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Music Alliance Pact March 2013
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…
Beat It: Canooooopy’s Polymorphism Vs. Valleystayers
“Goodbye to the hackneyed ‘beats’!!!!!” So goes the last sentence of Canooooopy’s description of his newest album, Polymorphism Vs. Valleystayers. Confrontational statements are not a common sight in the Japanese music scene…at least not ones broadcast publicly…yet here we have a producer who has been gaining steam online over the past few months throwing at…
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Tweekend Update: Wallflower, The Moments And More Put Together Sarah Records Compilation, Traffic Light Release Split EP With Saturday Looks Good To Me
大阪のSarahry Recordsが9月22日に境のパンゲア・カフェでイベントをやるみたいです。80年代にイギリスにあったインディ・ポップレーベル、Sarah Recordsに捧げるイベントで、大阪で注目を集めるギター・ポップバンドが数々出演します。コンピレーション・アルバムも発売される予定で、出演バンドの曲や、Sarah Recordから生まれた名曲などがカバーされ、収録される予定です。ネットにアップされているのも同じ観点から制作されていて、Wallflowerによるブライターの”Does Love Last Forever?”のカバーや、 Lilacによるヘブンリーの”Cool Guitar Boy”のカバーからは、ギター・ポップに対する愛や誠意が伝わってきます。でも、フィールド・マイスの”Emma’s House”はFandazeによってちょっと調節されすぎていて、テンポがゆっくりになってたりします。(私が一番好きなインディ・ポップの曲なのもあって)やっぱりオリジナルのほうがいいな、って思います。 ページへはこちらから。視聴は以下から。Backyard Party in Popability! by Sarahry Records 他のニュースといえば、Traffic Lightが、長年続けられてるアン・アーバーのプロジェクト、サタデイ・ルックス・グッド・トゥー・ミーとスプリット・EPを出した事です。渋谷のViolet And Claireストアか、ネットでもこちらのサイトから購入可能です。現在視聴はできないのですが、ベテランと組んでのリリースはTraffic Lightにとって大きなステップなのではないでしょうか。
Busy Busy Week Catch-Up Post: Talking City 1994, Miii And Kenie_T
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New Elen Never Sleeps: “Slow (Neu)”
“Slow” originally appeared on Moscow Club’s C86 compilation back in the spring, but has now been touched up a bit (hence the “Neu” in the title) and sounds a lot crisper than Elen Never Sleeps’ original version. Well, it sounds as crisp as something so hazy can sound – the song title is almost an understatement, because “Slow” practically crawls, the guitars and drums sounding glacial. It’s all intentional, though, a decision meant to match up with Elen Never Sleeps repeated cries of “but you slow down/slow down/slow down,” delivered in a dejected-but-pretty voice that this project has gotten so good at utilizing. The original version was good, but this slightly fleshed-out version shows what can happen when an artist spends time perfecting their creations. Listen below.
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