New Boyish: “Farewell Kisses”
東京のインディー・ポップグループ、BoyishのSoundcloudにはもう一ヶ月程前から”Farewell Kisses”という曲が公開されていたのですが、今度は嬉しい事にビデオが公開されました。ギターの主張の強いBoyishらしい楽曲をお楽しみ下さい。
東京のインディー・ポップグループ、BoyishのSoundcloudにはもう一ヶ月程前から”Farewell Kisses”という曲が公開されていたのですが、今度は嬉しい事にビデオが公開されました。ギターの主張の強いBoyishらしい楽曲をお楽しみ下さい。
Slowは元々MOSCOW CLUBのC86コンピレーションに収録されていた楽曲でしたが<>今回の再編集を経て(なのでタイトルに新しいを表すNUEとついています)オリジナルよりもクリアーになっています。氷山を彷彿とさせる様な壮大な冷たい空気感のギターとドラムスは彼の歌う歌詞”but you slow down/slow down/slow down,” と重なってゆっくりと流れていきます。オリジナルバージョンも良曲でしたがこのバージョンによってさらに洗練されたと言えると思います。
Talking City 1994 is one of the Japanese bands having a really good 2013. After being quiet for more than two quarters of 2012, the Osaka band has come back strong, releasing a strong three-song EP and several great stand-alone tracks. They’ve come along way since when they first popped up, developing a more polished…
We spent last week yacking about all the great music we overlooked throughout 2012…and, in the process, missed out on a lot of great new tunes that popped up during those critical five days. Ironic! The rest of the year here at Make Believe Melodies will be spent talking about the best music of the…
Man, these four sure have grown in over a year. Back in 2012, they were just another indie-pop band in a very crowded field. Now, they are one of the few to break through and land on a decently known indie label (Second Royal) and their music has gotten tighter and better. They have a…
大阪のインディーポップ・トリオ、Les Glass Glacéが、繊細かつ軽快な2曲をネットで公開しました。個人的にはハイライトな、”Sixpence Might Change Your Whole World”では、”ex-boyfriend couldn’t understand/ sixpence might change your whole world”という可愛らしい歌詞にそぐう、淡くポップなシンセを堪能できます。暖かい雰囲気は、曲の流れに沿ってさらにアップビートに。一方で、”Cute And Reliable”はどちらかというと取っ付きにくい印象。よりミニマルでスローなこの曲では、”he’s a really nice guy/let’s go see him”という歌詞のように少し現実的すぎるかも。でもリラックスしたこの曲に始まり、”Sixpence”が次に来ると考えると納得です。視聴は以下から。
Late last year, the electronic-music-from-all-across-Japan compilation Fogpak #4 came out, and it was a fantastic collection of digital music from all over this fine country. At 21 tracks, though, it could feel a little daunting, regardless of how much great music the folks behind crammed into it. Welp, Fogpak #5 dropped over the weekend and…
“Farewell Kisses” was up on Tokyo indie-pop group Boyish’s SoundCloud about a month ago, but now it comes attached with a found-footage video. The song is right in Boyish’s comfort zone – the sort of guitar-driven song that you can bounce along too but also cry to.
On last year’s Dream You Up, producer De De Mouse embraced modern music and gave into the pleasures of pop like he teleported back to 2007. His latest release be yourself only builds on that ecstatic release, layering synths and vocal slices on top of one another to create a full-length that doesn’t feature any…
Tokyo’s Moscow Club has a new EP ready to be downloaded (for free) right over here and you should cop this now. The Daisy Miller EP collects the rollicking “Daisy Miller Pt. 2” and the super-chilled “Echo Beach,” both of which have already received heaps of praise around these parts. Now, you can get both…
Jersey Club remains a go-to style for many producers in Japan, though few seem as committed to the style as K BoW. Besides playing one of the genre’s more thumping shows this year, he’s also created some of the best songs — and especially remixes — exploring the style in the country. His Remixes Vol….
Poor, poor Figure. Take a glance at the Japanese artist’s Bandcamp page and you’ll see something jarring – along the right-hand side are tour dates, and it seems Figure will be touring all around the United States this fall. Alas, wrong Figure – turns out there is an Indiana bass-music maker sharing the name. Yet…
One of the more straightforward numbers to come out of Michiyo Honda’s 2011 monthly singles project, “Sorry” bounces ahead on a club-ready beat and slightly affected vocals. She works in a fair amount of glitchy touches – check the way things just sort of come in and out of this song almost randomly – but…
Well this is definitely welcome. Osaka label Perfect Touch shared a soothing collection of songs from producers hailing from all over the place, and the title really does just sum it up — Peace Of Mind: A Compilation Of Calming. It is near-ambient music, all fizzes and space, with very few moments that pull you…