘ music is how mum the lead vocals sound. Everything else is subject to change track to track – “Just” barrels forward on punk guitar chugs, while “Sugar Drems” is all drum-machine stutters, twinkling electronics and melodica. Yet both songs, whether playing it abrasive or…
The Boys Age aren’t exactly a down-the-middle outfit to begin with – the duo’s take on rock is always pretty jagged, even when they try to be straight laced (thank the lead vocals, which often sound like they are being recorded through a wall of water). So when they get intentionally knotty, well, watch out….