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New Metoronori: Veil
It’s about being surprised in the best ways possible. This, Metoronori’s third album, finds her continuing to occupy her own little, strange corner of the online music world. She creates fragile little sonic worlds…whirring synths, the occasional glance of something a bit shinier, a very annoying timer sound on “III”…that could seemingly collapse from a…
Ano(t)raks Release New Compilation Featuring Post Modern Team, The Paellas, Foodie And Many More
Ano(t)racksというレーベルはまだ新しく、あまり多くをリリースしていません。大阪のグループThe Paellaの前作EPのリリースが記憶に新しいのですが、先週、Soon V.A.というインディーポップのコンピレーションをリリースしました。これは注目すべきアップロードでしょう。最近どのようなアーティストがインディーポップシーンで活躍しているのか知る事ができるので、シーンに詳しくない人にとっては、知る良いきっかけになると思います。今年リリースされたMoscow Club周辺のアーティスト達によるコンピ、C86を賞賛するようなリリースですが、大きく異なる点があります。C86ではシンセサイザーを多用するアーティストが多かったものの、Ano(t)racksではそうでもありません。BOYISHの”Couldn’t Remember”はシンセサイザーが使われていますが、他の曲ではドラムマシンくらいです。ギター、ドラムとボーカルのみの編成の、イギリスのバンドに触発されたバンドが多いからなのかもしれませんね。参加している大阪のPost Modern Teamの”In The City”はシンプルかつキャッチーで、The PaellasとTwangy Twangyは自分達の個性をさらに追求しています。 さらに、Ano(t)racksは女性を目立たせているグループが多いと言えるでしょう。京都のHomecomingsの”You Never Kiss”では可愛らしい女性の歌声に鋭いギターを重ねていてとても美しい世界観を演出しています。このコンピのハイライトと言っても過言ではないでしょう。Old Lacy Bedの”Coastlands”はとても楽しく、 大阪のFoodieは愛らしいグルーブでアルバムを締めくくってくれます。ダウンロード、視聴はこちらから。 Soon V.A. by Various Artists
New Outdoorminer: “Badmood”
Osaka’s Outdoorminer (also known as Cloudy Busey) has proven over the last few years he’s great at creating unsettling, late-night moods. Between his two solo projects, he’s excelled at making music for downtrodden walks home, whether they be complete with vocals or, as is the case with the Outdoorminer alias, just music. “Badmood” follows up…
Turned Up: Mioriyuri’s Plastic Feather
“Hey! Fake ass Japanese! Listen to real Japanese girls shit before you guys lie!!” This was a tweet by Tokyo hip-hop duo Mioriyuri aimed at BenZel, the most fake pair of adolescent Japanese girls making music today. Still, reading the background story about Mioriyuri makes one raise an eyebrow post-BenZel – the duo are sisters,…
Music Alliance Pact July 2013
New month, new MAP! Go on to see who we chose this month, and to hear a bunch of other great tunes from all over the globe. Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the full 29-track…
Okadada Teams Up With Skirt For Special Song: “Kaisou”
I’m not sure whether Diorama Books are a bookstore or an independent book publisher (or…both!), but they have somehow made a collaboration between Kansai producer Okadada and the lead singer of the band Skirt a reality. It’s a nice bit of 80s-indebted pop, Okadada giving the song a warped electronic feel courtesy of his keyboards,…
New Cuushe Music Video: “Do You Know The Way To Sleep”
Flau’s Cuushe has a new video for her song “Do You Know The Way To Sleep” off of this year’s Girl You Know That I Am Here But The Dream, and it matches up well with the slow-motion feel of the song. The clip slows down found footage of ballerinas to emphasize the beauty and weirdness (that neck on the one dancer jutting out) of their movements. Watch above.
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New Sakanaction: “Music”
サカナクションは1月23日発売のニューシングル、”ミュージック”にて、彼らの原点を少し振り返っています。ボーカリスト山口一郎のバースでの声の伸ばし方はまるでシングル”エンドレス”のようで、曲の後半で感情がぐっと込み上げてくる感じは”モノクロトウキョー”の世界観。でもアイディアが尽きたとかそういう意味ではなく、彼らが本来持っていたコアな部分を大事にしつつ、新しい事にチャレンジしています。構成も美しく、最初は山口のボーカルをセンターに配置した寂しい雰囲気で始まり、徐々にバンドがスペースを埋め、コーラスで感情は頂点に。度々言いますが、サカナクションが日本のメインストリームで飛躍していく姿を観れて本当に光栄です。試聴はこちらから。
New Yuri Urano: Autline
The latest release from Yuri Urano — formerly Yullippe — finds a mix between the Osaka artist’s familiar slow-burning tension and new turns. The biggest change comes on the title track, which finds Urano using her own voice more heavily to create disorienting details. The other semi-departure (not quite as pronounced as on “Autline”) comes…
New Boogie Mann: We Turn Up
I was thinking the other day about the trajectory of musical trends, especially after it was announced Tatsuro Yamashita and Takeuchi Mariya were writing a song for Arashi. It’s a moment that signifies the whole City Pop revival thing has reached a certain peak — not because the sound present on that song is even…
New Tatsuro Yamashita: “Reborn”
Partially, the charm of “Reborn” comes from how it bucks current movie trailer trends in Japan. Following Radwimps massive success with the Your Name. soundtrack, a slew of similar songs have shown up alongside coming attractions, ranging from Bump Of Chicken, Sekai No Owari (who, let it be noted, totally had their lunch eaten when…
New Molice Video: “Into You”
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBcrQ8-GvF0″] Creepy black and white! Weird images! Random words flashing on screen! Plus explosions! See it above in the new Molice video.
Go Listen To Some Clips From The New DODDODO Album Now
Not much to go off of, I know, but when an always-on-the-fray musician like DODDODO releases even 40 seconds of new music I’m going to write about those 40 seconds. Jet Set Records recently posted four short clips of tracks from her recently released album ど, and as expected they sound a little strange. Biggest…