It’s only a snippet of a new song, but any new Cuushe is something to celebrate. In conjunction with the NHK program Techne and director Yoko Kuno (who has worked with Cuushe before), “Spread” soundtracks a brief clip of rotoscoped babies, albeit ones transforming into various things (we approve!). The song itself is a twinkling little number, one that blurs around the edges and features Cuushe’s enchanting vocals. Watch above.
Intricate pop tinkerer Shugo Tokumaru’s latest album, Toss, officially arrives in stores today, and since we weren’t anticipating it enough already, he’s shared the song “Lift” to coincide with its arrival. What has been fun to watch — especially as Tokumaru has gone from domestic obscurity to Tower-Records-front-room staple — has been how he builds…
The recent slide into insignificance suffered by MySpace caused a joyful yelp from the Internet masses, happy to see retina-frying page design and “Tom” become things of the past. Though the death of a million sparkle-encrusted banners does improve the overall quality of the Internet ever so slightly, MySpace’s sink into irrelevance does signal a…
Shonen Knife have every right to phone it in. They’ve been active since 1981 – geez – and have gotten global attention. They reduced Kurt Cobain to being a hyperactive fanboy. They soldier on, though, and have a new album out soon, and here’s the first taste of it. “Bad Luck Song” is a relatively…
Miila “Santa Baby” この曲はクリスマス・クラシックの独自バージョン。今回the Geeksは参加しておらずMiilaのソロとしてのリリースなのですが、グランジーでスローなギターにシンプルかつどこか不気味なドラムが印象的な”Santa Baby”のカバーになっています。Miilaは淡々と歌うものの、その擦れた質感やたびたび登場するノイズも相まって、今まで聴いたどのカバーよりも邪悪な印象です。ビデオは以下から。 Her Ghost Friend Merry Christmas Her Ghost Friendはホリデー・シーズンの為に特別な３曲を用意してくれました。そのうちの２曲はオリジナルで、今までのグループのリリースの中でも１番と言っていいほど優れた作品です（Her Ghost Friendの”Looking For Wonder”は今年のベストの１つだと言っているわけなのですが）。”白い、白い、好き、好き、”はノイジーに始まるのですが、ボーカル、ストリングスとシンセが美しく絡み付いていきます。ハープのようなアルペジオ・フレーズがとても華やかですね。”哀愁のクリスマス – Merry Christmas Dear Girl”はオルゴールのようなサウンドがいくつもレイヤーされていて、とてもユニークかつロマンチック。セットは”Miracle Powerful Beat”のリミックスで幕を閉じます。試聴は以下から。 Yucca “Waiting For Snow” もっとスローなテンポが好みで、クリスマスらしく鈴の音が聴きたい方は、Yuccaの”Waiting For Snow”のビデオをオススメします。ビデオは以下から。
We most certainly do not write about Extruders enough around here. Though, maybe, that’s because they are an absolute stunner live – I haven’t seen them in a very long time (partially because I turned boring and prefer staying in to heading out, partially because I’m bad at keeping tabs on when they play) but…
These dudes, balls of titanium I tell you. That band name isn’t politely asking for a single wallet – they are demanding you give them wallets as if the average person has three extra chain purses on them at all times. The testicular fortitude doesn’t end at the aggressive moniker – new song “Amneasia” clocks…