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。
Netlabel Ano(t)raks has gotten into a good groove of dropping a new compilation album every few months, using the format as a way to touch base with more established acts and as a chance to introduce new ones to the country. The nature of these various-artist works means they are far from perfect – and…
Tokyo Jihen “Sa_i_ta” It might be hard to tell given the number of live DVDs and best-of releases that have packed store racks this year, but Tokyo Jihen called it quits back at the start of 2012. Assessing the group’s legacy ends up being a tricky task – lead singer Shiina Ringo’s solo albums remain…
The back half of 2013 has proven to be a fruitful time to be a fan of J-Pop willing to try out new sounds. DempaGumi.inc has made a theatrical leap forward, while outfits like Especia and Lyrical School have been gifted absolutely killer songs courtesy of gifted young producers given the keys to the idol-pop…
Yasutaka Nakata has been super busy over the last year and a half producing music for Perfume and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. He hasn’t had much time to devote to his project Capsule, who haven’t released any new material since 2012’s so-so Stereo Worxxx. At long last, Nakata has put together a new song for his…
Seiho has let people rap over his music before…but it would be best if we didn’t talk about the last time that happened (don’t call on cheeseball rappers). This, a song from the Osaka producer’s forthcoming album Abstraktsex, which takes an old Seiho instrumental (“Evening,” which is peak Seiho in all its nervous twitches and…
今週日本のインディー界において大きな話題だったのはジャスティン・ビーバーでしたね。大阪のCloudy Buseyが曲をカナダのポップ・スターに歌わせたいと言ったのが発端で、今度はGive Me Walletsがジャスティンのヒット曲、”Boyfriend”をカバーしたみたいです。以下から視聴できます。Give Me Walletsはジャスティン・ティンバーレイクのようなミニマリズムを取り除いて、よりコンプレックスに、より速いテンポで曲を仕上げました。ジャスティン・ビーバーみたいなハイトーンは一切目指さない独自性がこのカバーを素晴らしい物にしています。
“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.
The “about” section might be the most intriguing part of this – “WKAAFS” comes from Madegg’s forthcoming fourth album, release date unknown as of now. This song, complete with minimalist video, is a relaxing enough preview, swapping out the clitter-clatter production the young Kyoto native has favored for most of his career in favor of…
It’s all a summer stroll until things get blurry. Tokyo’s Cairophenomenons start off crafting a warm-weather indie-pop jaunt on latest song “Water,” with interlocking guitar melodies and a pleasant bounce that evokes a band like Deerhunter (or compatriots Hotel Mexico, at least on more straightforward numbers). It’s pleasant and downright cheery from the right angle….
It has been awhile since dance producer Cherryboy Function’s Suggested Function #3 EP came out, and its floor-centric whirl climbed into our hearts (and this blog’s top-20 of 2010 list). The wait for #3 seems worth it, and here’s the first widely available track from Cherryboy’s latest. Like a lot of the highlights from his…
(Obligatory “oh hey I interviewed Tricot for The Fader last week, check it out” sentence) What Tricot have always pulled off so well — but what they’ve especially gotten good at doing over their last two releases — is making such carefully planned out music sound like its seconds away from breaking apart. New song…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfG_G2O2q40″] Up to this moment I didn’t know much about World’s End Girlfriend. Well, I had assumptions…back in my school days I knew I guy REALLY into post-rock. Naturally, he was a film major. “Hey man, you like Explosions In The Sky?” I sure did. “Check out this band called World’s End Girlfriend, they are…
The partnership between Takako Minekawa and Dusting Wong keeps getting stronger. “She He See Feel” retains the playful squirminess that was all over last year’s very-good Toropical Circle, yet here they’ve gotten better at taking that joy and building it towards something. Which…well, the final passage of this song is great release, a very Wong-solo-album-worthy…