The real exciting news in 99 Letters’ land isn’t really this song – it’s a plenty-good track seeing the artist continue to incorporate new elements into his Game Boy-centric music. This time around 99 Letters includes a creepy wordless vocal smattering, some piano and (of course) the usual array of electronic sounds. A good song,…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvOZ6bI7IN4&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=ja_JP&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Geez, I don’t know what has Sebastian X in such a giddy mood, but I’d like some of it. The hyperactive act’s newest song “世界の果てまで連れてって!” explodes with Up With People pomp, an upbeat whirlwind of horns and accordion and other instruments that sound just! So! Happy! The real wonder of this new song is…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1awua0YrSRs&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] For some reason the music of Sakanaction never really grabbed me much before “Identity,” there latest single out on August 4th. This new song just sounds better than anything else I’ve heard from them. It boasts big sing-a-long sections deployed by countless English bands (Klaxons, Foals, Delphic, the list stretches into infinity) but never…
Let’s keep this simple…imagine Zazen Boys. Imagine a Zazen Boys prone to drifting off mid-song into bizarre realms. Now stop pretending and click here and listen to OWARIKARA. Specifically, “ドアたち” which goes all over the place in just under five minutes and includes maybe the single best touch any Japanese song has featured this year…
A lot of people moan about “indie” music nowadays, how it all sounds the same and how so many bands eschew taking risks in favor of playing it boringly safe in hopes of landing on a movie trailer. And those people would be…pretty damn right, actually, there is a lot of pulse-less “indie” being put…