After a handful of songs embracing throwback pop, FNCY give themselves a little more space on “Silky.” Besides striking a balance between three artists that results in a really good mash-up, FNCY has been a showcase for G. Rina’s production side, both her more immediate side and, with this on, something a bit more subdued. There’s more room for reflection, and even Zen-La-Rock sounds deep in thought over the course of “Silky.” Listen above.
I’ll cop to not being entirely sure who originally did “Insomnia” and I’m sure a little bit of research (read: Google) could help me out. But I’m borrowing my neighbor’s computer (thanks Jonathan!) and enjoying Game Boy hero 99 Letter’s take on the song too much to care. If you’ve checked out his stuff before,…
Kyoto’s Homecomings have excelled at turning the heartbreaks of daily life into big musical fireworks over their last two albums, and through two major-label releases have subtly expanded on this mid-tempo approach. There’s nothing wrong with an artist choosing to explore consistency over radical artistic swings, and for the most part you know what to…
Amps strikes just the right balance between refined and energetic on new track “Onflow.” A lot of the latter just comes from the sounds they opt to construct the song out of — “Onflow” features a light jazzy skip to it, provided by piano jaunts, horn blurts and drum shifts. Yet this never turns into…
Cubismo Grafico and Matias Tellez must have hit it off at the Flake Records show earlier this month. Grafico remixed Tellez’s “Convicted,” giving the Norwegian artist’s poppy tune a dancefloor punch. Tracks up at Flake Records MySpace, check it out.
Add one more band to the “Japanese groups that apparently made great music in 2009” heap. The appropriately named LSD March churn out glazed over psych-sludge rock that’s bleak and captivating. The fine folks at CMG listed the Himeji band’s Under Milk Wood as the 47th best album of the year, and listening to a…
“Just Wanna Feel”のビデオ・ティザー。上のイメージをクリックしてご覧下さい。東京のSapphire Slowsを中心に構成されていますね。昨年までのミステリアスな印象からはうってかわり、彼女はフレームの真ん中でカメラを見つめています。カメラから逃げ隠れするような”Animal Dreams”のビデオからは長い道のりでした。 曲自体も、ビデオほどではないものの、進化しています。この曲はロサンゼルスを拠点に活動する、同じ100% Silkのアーティスト、Magic Touchとのコラボレーションです。彼はハウスを得意としているので、”Just Wanna Feel” もそんな彼の飛び跳ねるようなMagic Touchスタイルが５分半程堪能できます。が、その上でSlowsが美しいハウス・ディーバとして歌うと斬新な印象に。彼女のボーカルはソロの作品より抜けが良く、デジタルな切りを突き破っています。このようにオープンに表現するSapphire Slowsも魅力的です。試聴は以下から。