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。
Note: We are, technically, still on vacation, but noteworthy happenings will earn small updates. Like this! The 2014 album race is already underway (Metome already sprinting out), and in January Nagoya’s CRUNCH will enter the race with Futoshita Nichijyo No Koto. Now, though, they’ve decided to share the whole album on BandCamp, and you can…
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“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.
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The newly minted +Ano(t)raks imprint might be different from Ano(t)raks proper, but whatever shape this new branch of the indie-pop label takes, compilations like Plus One hint that listeners can expect the same sweet twee sounds they’ve been shining a light on for the last few years. It’s a very strong collection of young indie-pop…
Electronic outfit Silvanian Families has a new two-song collection out via Sabacan Records. Opening number “makerlights” teases glitched-out minimalism, nothing but a skittery song with a barely-there beat and some vocal samples waterbugging across it. But then it picks up the pace, and closes out as a jaunty number. “My Circle And Your Circle” is…
Sometimes its the moment not happening that ends up being the most memorable. Universe Nekoko’s “Like A Raspberry” goes for something more delicate, more spacious than some of the band’s more outright shoegaze material. Everything feels near whispered, while the music itself feels barely there, like a light wind grazing over someone walking in the…
Artist collective / moving party Dos・Ing is back with a new compilation, gathering new songs from the producers orbiting them. It revolves around a loose techno-orientalist theme of sorts, the songs fixated on technology and “futuristic” topics while often placing them in a Japanese zone — which makes sense, given that this is a Tokyo-centered…