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。
This month’s MAP is here, and we feature Buddy Girl And Mechanic, who put out one of 2013’s first great albums. Check all this stuff out ya’ll. *collapses from South By Southwest schedule* Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a…
Do you feel that, hanging in the air? As chilly autumn winds start blowing in, so does the specter of year-end lists. Tofubeat’s first full-length album Lost Decade is a lock to land somewhere on Make Believe Melodies’ top albums list, and if you haven’t bought a copy yet, get on that. Maltine Records, who…
A little over halfway through Annie The Clumsy’s Vol. 1 collection, the singer plays a lovely little number about being with a lover, a lover who just overwhelms our protagonist with presumed swagger. Then, the proverbial shank to our thighs – “everything you do/makes my uterus ache/not my heart but my uterus ache.” Everything about…
Cloudy Busey “Who Says They Love You” Osaka’s Cloudy Busey started the year with the long, lonely walk home anthem “Up To You (If You Love Me)” and later released “Have U Ever,” which he said would be perfect for Justin Bieber. Between those two, the Ice Cream Shout frontman who also records under the…
It took some time, but Nagoya’s House Of Tapes has been starting to push himself into more interesting sonic directions as of late. The project started out as a noisy thing taking conventional dance-music structures and seeing just how heavy he could make his take on floor-filling stuff. This meant a lot of four-on-the-floor beats…
“Young Love” is one of the most exhilarating songs I’ve heard so far in 2013. It comes courtesy of a Japanese band I had no idea existed until last weekend called Andersons, a boring name concealing something really special. “Young Love” does a lot of what the music I’ve fallen for so far this year…
“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.
Sendai producer Suguru Ohtaka crams a lot into “Closer To Me.” It stands out from the other tracks posted to their SoundCloud, and not just because of the presence of a singer/rapper in the form of Nao Nanba. Other creations either lean into what appears to be a heavy interest in emo rock, or are…
Cuteness has become one of the more dominant traits of just-outside-of-mainstream Japanese music over the last few years, with producers piling on the bells, xylophones and assorted doo-dads to create playroom-ready compositions that feel like they are on cola number six. Many of those releases come alongside artwork done up in an anime style, full…
Maybe a little over a week ago I wrote about NITES, a lovely little bedroom-pop project from Tokyo. A little poking around reveals NITES, along with two other bands, started up a new label called Cuz Me Pain. Alongside NITES are another Make Believe Melodie’s favorite AAPS, which instantly made the third band representing this…
Let’s just jump right into the imagery — listening to N-qia’s “Glitter” made me think of a fantastical parade marching through some forest glen located in a far away land. Her use of a vaguely march-appropriate beat…picking up intensely in the song’s final stretch..and some flute certainly adds to it, while the whole thing carries…
The Fuji Rock Festival announced its first wave of performers for this summer’s remote, tree-day fest. The big Japanese acts so far include Boom Boom Satelites, toe and Riddim Saunter. As for the foreign acts, heavy hitters include LCD Soundsystem (prepping a new album, Broken Social Scene (ditto), Belle And Sebastian (heading into the studio),…
At the very start of last year, Tokyo outfit Cairo released a very strong EP, one channeling American outfits such as Deerhunter alongside domestic acts from a few years back (but now feel like an era away) such as Hotel Mexico. In advance of a new four-song EP titled Cue, they’ve changed their name to…