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。
Cubismo Grafico has gotten reflective plenty of times in the past, but this new cut is especially rich in ennui. It’s a slow stroll of a song featuring some looped samples (lending this some “Shibuya-kei in the twilight” vibe) and sung in…French, at times. Perfect for an end-of-the-day beer. Listen below.
Sapporo seems to be having a moment right now. Electronic artists from that northern city have been getting more and more exposure as of late, names like Ninja Drinks Wine and Jealousguy popping up on electronic-leaning comps regularly over the past year. Osaka’s INNIT held a special event in the city recently, and producer PARKGOLF…
Do the jubilant opening seconds of “Koto Bopping” serve to soundtrack the joy we (errrr, I guess I, but hopefully you too) feel knowing hip-hop-leaning, BenZel-bashing production duo Mioriyuri are back? Welp, the sun-breaking-through-sheets-of-ice sounds of the pair’s first new material since last year’s chilly Plastic Feather accomplishes that, and leads into a great beat…
次の月曜日、渋谷のWombでOut Of Dotsというイベントが開催されます。三回建てのクラブを埋め尽くすべく、近未来的なサウンドを放つ多くのエレクトロ・アーティストが参加予定です。参加アーティスト達のコンピレーションもアップされているのですが、なんせ26曲もあり、全て聴くのは凄く時間が必要。もし週末お時間のある方は、是非聴いてみてほしいです。忙しい方には16曲以降を聴く事をオススメします。Maltine RecordsのSilvanian Familiesによる”Families Walks”はとても爽やかで、Seihoの新曲、”Blue Elegant”がそれに続きます。ここでFazerockのミニマルなポスト・ダブステップが流れ、Submerse、Madeggと続きます。でも勿論他にもハイライトがあって、例えばDub-Russelの”Nagwares 2 Me”なんかは彼等らしい飛び跳ねるサウンドになっていて、Fugenn & The White Elephantsの”Thunder”も、それを追いかけるような速いペースで進みます。追加で少しハイライトさせて頂くと、Acerola Beach、Himuro YoshiteruとQuarta 330がオススメ。視聴はこちらから。
Not going to lie – footwork-maker Weezy’s new album On Nukes caught my attention from the rows of new Bandcamp releases because of the title. The general lack of socially aware music in Japan…especially on the always hot-button issue of nuclear energy/weapons, a topic that became relevant once again earlier this month following North Korea’s…
Why release an album in December???? Don’t you know it won’t appear on year-end lists???? Nobody who is anybody would release an album at the end of the year, right???? Oh. Two great Japan-based artists released new albums this past week, and the only real loser is me, as neither of these could sneak onto…
“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.
New-album-announcement week soldiers on today thanks to some Amazon Japan sleuthing and, more importantly, timely Twitter updates. Thanks J-Rock Explosion! The Brixton Academy plan to release a new EP, L.O.T., on November 24 featuring three tracks. It follows up this year’s majestic Vivid (review here) and you can peep the tracklist below. 1. Catch It!…
Japan’s nearly reached spazz-rock critical peak. Though not making much of a dent on the mainstream charts, plenty of indie-leaning groups who have a MySpace account and a good shouting voice have popped up to share their brand of all-together-now rock with the world. It’s a weird mix of Los Campesinos! tweeness and the sort…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMKjKyZ-lIo”] Famed rapper/reality TV star Snoop Dogg had some Japanese shows scheduled in the near future, but the promoter behind those performances apparently backtracked on half of the money. So the Dogg Father pulled the plug on those shows. Now, he wants his fans in Japan to understand why he canceled the live joints and…
It’s going to be a month straight of simultaneous looking back and gazing forward now that we have an era name in hand. Eventually it will feel exhausting the way all discourse gets in the internet age, but there is something charming right now about it, being in this weird lame-duck time where time just…
So looks like the big trend in Japanese-indie music this week is Justin Bieber. First, Osaka’s Cloudy Busey described his new song as something the Canadian pop star could sing, and now Tokyo outfit Give Me Wallets have covered Bieber’s song “Boyfriend,” which you can listen to below. Give Me Wallets replace the Justin-Timberlake-evoking minimalism…
Bands wearing schoolgirl uniforms rarely get a second glance from me, so when I saw uniform-clad SCANDAL on the TV show Music Fair this weekend I didn’t pay much attention. While working, though, I realized the song coming out of the television was surprisingly catchy. I looked up and…surprise, SCANDAL. SCANDAL bill themselves as a…